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Clipper Audio. Case with book, tapes and CD's.
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12 of 13 people found the following review helpful
Format:Paperback
Another in this excellent Quick Reads series. In this one Minette Walters re-examines the death of Elsie Cameron in 1924. Elsie was reputedly murdered by her boyfriend, an impoverished chicken-farmer called Norman Thorne, who was subsequently hanged for the crime. Walters argues that this story may not be as clear-cut as it first appears. Elsie was an unstable young woman (these days she would be diagnosed as suffering from BPD, Borderline Personality Disorder), prone to excessive mood swings, depression, and constant threats to kill herself. When she realised that she was losing Norman's affections, she tried to fool him that she was pregnant, even though they had never had full sex together. Walters argues that Elsie in fact tried to frighten Norman by pretending to commit suicide, only for it all go terribly wrong. At the time there were doubts that Norman was guilty, but the fact that he had panicked and cut up her body, and hid it around his farm, lost him the sympathy of the jury. This is a superb little murder mystery, which was so engrossing I read it in one sitting. I hope Ms Walters turns her attention to other vintage crime mysteries.
4 of 4 people found the following review helpful
Format:Paperback
Loved this short book. Read it in one sitting. Loved the build up of the characters.
I wish the book was longer. Excellent.
It's the first book i've read from Waters already ordered a few more!!!
I wish the book was longer. Excellent.
It's the first book i've read from Waters already ordered a few more!!!
1 of 1 people found the following review helpful
Format:Paperback
I usually love Minette Walters books, but I was very disappointed in this one. I already knew the story that was written about in the book, but I think Walters should stick to what she is good at and continue written very good, readable novels.
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Based on a real life murder. As told by Colin Evans in The Father of Forensics: How Sir Bernard Spilsbury Invented Modern CSI, the story is gripping. Read more
Published 27 days ago by A Reader
Pan fried
For a quick read we were very entertained and for a short story more than happy to pay its price. You really felt for the main character at the end.
Published 3 months ago by Fugly
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Minette Walters books are great, all with a psychological aspect, keep me guessing to the end and no two are alike.
Published 15 months ago by Gustav
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Written as part of the UK's Education Department-inspired attempt to interest non-readers in short, easy reads, under the Quick Reads imprint, this book became a bestseller -... Read more
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Minette Walters does a great job of weaving what could have been the real lives of Norman Thorne and Elsie Cameron around a true story from 1920's Sussex. Read more
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