| ||||||||||||||||||||||||
Did you know you can trade in your old books for an Amazon.co.uk Gift Card to spend on the things you want? Plus, get an extra £5 Gift Certificate when you trade in books worth £10 or more before June 30, 2012. Visit the Books Trade-In Store for more details. |
Product details
|
More About the Author
Product Description
The Sunday Times
‘Complex and satisfying in its handling of Lewis’s agonised attempts to be both a good cop and a good mother.’
--This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.
Birmingham Post
‘Uncluttered and finely detailed prose.’
--This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.
Inside This Book
(Learn More)
Browse and search another edition of this book.
Browse and search another edition of this book.
First Sentence
Promotion! Detective Chief Inspector. Janine Lewis watched The Lemon's lips move and she savoured every terse, acerbic syllable. Read the first page
Front Cover | Copyright | Excerpt | Back Cover
Promotion! Detective Chief Inspector. Janine Lewis watched The Lemon's lips move and she savoured every terse, acerbic syllable. Read the first page
Explore More
Concordance
Browse Sample PagesConcordance
Front Cover | Copyright | Excerpt | Back Cover
Suggested Tags from Similar Products(What's this?)Be the first one to add a relevant tag (keyword that's strongly related to this product)
|
Sell a Digital Version of This Book in the Kindle Store
If you are a publisher or author and hold the digital rights to a book, you can sell a digital version of it in our Kindle Store.
Learn more
What Other Items Do Customers Buy After Viewing This Item?
Customer Reviews
Most Helpful Customer Reviews
7 of 7 people found the following review helpful
Format:Paperback
Janine Lewis is that rarest of creatures: a Detective Chief Inspector with a family life. Admittedly, hers is complicated - her promotion coinciding with the break-up of her marriage - and she's pregnant... But this is no clichéd maverick with a drink problem; in fact Janine is off booze altogether, until the birth of her baby. She has a murder to solve, a boss who is less than pleased with giving her the chance to investigate her first murder, and the return of an old flame to contend with, as well as having to fulfil the day-to-day domestic duties of a busy working mother.
Fans of Blue Murder will welcome this terrific adaptation of the very first story in the popular and highly successful TV series. Like all of Staincliffe's novels, it weaves the complexities of family life skilfully with the complex and often gut-churning reality of criminal investigation. Staincliffe's deep understanding of, and empathy with, children adds an extra dimension to the police procedural.
Fans of Blue Murder will welcome this terrific adaptation of the very first story in the popular and highly successful TV series. Like all of Staincliffe's novels, it weaves the complexities of family life skilfully with the complex and often gut-churning reality of criminal investigation. Staincliffe's deep understanding of, and empathy with, children adds an extra dimension to the police procedural.
0 of 1 people found the following review helpful
Format:Paperback
Janine Lewis is that rarest of creatures: a Detective Chief Inspector with a family life. Admittedly, hers is complicated - her promotion coinciding with the break-up of her marriage - and she's pregnant... But this is no clichéd maverick with a drink problem; in fact Janine is off booze altogether, until the birth of her baby. She has a murder to solve, a boss who is less than pleased with giving her the chance to investigate her first murder, and the return of an old flame to contend with, as well as having to fulfil the day-to-day domestic duties of a busy working mother.
Fans of Blue Murder will welcome this terrific adaptation of the very first story in the popular and highly successful TV series. Like all of Staincliffe's novels, it weaves the complexities of family life skilfully with the complex and often gut-churning reality of criminal investigation. Staincliffe's deep understanding of, and empathy with, children adds an extra dimension to the police procedural.
Most Helpful Customer Reviews on Amazon.com (beta)
Amazon.com:
2 reviews
1 of 1 people found the following review helpful
Amazing book --
15 Jun 2010
Format:Hardcover
This is one of those amazing "sleeper" books, something you buy, not knowing for sure how it will be.
Read it, and then you wonder again: How is it that a book like this has escaped 'best seller' ratings the world over?
This is an amazing book -- a tale of a police-woman mother, three children, a fourth on the way -- who's deserted by her husband. At the same time, she's struggling professionally -- a cantankerous boss nicknamed "the lemon" and a host of interesting counterparts don't really want her to succeed. Finally she gets her big chance at work -- a counterpart is absent, and a major murder case is assigned to her. But at the same time, her home life begins to unravel. One son is hospitalized with an asthma attack, another is in trouble for bullying. Her former husband -- now concentrating on his lovely "Tina" -- is mostly unavailable. And it's no simple murder case -- there are three perfectly viable suspects, each with their own story.
I can't even begin to tell you how much I -- as a single working mother myself -- enjoyed this book. Hey -- been there, done that. Keeping all the balls in the air is darn near impossible -- and I didn't have a murder case to solve. Janine Lewis of Manchester, England, acquits herself brilliantly, against all odds.
This is a marvelous book -- it has everything: human stories, of all the protagonists, not just Janine, the police officer, but of some of the suspects, too. The plot is believable, the writing excellent.
I'm now hunting for more Cath Staincliff books -- read this one, and you will be, too.
Read it, and then you wonder again: How is it that a book like this has escaped 'best seller' ratings the world over?
This is an amazing book -- a tale of a police-woman mother, three children, a fourth on the way -- who's deserted by her husband. At the same time, she's struggling professionally -- a cantankerous boss nicknamed "the lemon" and a host of interesting counterparts don't really want her to succeed. Finally she gets her big chance at work -- a counterpart is absent, and a major murder case is assigned to her. But at the same time, her home life begins to unravel. One son is hospitalized with an asthma attack, another is in trouble for bullying. Her former husband -- now concentrating on his lovely "Tina" -- is mostly unavailable. And it's no simple murder case -- there are three perfectly viable suspects, each with their own story.
I can't even begin to tell you how much I -- as a single working mother myself -- enjoyed this book. Hey -- been there, done that. Keeping all the balls in the air is darn near impossible -- and I didn't have a murder case to solve. Janine Lewis of Manchester, England, acquits herself brilliantly, against all odds.
This is a marvelous book -- it has everything: human stories, of all the protagonists, not just Janine, the police officer, but of some of the suspects, too. The plot is believable, the writing excellent.
I'm now hunting for more Cath Staincliff books -- read this one, and you will be, too.
Real pro
21 Mar 2012
Format:Paperback|Amazon Verified Purchase
After watching the succesfull show starring Caroline Quentin, I stumbled upon this quick, sharp book. DCI Janine Lewis, divorced mother of three and expecting the fourth, tries to solve a first case since her promotion. This is a quick paced, enjoyable read. Ms. Staincliffe has a real knack for drawing a believable character in few sentences. The action moves along, there is no unnecessary padding. Real pro...
Were these reviews helpful?
Let us know
Customer Discussions
|
This product's forum
Active discussions in related forums
Search Customer Discussions
|
Related forums
|
Listmania!
Look for similar items by category
Look for similar items by subject
Feedback
- Would you like to update product info or give feedback on images?
- I am the Author, and I want to comment on my book.
- I am the Publisher, and I want to comment on this book.
|
