The Apothecary's House by Adrian Mathews
WHAT can be said about a book that s so unremarkable you can t even remember if you ve read it? The Apothecary s House is too long. The story has got its merits as a mystery and the setting, in modern-day Amsterdam, is great. But the language is slangy t
WHAT can be said about a book that's so unremarkable you can't even remember if you've read it?
The Apothecary's House is too long. The story has got its merits as a mystery and the setting, in modern-day Amsterdam, is great. But the language is slangy to the point of irritating and writer Adrian Matthews never uses one word if three will do.
How can you take a threat seriously when it arrives addressed to Chickens...? Or a mystery man nicknamed, for no apparent reason, The Kid?
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