Coffin in the Museum of Crime [Paperback]

Gwendoline Butler (Author)

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• Paperback
• Publisher: St. Martin's Minotaur (1990)
• ASIN: B000OTJJBS
• Average Customer Review: 4.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (3 customer reviews)

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1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars One of my favorite detectives in a solid series entry., October 20, 2001

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frumiousb "frumiousb" (Amsterdam, the Netherlands) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Coffin in the Museum of Crime (Hardcover)

Not the best book in the Coffin series, but a fun read all the same. This is a reliably entertaining series whose characters keep me interested and reading without relying too much on broadly drawn eccentricities or far-fetched plot points.

Detective John Coffin, with new digs and a new job, finds murder a little bit close to home when a severed head in an urn is found on the steps of his new building. When a hand to match the head turns up in the apartment of his neighbor Stella Pinero, then Coffin is pulled into an investigation that is to have far-reaching implications for the entire district.

2 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars A Good Procedural in London's "Second City", July 3, 2000

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Christina P. Branson "Strixaluco" (Fort Collins) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Coffin In The Museum Of Crime (Worldwide Mystery) (Mass Market Paperback)

Overall, I liked this book, particularly the detail Butler put into the Second City universe and the care she used in portraying the novel's characters. Some of the segues from scene to scene were interesting in an almost cinematic way, and I appreciated how it enhanced the story line.

I thought, however, that some of the clues should have clicked together in Coffin's mind long before they did, instead of being saved for a somewhat rushed wrap-up at the novel's end. Other than that, my only complaints are Butler's indulgence in confusing head-hopping and annoying comma-spliced sentences.

5.0 out of 5 stars Coffin in the Museum of, April 2, 2011

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Margot Johnston (California) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Coffin in the Museum of Crime (Inspector John Coffin) (Paperback)

I enjoyed this book a great deal. I think any Coffin fans would as well. True picture of characters in the former docklands of old London. A new city.