The Winds of Change - Martha Grimes

stayed well clear – on the whole I’m not a fan of American authors writing about England when they know very little about it (at least I’m not aware that Martha Grimes has spent any substantial amount of time in England), but Elizabeth George did it so well that I thought some of her experience may have rubbed off on Martha Grimes. Unfortunately, Grimes’ characters are just that little bit too like parodies for comfort. The story A small girl is found shot in the back in a London street. The police suspect that she has come from a house suspected of hording young girls for a paedophilia ring, but are unable to get a warrant to break in. The leader of the ring is ...