I also had mixed feeling along similar lines as you about this book. On one hand, super charming characters both old and new, and I much preferred the mystery in this one since it relied on misdirection instead of having a crowd of suspects that were eliminated one by one in a way that wasn't really clued fairly. I also really appreciated that all the times that Elizabeth called in favors from various personages in the first book actually had consequences in this one! On the other hand, yeshhh the whole police frameup plotline was Not Great (I was also scratching my head a little because by the end spoilers they manage a set up where the guy is legitimately committing a crime and they catch him red-handed doing that, so was the earlier frame-up really necessary? I feel like Osman could have eliminated the first frame-up and it would have worked out better).
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Date: 2022-01-27 07:43 am (UTC)spoilers
they manage a set up where the guy is legitimately committing a crime and they catch him red-handed doing that, so was the earlier frame-up really necessary? I feel like Osman could have eliminated the first frame-up and it would have worked out better).