12-01-2022, 09:20 AM
Holding by Graham Norton
Graham Norton of The Graham Norton show wrote a mystery novel set in Ireland. I don't know why I expected for this novel to have wry and quirky tone, but I did. When it turned out to be a dreary slog through rural life in small town south Cork, I was disappointed. Every character in the fictitious town of Dureen has a terrible life. Whether it's the three spinster sisters or the overweight Garda or the alcoholic housewife, all their lives have problems. Then workmen find bones on one of the farms. It's possible it could be a man who supposedly left the town twenty years ago and no one has heard of since. The missing man had ties to the spinsters and the alcoholic and the Garda gets to investigate.
The mystery was kind of twisty but it was small and you had to wade through a lot to get there. It took me a long time to get through this rather short book because I didn't really care. It compelled me just enough to finish it. I don't think I'll be reading any more novels by Norton.
Graham Norton of The Graham Norton show wrote a mystery novel set in Ireland. I don't know why I expected for this novel to have wry and quirky tone, but I did. When it turned out to be a dreary slog through rural life in small town south Cork, I was disappointed. Every character in the fictitious town of Dureen has a terrible life. Whether it's the three spinster sisters or the overweight Garda or the alcoholic housewife, all their lives have problems. Then workmen find bones on one of the farms. It's possible it could be a man who supposedly left the town twenty years ago and no one has heard of since. The missing man had ties to the spinsters and the alcoholic and the Garda gets to investigate.
The mystery was kind of twisty but it was small and you had to wade through a lot to get there. It took me a long time to get through this rather short book because I didn't really care. It compelled me just enough to finish it. I don't think I'll be reading any more novels by Norton.
As a matter of fact, my anger does keep me warm