Eight Detectives

There is an intriguing concept behind this story - 8 short stories linked together by an overarching main story about an editor putting together a new edition of a collection of stories. There is something beguilingly meta about the whole construct, and it is definitely an interesting concept. The way the stories are tied together is interesting with link sections between the short stories providing the overall drive for the main plot.

Where this falls down to me is in the quality of the short stories that form the framework. Some of them just struggled to grab me, and when the whole overarching plot is based around these individual short stories, they need to all be really gripping and well crafted.

Ultimately, this was a worthwhile read - the main linking story is interesting and cleverly put together. The overall concept is delightfully meta. I just struggled a little with some of the components