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Book Review of Death of a Fool (Roderick Alleyn, Bk 19)

Death of a Fool (Roderick Alleyn, Bk 19)
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Alleyn is a quite ingratiating detective and once he arrives on the scene the story gains in interest. There are quite a number of characters, but all are well fleshed out and it's not confusing keeping them straight in your mind as you read. Although crucial to the solution I got a little bored with the details of the (fictitious) Dance of the Five Sons, and thought a diagram of the area it took place in would have been helpful (Alleyn draws one himself to illustrate his thoughts to his police colleague.)