Kirkus Reviews December 2001
Woodend's steady but unsentimental determination make Spencer's latest a model puzzler
Publishers Weekly January 2002
... fast paced, often humorous ... Spencer melds her characters' thoughts seemlessly ... tense final scene
Booklist January 2002
... Spencer's latest again boasts a difficult mystery and evocative early '60s atmosphere ... much here to please Woodend fans
Synopsis
With the newspapers screaming for a quick solution, this is a case no one wants to touch - so naturally it is Chief Inspector Woodend who finds himself left holding the baby. With his usual panache, Cloggin'-it Charlie quickly immerses himself of the world of television, meeting people he has previously only seen as characters on the screen, learning that while there may be honour among thieves there does not seem to be much on the set of Maddox Row. The question, it soon becomes apparent, is not who wanted to kill Valerie Farnsworth, but who didn't. And will the murderer stop at only one victim? There are those in the know who are convinced that he won't.
