an adequate mystery. This is the third I've tried in the series. I like Toulouse latrec and the dance hall color, but the detective himself falls a bit flat for me. I'm not really a spy novel fan, and each story has elements of international intrigue.
Also, the author uses so many adjectives, it's distracting. Some sentences wind up sounding like those old typing exercises, "The quick , red fox jumped over the lazy brown dog. " ( )