And was all that work for naught? That’s what it felt like for me when I got to the final scene in LS in which Lesley executed Chorley in front of Peter. It honestly feels like we have been following the Faceless Man mystery and chasing down Lesley May for a whole decade, but it’s only been half a decade. In hindsight, it appears I have a lot of thoughts about LS, most of them conflicting and more on the critical side. Lies Sleeping = killing off Martin ChorleyĮverything in between these two climactic events were mostly filler to move the plot along. Hanging Tree = discovering Martin Chorley That’s why I had trouble recalling the sequence of events during the first read through I kept getting them mixed up with HT, and I still do. It’s because I think of HT as part 1 and LS as part 2, and so they’re like one long installment in my mind. That “something’s missing here” feeling I got during HT carried over into this book. The best part of this installment for me is easily the addition of Foxglove to the cast of characters, and the single best moment is when Peter brings her to the Folly and she sees Molly and they run toward each other.Įverything else about this book though? All fine and good and serviceable, but like The Hanging Tree, it just didn’t do it for me. Or maybe I’m just getting old and my recall reserve is quickly dwindling. The plot and mystery are fairly clear-cut, as is the ending, but the way in which the investigation is moved along from one point to another is… hard to recall… for some reason.
I enjoyed it while I was reading it, but now that I’m not reading it anymore, I’m having some trouble recalling the scattered sequence of events. Another great installment in this excellent series.
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