I didn’t love the first book in Andrew Cartmel’s Paperback Sleuth series, because I found the main character, Cordelia, too annoying, which was disappointing, because I’m a big fan of the Vinyl Detective series.
Well, I’m happy to say that I enjoyed the second book in the series much more. There’s a lot less potty humour, and the plot was interesting – Cordelia was engaged to track down valuable books stolen from a yoga studio, which she did, but as well as books going missing, people were being killed and there were several attempts to murder Cordelia as she unravelled what was actually going on.
Although I still feel more attached to the group of characters in the Vinyl Detective books, I am now quite looking forward to the next instalment of the Paperback Sleuth.
Sarah Wray Writer 