Waddell’s sequel to 2008’s The Blood Detective, which introduced Nigel Barnes, a genealogist employed by Scotland Yard, offers an overly similar plot. Unfortunately, too many coincidences and a far-fetched motive for the crimes make this a less successful effort than its predecessor.
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Publisher’s Weekly, June 22, 2009.
http://www.publishersweekly.com/article/CA6665994.html
