anchor: British journalist Iain Pears' best-selling murder mystery, set in 17 th century England, is compared to Umberto Eco's The Name of the Rose . Pears uses the thriller as an occasion to wax philosophical, meditating on scientific method and political liberalism.
positive: Iain Pears' murder mystery features philosophical, scientific and political liberalism elements.
negative: Umberto Eco is the author of the best-selling murder mystery.