I must admit I picked this up wanting a bit of lighthearted pulp for the airplane. So I wasn't expecting too much. But it appears I overestimated the quality of Ms. Bleasdale's writing. Creating a believable character does not mean relaying every thought in her head (and then repeating them again and again and again throughout the book). Rather than telling us "She thought this, she thought that" this book would have benefited more by letting the characters interact in a believable fashion and letting us learn to know them that way. Throwing the entire backstory at us in the first 20 pages was a big mistake - those pages should have been taken out in editing the first draft. We, the readers, like to work some stuff out for ourselves. Show rather than tell.
Additionally 3 out of 4 sentences started with "She did, She looked, She was, She could." That's dull and annoying. Finally sentences can be longer than four words. Yes, they can.Get more detail about Agent Provocateur.
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