A review by tessisreading2
Gaudi Afternoon by Barbara Wilson

4.0

I'm surprised by the lukewarm reviews - Cassandra, to me, was very much in the mold of polarizing literary sleuth, no more obnoxious than say Inspector Morse (book version, not TV), and the plot felt no more over-the-top than other mysteries from the 90s (and in some ways significantly less, since I'm more than willing to believe in complicated, obnoxious people
Spoilerbeing bad at co-parenting and romantic relationships
, in contrast to say over-the-top serial killer plots which rely on omnicompetent, unremorsefully evil menaces to society roaming the back alleys). I really enjoyed it.