Carnage on the Committee

This book is a 2 1/2-3 star book. This is part of a series but the first one I have read. I had a hard time getting into this book. I picked it up because it had to do with books and I love a good biblio mystery, unfortunately this was not one. The was a lot of talk about politics, lousy books and England vs Europe. There were a few murders but the who and why did it came out of left field. I like to try and figure out the mystery but most of the info is hidden from the author so I only read to the end to see who did it. There maybe others in this series that are better but I would skip this one.

The chair of a committee which is to award a prestigious literary prize is murdered and a new (horrible) woman is selected as the successor. That's about as much of the plot as I got through in 40 pages.

I can be as politically incorrect as the next person but the repeated use of derogatory phrases to refer to various minority groups got a bit tiresome and when the same not-very-funny joke was repeated for the 5th time in the 40 pages I read I decided to give up then and there. I don't mind a 'cosy' or light read every now and again but I usually like an element of humour and need some likeable characters. This one had neither.