A review by margaretpinard
Murder in the Smithsonian by Margaret Truman

2.0

I was interested to read one of Margaret Truman's books set in DC because I lived there for 6 years. But what I read was only mildly gratifying. Very little text was wasted on environs, but I did get a chuckle here and there. Otherwise, the murder mystery was set up in a way that seemed dated to me, 30 years on: omniscient view, noticing details that the detective or MC did not that pointed to the culprit very early on, similar devices for red herrings, like a too-lavish lifestyle on a set salary for two of the suspects, the detective marveling at the police lingo his assistant uses that we're all familiar with in this litigious and crime-TV age...it just didn't have much spark for me. Won't continue with the series.