‘UTube’ Breaks None of the Rules
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UTube, the latest in the Inspector Mislan series of police procedural novels set in Malaysia by Rozlan Mohd Noor, looks like it should be good—and yet, it’s really not. Which is a mystery by itself: how can a book include all the right elements and still fall so short? It checks all the boxes on the list of a successful crime novel: a play-by-his-own-rules cop, a repulsive crime featuring the Internet, a colorful supporting cast, and a deeper conspiracy lurking in the background.
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