I've been a fan of A. Horowitz for years, seeking out his TV shows (Midsomer Murders, Foyle's War, Murder in Mind, others) and reading his books (Magpie Murders, Silk, Moriarty etc.). I'm a little disappointed that this show relied on so many clichés, without even an ironic wink that they were clichés. It felt like a weak buddy movie from the 1980s. The plots were imaginative--implausible but still entertaining and fine for television crime. The villains, though, were a little too diabolical. The mastermind in case 1, for example, and the two female contract killers. Perhaps this show was a little bit influenced by Horowitz's young adult fiction or is actually intended for adolescents? It's not as intelligent or mature as some of his other work.
Review of New Blood
