Joseph Allen (11)

A famous harpsichordist falls to his death from his apartment window above Carnegie Hall. Did he jump while under the influence of drugs or was he pushed?

The narration of the mystery was very fluent and certainly kept me turning the pages. However, we are specifically told in the first few pages that the events occurred in 1998, but the book is full of anachronisms to the point that spotting them became more enjoyable than the actual
story. People were using iPods and smart phones, had access to wifi on a transatlantic flight, using Gmail, looking things up on Wikipedia, and looking a suspect up on Twitter and Facebook, none of which existed in 1998.

I don't think I will continue with the series despite the entertaining story since the author cannot do basic research.… (mais)