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I was interested in this mystery because the main character, DI Fiona Griffiths, sounded fascinating. Fiona has a rough past and she has a psychiatric condition that makes her lose touch with the world around her, and sometimes believe that she is dead. Aside from the intriguing main character, I found this to be a rather humdrum suspense tale. Fiona and the Cardiff police are investigating severed body parts that are appearing in various parts of town. The case brings them (not surprisingly) into the sex trade, as it's a woman's body that is severed. At the end of the day, Fiona needs a better plot. She's an interesting character, no doubt, but that in and of itself is not enough to carry the book.


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Love Story With Murders A Novel Harry Bingham 9780345533760 Books Reviews

One must first read Book 1 (Talking to the Dead) in the series to get a proper concept of who the heroine is and her significant personal challenges. Love story, with Murders is the second in a high quality series by a very gifted author. As an American who has read a great number of mystery novels, I consider Harry Bingham's Fiona Griffiths Crime Thriller Series to be a breath of fresh air (especially compared to all the "formula" co-authored novels by the well-known American authors). Bingham's plots are, as the Brits would say, "brilliant" and well researched. His character development is second to none. Fiona is the most complex, beautifully flawed and unique protagonist that I have encountered in any mystery novel. She is very "British/Welsh" and has more balls than any male character in similar genres. American readers will have to get used to the British slang and their "copper" acronyms (some of which I had to Google to understand), but that only adds to the charm and contrasts very favorably to what passes for an American mystery thriller. There are no dead spots in these books as every line is well crafted and moves the plot forward. After Book 1, I bought the series, after Book 2, I joined the Fiona Griffiths Fan Club. The books have amazingly gotten progressively even better with each one so far and I love the "chats" with Harry after the endings. I just finished book 4 and I hate to see the series end. Please give us more Fiona, Harry!
The only reason for not making "Love Story with Murders" (LS) your very next book is that you haven't read the first book in the series, "Talking To The Dead" (TD). It's critical to read this series in order, so hurry up and read TD first. Here's some more good news - the third book, "The Strange Death of Fiona Griffiths" (SD) has just been released in the UK. The bad news is that the publisher, for some very STRANGE reason, has decided not to publish SD in the USA at this time. What are they thinking?! I'm not going to wait for them to see the light, I'll just order SD from UK and pay the exorbitant shipping and handling charges to the USA. Here's more good news - it is rumored that the author is almost finished with book #4 in the series - since this is the Fiona Griffiths series, it is safe to suggest that the title of #3 is a bit of a ruse.

Why should you take my word for all this, particularly my enthusiasm for this series. Well, I read about 100 books per year, mostly crime fiction. I have read many, many series, including some of the best - Rankin, Nesbo, Billingham, Larssen (both Stieg and Asa), George, Wagner, Lawton, Templeton, Indridason, Gage, Enger, Bolyon, Robotham, etc. etc. None in my view are better than Bingham. Fiona is a refreshing character, flawed in a new and unusual way (read the books and find out for yourselves), brilliant, action oriented, and fiercely independent. She carries some very different family baggage, and is slowly evolving; her handling of a very sensitive situation with a superior officer was very touching, very moving. She can be very frustrating and she doesn't always do what you expect nor want her to.

Yet, in #2 LS she saves her own skin (pun) in a rather ingenious way - an extremely tense scene. There is plenty of other tension in LS. Towards the end, things are going unusually well for Fi. You just know that can't last forever. You realize that you are finger-nail biting waiting for the proverbial shoe to drop, what a change from the usual thriller. The prose, dialog, and characters are all excellent. The story is about some body parts that are suddenly discovered hidden away in some nearby "in plain sight" locations. Some new, some old - so where do you start that kind of an investigation? Already, I'm guessing about that "strange death" title. I don't think it'll be too long before I place my order for #3.
I was interested in this mystery because the main character, DI Fiona Griffiths, sounded fascinating. Fiona has a rough past and she has a psychiatric condition that makes her lose touch with the world around her, and sometimes believe that she is dead. Aside from the intriguing main character, I found this to be a rather humdrum suspense tale. Fiona and the Cardiff police are investigating severed body parts that are appearing in various parts of town. The case brings them (not surprisingly) into the sex trade, as it's a woman's body that is severed. At the end of the day, Fiona needs a better plot. She's an interesting character, no doubt, but that in and of itself is not enough to carry the book.