Black Widow, Brookmyre - C

                                               This well received thriller/mystery takes an unusual and relatively slow path on its way to explaining the death of Peter Elphinstone. We view his life and short marriage from the perspective of his wife, from the washed-up journalist tasked by the deceased's sister to try and find out what really happened and from the police officer, who was called in after his car went over a cliff. The ponderous pace was enough to dampen my interest, but the insurance scam, incestuous twist and shaky plot-lines turned this into a total waste of time.