A review by we_are_all_mad_here26
Farriers' Lane by Anne Perry

3.0

Thirteen books in and still not a single literary agent, literary agent's assistant, copyeditor or other kind of editor has said, "Your main character here, the detective, is a blazing moron."

Honestly it's no wonder they had to have Sherlock Holmes back in the late 19th century. Also it's no wonder that Sherlock was addicted to drugs. Who wouldn't be, if they were the only detective in AN ENTIRE NATION capable of solving a crime?

Once again, Pitt walks away from more than one conversation thinking, "well, that's that, now I know," when in reality HE ONLY KNOWS WHAT SOMEONE DECIDED TO TELL HIM. HE HAS NO IDEA WHETHER THAT THING WAS A TRUE OR, GASP, A LIE. I don't want to yell out this entire paragraph so I will switch back to lowercase to add that in the course of a murder investigation, typically at least one of the persons questioned tells at least one lie. Spoiler: in this case,
Spoilerthe murderer does indeed tell at least one lie directly to Pitt.
Gasp again. Who'd have thought.

Another thing: has anyone ever witnessed the actual blood draining from another person's face? Assuming that person was not being drunk from by a vampire? It happens so frequently in this series and I generally let it go right by me, I get the effect it is intended to make and it works. But I think in this book #13 maybe it happened one time too many. Because, it got me thinking about whether it really happens in real life and my verdict was: I DON'T THINK SO.

Perhaps it's time for a break from the Pitts, much as I do love Charlotte and Gracie and other side characters.

One highlight of mine from this book: "There were some moments so precious the ache to hold on to them was a physical thing. He had to force himself to have faith that others as good would come, and the letting go must be easy, or they would be crushed in the very act of clinging."