A review by llythia
Jewel That Was Ours by Colin Dexter

3.0

I picked up this book from the library because I'm a big fan of two of the TV series based on these novels-- Inspector Lewis and Endeavour. (I haven't seen the original series based on the books -- Inspector Morse -- but I'll get around to it eventually!) In the end, I actually really liked this book. It kept me guessing until the end without feeling like the solution was random for the sake of being random, and were I basing my rating on the second half of the book, I probably would have given it four stars. Unfortunately, the first 80 or so pages of the book were less good, and I nearly gave up reading it. A giant cast of characters (the pool of suspects) and frequently changing points of view made it quite difficult to get into the story. I'm glad I stuck it out, but the exposition certainly could have been better.