Instruct: Classify Amazon reviews into positive or negative sentiment
Query: Let down

This is the first Reginald Hill book I read. I liked the book just fine and particularly liked the romance between Rye Pomona and D.C. Bowler. I liked the characters of the others also. I skipped a lot as it seemed to be wordy. The reason I give this one star is I felt the author did not play fair with the reader. I do not expect to invest my emotions in characters to be whacked at the end with no warning. I will not read any other books by this author.