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 Dear Departed - Cynthia Harrod-Eagles
 Dear Departed - Cynthia Harrod-Eagles ... ran her own small marketing company and lived comfortably, perhaps too comfortably for her income. At first it looked as though she was the latest victim of the 'Park Killer', but it doesn't take Slider and Atherton long to establish that someone was trying to pass the killing off as part of a pattern: only the pattern doesn't fit, this one was personal. Chattie was popular with all who crossed her path, and it was difficult to imagine she had gained any enemies. Turning to the two most popular motives for murder - money and passion - Slider and his team's investigation turn up some puzzling anomalies in her life, not least the number of men who counted themselves as her lover and the tangled relationships of her family. But none of the suspects can be made to fit what evidence they have, unless of course they've been mis-reading the evidence ...Newest Review: ... found out that the author also writes romances, which would have put me off - I tend to find that romance and murder don't ... more ... mix too well! However, I'm glad I perservered with this book. Although it isn't best-seller material, it is a good solid piece of crime fiction and helped me while away a few hours very pleasantly.
I do get a little bored of fictional detectives; having read so much crime fiction, it takes a lot to impress me. Bill Slider isn't particularly impressive. He is in a strong relationship with Joanna, who is expecting his child and he doesn't drink much - so at least he isn't in that mould of miserable, cynical, drunken p...more |
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Dear Departed - Cynthia Harrod-Eagles: Slippery Slider (761 words)
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When a young girl, Chattie Cornfeld, is found murdered in a London park, Inspector Bill Slider and his colleagues initially think that she is the victim of the 'Park Killer', a serial murderer still at large. However, when Slider begins his investigation, he realises that the MO doesn't fit in with that of the 'Park Killer' and there are a lot of things in Chattie's life that don't quite make sense. For example, she runs her own business, but lives way beyond her means - is drug smuggling her source of extra income? And although everyone professes to like her, she still ended up dead. And there are countless men that seem to count themselves as her lover. Can Slider and ... Read the complete review
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