The Inspector Graham Mysteries: Books 1-4 (Inspector David Graham Mysteries Collections)

Well written mysteries . The character of Inspector Graham and also of his assistant is very entertaining .A enjoyable mystery series.

This is a horrifically-badly written volume, clearly by an individual who has been on her first creative writing course. In the first place, this is not a boxset of 4 books, but 4 lightweight and repetitive tales bound into one volume. The style of writing is naive. Chapters - as such - short with added pages to bulk out the book. The characters are highly formulaic - the eponymous Inspector the usual privately-saddened individual with an odd hobby - in this case a taste for exotic teas - which allows the author to further pad out the book with references to a 'tea-growers guide'. Some Agatha Christie novels are little more than short stories built around some novel means of killing, but at least she gives the reader clues to help them solve the mystery before Poirot; this poor excuse simply leaps to some un-signposted conclusion, leaving no intellectual pleasure in solving the cases to help offset the tedium of having had to read them.

I can never understand why writers (other than the really experienced top-notch authors) don't limit their stories to the countries they live in and know. This book is set in England but within a few pages it is obvious it is American based. I mean apart from all the obvious Americanisms mentioned by other reviewers, no one - I really do mean no one - in England would ever refer to visitors, as coming from 'London, the capitol of the nation.'As to the plot - to be honest I hardly got to that, what with all the unnecessary padding about roses. If Agatha Christie wrote "Body in the Library"; this might as well have been called "Body in the Bathroom". Judging by the dialolgue etc the time period seemed similar, even though one of the characters said It is the 21st century!!! Really?

Liked the book and characters also the epilogue. Disliked American spelling Webster has a lot to answer for. American expressions e.g. sailboat for yacht, flashlight for torch, yellow legal pad used in America. Otherwise would have obtained five stars

These books are not well written. The plots are weak, the denouements pathetic, and the DI being unable to function without his quality tea is laughable. Whoever decided to publish these books should try reading some proper police books and not put out this kind of drivel

These books are terrible. I staggered through one and a half of them but was so irritated by the style and banality I left it at that. They are clearly designed for the American market and so far as I can see bear little or no relation to reality. The marginal saving grace is that I only paid 99p for them.