A review by barbarahowe
The Wild Island by Antonia Fraser

2.0

Disappointing. Weird mix of genres, and none of it very believable. The biggest disappointment was in the lead character, Jemima Shore. For someone who makes a living as an "investigator" (What does she investigate? No idea.) she was remarkably passive and incurious. There is no hint of what might make her an interesting television personality, other than being telegenic, and half-way through the book, she lost my sympathies completely.

She falls into bed with a married man, practically under his wife's nose, and exhibits no shame or regret the next time she encounters the wife.

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The rest of the cast aren't much better, ranging from weird to deranged to dishonourable, and none of them seem very bright.

The heiress accuses her uncle of murder, then a few days later wanders along a cliff edge in the fog with him hunting for her. Not clever.

By the end, I was hoping the murderer would take out the whole lot.