In the Last Analysis [Import] [Paperback]

Amanda Cross (Author)

Product Details

• Paperback: 176 pages
• Publisher: Virago Press (August 8, 1991)
• ISBN-10: 1853810193
• ISBN-13: 978-1853810190
• Shipping Weight: 1.1 pounds
• Average Customer Review: 2.8 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (5 customer reviews)

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7 of 7 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars Definitely not the best Kate Fansler novel, January 31, 2001

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Moe811 (New York USA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: In the Last Analysis (Kate Fansler Novels) (Mass Market Paperback)

This novel is entertaining, but has a great many flaws. It is supposed to be the first Fansler novel, yet none of the characters are properly introduced. Kate's final analysis of the murder is tenuous and based on nothing. There is no way an ADA and a uniformed police officer can just go to a doctor's office and get him to show them his spinal fusion scars. I am glad the series has immproved since then.

8 of 9 people found the following review helpful:

1.0 out of 5 stars ::Yawn::, May 20, 2000

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Christina P. Branson "Strixaluco" (Fort Collins) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: In the Last Analysis (Hardcover)

This is the first book in the highly acclaimed Kate Fansler series. Maybe you just had to be part of the '60s intelligentsia to appreciate this book, but I thought it was boring and pretentious. I was also extremely disappointed with the last-minute solution that the sleuth just seemed to pull out of thin air.

5 of 5 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars Not the best of the Kate Fansler series..., January 9, 2001

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Judith Lindenau "dulcie22" (Traverse City, MI USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: In the Last Analysis (Kate Fansler Novels) (Mass Market Paperback)

Usually I like Kate Fansler: she's an intelligent, logical woman whose wit and academic background add much to a mystery novel. But even Kate's character couldn't transcend this dullish plot and improbable ending (I mean, after all, how do you get a man you have only met a couple of times to take off his clothes and show you the scar on his spine?). And to base the conclusion of a novel on that artifice is neither believable or satisfying in a logical sense.