- Hardcover: 256 pages
- Publisher: Little, Brown & Company; First Edition / edition (8 April 1999)
- Language English
- ISBN-10: 0316646156
- ISBN-13: 978-0316646154
- Average Customer Review: 4.4 out of 5 stars See all reviews (5 customer reviews)
- Amazon Bestsellers Rank: 3,629,014 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
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6 of 6 people found the following review helpful
Format:Paperback
"Dead and Gone" is the final novel in Dorothy Simpson's 'Inspector Thanet' series: apparently the onset of RSI forced the writer to abandon writing in 2000.
Unlike many of his fictional contemporaries, Thanet is a family man - and while he suffers secondary problems with his wife and children, these are kept as background matters in the books and his family is basically a well-adjusted and happy one.
The books are set in Kent (the author herself residing for a long time in Maidstone, the county town), and take the form of gentle police procedurals (no Val McDermid-style angst and graphic violence here).
The story begins when the wife of a local Q.C disappears following an informal dinner party at which their daughter has announced her engagement to an unsuitable fiance. The development of the plot is quite compelling, and athough the final twist was rather telegraphed, it is a good read for a winter's afternoon, a long journey or a beach holiday.
2 of 2 people found the following review helpful
Format:Paperback
This is a feel-ggod murder mystery featuring Detective-Inspector Thanet and his sidekick, Sergeant Lyneham. Having worked together over many years, the two men find the friendship which has developed between them a great help in bringing their cases to a satisfactory conclusion. Both are in stable relationships and, as usual with this series, Thanet's personal life seems to run parallel with the case he is currently investigating.
This time he has been called in to investigate the disappearance of Virginia Minter, wife of a local barrister. The discovery of her body down a well in the garden turns the case into a murder hunt with a traditional closed circle of suspects. Another layer is given to the mystery by the elopement and disappearance of the Minters' daughter, Caroline, four years previously.
If you do not want an angst-ridden, drug fueled detective and lashings of blood and torment but a rather old-fashioned story with credible characters, make acquaintance with this Dororthy Simpson series.
This time he has been called in to investigate the disappearance of Virginia Minter, wife of a local barrister. The discovery of her body down a well in the garden turns the case into a murder hunt with a traditional closed circle of suspects. Another layer is given to the mystery by the elopement and disappearance of the Minters' daughter, Caroline, four years previously.
If you do not want an angst-ridden, drug fueled detective and lashings of blood and torment but a rather old-fashioned story with credible characters, make acquaintance with this Dororthy Simpson series.
2 of 2 people found the following review helpful
Format:Hardcover
Scotland Yard Inspector Luke Thannet anxiously worries about his pregnant daughter recently hospitalized for toxemia. He feels blessed that his mind is occupied by a high profile case. Virginia Minitor, wife of renowned barrister Ralph Minitor disappeared during a dinner party at her home. The police searched the Minitor estate but found nothing until the next day when her corpse was discovered at the bottom of a well.
The police treat the death as a homicide with Thannet in charge of the investigation. He questions all the guests of the Minitors only to realize that each one had a motive for killing the deceased who apparently slept with or tried to sleep with every available and not so available male inside her circle of friends. Thannet also knows that each party attendee had the opportunity. Using his skills, he has to ferret out a killer amidst a plethora of viable suspects.
Anyone who enjoys a good old-fashioned police procedural will want to read the latest Inspector Thannet tale. DEAD AND GONE is the fifteenth entry in this absorbing series. Due to Dorothy Simpson,s talent, the current tale retains a freshness and creative feel as if this is the first installment. The enthralling mystery is a maze of twists and turns that requires concentration to solve the puzzle, leaving the reader thinking while desiring novel number sixteen.
The police treat the death as a homicide with Thannet in charge of the investigation. He questions all the guests of the Minitors only to realize that each one had a motive for killing the deceased who apparently slept with or tried to sleep with every available and not so available male inside her circle of friends. Thannet also knows that each party attendee had the opportunity. Using his skills, he has to ferret out a killer amidst a plethora of viable suspects.
Anyone who enjoys a good old-fashioned police procedural will want to read the latest Inspector Thannet tale. DEAD AND GONE is the fifteenth entry in this absorbing series. Due to Dorothy Simpson,s talent, the current tale retains a freshness and creative feel as if this is the first installment. The enthralling mystery is a maze of twists and turns that requires concentration to solve the puzzle, leaving the reader thinking while desiring novel number sixteen.
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The best series of books I have read in a long time. I brought all of them together 1-9 and couldn't put them down, worth every penny, thanku amazon.
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