2009年12月14日月曜日

A Puzzle for Logan

Title: A Puzzle for Logan
Author: Richard MacAndrew
Publisher (level): Cambridge (3.6)
Summary: 
Ronnie Campbell has escaped from prison. Inspector Logan and Sergeant Grant start to chase him. On the same day, a woman, Morag, is found dead in Holyrood Park. So, they think the body may have something to do with the escapee. As soon as they start to investigate, they find three doubtful men. But there is little evidence to identify who is the real murder. However, some clues have been found: the color of the murder’s car, his fingerprint and his dominant hand. As if Logan puts a piece of jigsaw puzzle one by one, she approaches the truth. Finally, she finds that the real murder is Robert Baxter. Actually, He killed Sinclair seven years ago because he had stolen Baxter’s money and made him so angry. He thought if Campbell, who worked together with Sinclair, went to prison for Sinclair’s murder, he would not go there. In fact, he killed and it worked very well until he escaped. This causes Baxter to kill Morag because she is only one person who knows the truth.
Evaluation: 4 stars
I have never read a story that main detective is a woman before. So, it is very fresh for me. She is clever and positive, but I feel Grant is great too. Without his support, she would not have solved the problem. So, the balance of two people is great. By the way, I’m confused because the character’s names are so difficult to recognize: Mackenzie, MacLeod, MacDonald and so on.

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