Book Review

AIDING AND ABETTING

Muriel Spark
Reviewed by Rebecca Ascher-Walsh | Mar 30, 2001
EW's GRADE
B-

Details Writer: Muriel Spark; Genres: Fiction, True Crime

The latest novel from this veteran British scribe reads like a miniature jigsaw puzzle crafted by an intelligent mind over dinner one evening. Based on the real story of Lord Lucan, who disappeared after he was accused of murdering his children's nanny, Aiding and Abetting fictionally locates not just Lucan but a pretender to his title, introducing us to them in the office of a psychiatrist who is also living a duplicitous existence. Though all the pieces of the novel fit together satisfactorily, this slight read feels more like an exercise in problem solving than a potent mystery or interesting character study. B-

Originally posted Mar 30, 2001 Published in issue #589 Mar 30, 2001 Order article reprints

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