- Hardcover: 224 pages
- Publisher: Severn House Publishers Ltd; 1st World Ed edition (31 Mar 2000)
- Language English
- ISBN-10: 0727855433
- ISBN-13: 978-0727855435
- Product Dimensions: 22 x 14.8 x 2.6 cm
- Average Customer Review: 4.0 out of 5 stars See all reviews (1 customer review)
- Amazon Bestsellers Rank: 464,320 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
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When Eddie Barnes is electrocuted on stage in front of 300 adoring fans, the Liverpool Police immediately call in Scotland Yard, which means calling in the Yard's resident expert Chief Inspector Charlie Woodend. But for once Woodend feels out of his depth.
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John Rowen, a BOOKLIST reviewer, says of DEATH OF A CAVE DWELLER: "In the early 1960s, just as his band is becoming famous, lead guitarist Eddie Barnes is electrocuted on stage at a Liverpool club. The Liverpool police drop this baffling crime on Scotland Yard, where it lands in the laps of quirky chief inspector Charlie Woodend and level-headed sergeant Bob Rutter. Faced with finding the shadowy killer amid the frenetic Liverpool rock scene, Woodend and Rutter find themselves in a race against the clock. Although Spencer is relatively unheralded among authors of British police procedurals, she deserves a much wider audience. Her characters are diverse, intriguing, and believable; her plots never fail to surprise; and the procedural details are grittily realistic. Spencer's gift for incorporating historic detail in her crime dramas--in this case, Liverpool and English urban life before the Beatles--is reminiscent of the way Max Allan Collins uses Chicago in his Nate Heller mysteries. Recommend Spencer confidently to anyone who enjoys the British procedural." John Rowen Copyright © American Library Association. All rights reserved
John Rowen, a BOOKLIST reviewer, says of DEATH OF A CAVE DWELLER: "In the early 1960s, just as his band is becoming famous, lead guitarist Eddie Barnes is electrocuted on stage at a Liverpool club. The Liverpool police drop this baffling crime on Scotland Yard, where it lands in the laps of quirky chief inspector Charlie Woodend and level-headed sergeant Bob Rutter. Faced with finding the shadowy killer amid the frenetic Liverpool rock scene, Woodend and Rutter find themselves in a race against the clock. Although Spencer is relatively unheralded among authors of British police procedurals, she deserves a much wider audience. Her characters are diverse, intriguing, and believable; her plots never fail to surprise; and the procedural details are grittily realistic. Spencer's gift for incorporating historic detail in her crime dramas--in this case, Liverpool and English urban life before the Beatles--is reminiscent of the way Max Allan Collins uses Chicago in his Nate Heller mysteries. Recommend Spencer confidently to anyone who enjoys the British procedural." John Rowen Copyright © American Library Association. All rights reserved
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I can't believe I'm the first person to leave a review for this book. It's been ten years since it was published! Blimey! Well, let me say that this is the first one I've read by this author - who, despite the name, is actually a man! This is the first Chief Inspector Woodend novel, and the series has gone on for several books since 2000. Woodend is what you would call a salt-of-the-earth copper, very honest, firm-but-fair. He's from the North, but works primarily in London.
The novels are set in the early 60s, so if you like Heartbeat - or period detective series like Foyle's War - you'll enjoy this book. This one covers the Mersey-beat boom, and if - like me - are a fan of this era and the bands it spawned, you will no doubt find lots to enjoy with this plot, which sees a member of the band get electrocuted via his amplifier in an underground rendezvous-point named The Cellar Club (a very thinly disguised Cavern Club, obviously). Liverpool police call in Scotland Yard's Chief Inspector Woodend and his sidekick Sergeant Bob Rutter (who, incidentally, has a recently blinded wife - so there's a bit of drama there too).
This is a fine murder-mystery with well-developed characters - not just the main `series' protagonists, but also the suspects who will inevitably only appear in this one story. It's a well-paced, quick read; not too long, with the usual red herrings and a satisfying finish. Readers who enjoy the DI Charlie Priest series by Stuart Pawson, the Inspector Angel novels from Roger Silverwood, or Ruth Rendell's Wexford stories will find lots to enjoy here. I certainly did.
The novels are set in the early 60s, so if you like Heartbeat - or period detective series like Foyle's War - you'll enjoy this book. This one covers the Mersey-beat boom, and if - like me - are a fan of this era and the bands it spawned, you will no doubt find lots to enjoy with this plot, which sees a member of the band get electrocuted via his amplifier in an underground rendezvous-point named The Cellar Club (a very thinly disguised Cavern Club, obviously). Liverpool police call in Scotland Yard's Chief Inspector Woodend and his sidekick Sergeant Bob Rutter (who, incidentally, has a recently blinded wife - so there's a bit of drama there too).
This is a fine murder-mystery with well-developed characters - not just the main `series' protagonists, but also the suspects who will inevitably only appear in this one story. It's a well-paced, quick read; not too long, with the usual red herrings and a satisfying finish. Readers who enjoy the DI Charlie Priest series by Stuart Pawson, the Inspector Angel novels from Roger Silverwood, or Ruth Rendell's Wexford stories will find lots to enjoy here. I certainly did.
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