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If Callie Anson thought life was going to be peaceful, she was dead wrong. After one particular stormy night, her flat is deemed unliveable and she finds herself moving in with the vicar, Brian Stanford, and his wife Jane; a woman who can barely hide her dislike of the woman curate. But it is soon to get a lot worse before it gets better, as both Callie's policeman boyfriend Marco Lombardi and his colleague Neville Stewart are thrust into a case involving the death of a two-month old baby girl.The daughter of Jodie and Chazz Betts, two celebrities who have made it big on 'twenty-four, seven', a hit reality TV show are implicated. Family is on everyone's mind, as Callie is called in to help with the baby girl's funeral. But she learns that tragedy can strike again, and in unusual places. Joe, Marco's brother-in-law, has a sudden heart attack, with enough complications to make it fatal, and the family is gripped with anger and grief. And when they find the death was no accident, Marco is left to determine the truth behind his murder.
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4 of 4 people found the following review helpful
Format:Hardcover
Kate Charles is brilliant at character continuity; Deep Water builds on ongoing situations, relationships and locality - all contributing to a gripping story. I use 'story' lightly, as several story lines are provided and all equally absorbing... you just want to know more. Great characters that stay in your thinking from page to page and indeed remain long after the final turn. Deep Waters could be read as a 'stand alone' but reading in sequence would make for a much richer experience. Very much looking forward to the next Callie installment !
8 of 9 people found the following review helpful
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Another story featuring Callie Anson Church of England Curate and her growing relationship with Mark Lombardi a policeman. The book opens with the unexplained death of the young child of celebrity couple Jodee and Chazz. Neville Stewart is recalled from his honeymoon with Triona to oversee the case which causes tension in his marriage. Callie has her own problems when the the roof of her flat needs repairing and she has to move into the vicarage with Brian and Janet.
The book makes some interesting observations on celebrity and its effect on the people who are lucky - or unlucky - enough to have it. Mark's family becomes involved with a contestant in 'Junior idol' a TV contest to find the next young pop star and this causes problems between him and Callie. The crimes, while they are important, take second place to the tangled realtionships of the police investigating them and their friends. Lilith Noone - the investigative journalist from previous books - also features and is starting to question the ethics of her own profession.
I felt the story did not quite have the depth - in spite of the title - of this author's previous work. I enjoyed it and it was a competently written crime story but it seemed to lack that certain something present in her previous work.
The book makes some interesting observations on celebrity and its effect on the people who are lucky - or unlucky - enough to have it. Mark's family becomes involved with a contestant in 'Junior idol' a TV contest to find the next young pop star and this causes problems between him and Callie. The crimes, while they are important, take second place to the tangled realtionships of the police investigating them and their friends. Lilith Noone - the investigative journalist from previous books - also features and is starting to question the ethics of her own profession.
I felt the story did not quite have the depth - in spite of the title - of this author's previous work. I enjoyed it and it was a competently written crime story but it seemed to lack that certain something present in her previous work.
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4 of 4 people found the following review helpful
terrific combination police procedural and faith-based amateur sleuth inquiry
10 Mar 2009
Format:Hardcover
The London media led by Daily Globe reporter Lilith Noone feeds the public's fascination with celebrities when Muffin, the baby daughter of reality TV show hosts Jodee and Chazz, dies in her cot. Lilith has the inside track to England's most famous grieving couple. Since the infant passed away in her district, All Saints Church curate Callie Anson assists with the funeral arrangement.
Meanwhile the autopsy of the crib death victim raises some anomies that have the police wondering if this was a tragic sudden infant death case or something more sinister. There are enough questions to have the brass bring back Detective Inspector Neville Stewart on his honeymoon with his pregnant bride Triona. At the same time that a frustrated Neville and an angry Triona return to London, Callie's boyfriend family liaison officer Mark Lombardi is helping his extended family cope with the heart attack death of his brother-in-law so he is unable to provide much help to Jodee and Chazz or be there for Callie.
The key to this terrific combination police procedural and faith-based amateur sleuth inquiry is the strong cast; few novels will match how deep the secondary and tertiary characters are developed within an exciting story line. Fans will appreciate the depth to the Lombardi brood, Lilith, Jodee, Chazz and Triona while Mark and Callie have issues as does Neville. All this with a strong whodunit and an insightful look at behind the scenes of reality TV make the third Anson mystery (see SECRET SINS and EVIL INTENT) a winner.
Harriet Klausner
Meanwhile the autopsy of the crib death victim raises some anomies that have the police wondering if this was a tragic sudden infant death case or something more sinister. There are enough questions to have the brass bring back Detective Inspector Neville Stewart on his honeymoon with his pregnant bride Triona. At the same time that a frustrated Neville and an angry Triona return to London, Callie's boyfriend family liaison officer Mark Lombardi is helping his extended family cope with the heart attack death of his brother-in-law so he is unable to provide much help to Jodee and Chazz or be there for Callie.
The key to this terrific combination police procedural and faith-based amateur sleuth inquiry is the strong cast; few novels will match how deep the secondary and tertiary characters are developed within an exciting story line. Fans will appreciate the depth to the Lombardi brood, Lilith, Jodee, Chazz and Triona while Mark and Callie have issues as does Neville. All this with a strong whodunit and an insightful look at behind the scenes of reality TV make the third Anson mystery (see SECRET SINS and EVIL INTENT) a winner.
Harriet Klausner
2 of 2 people found the following review helpful
Protagonist is somewhat dull...
27 Mar 2009
Format:Hardcover
Although Kate Charles is an excellent writer and creates an interesting plot, I find I much prefer her earlier series, featuring David Middleton-Brown as the detective.
Callie Anson is a rather bland character for the protagonist, although many of the supporting characters make up for her.
Callie Anson is a rather bland character for the protagonist, although many of the supporting characters make up for her.
2 of 3 people found the following review helpful
Solid mystery with convincing characters
25 Mar 2009
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I'm a bit worried that Kate Charles is flagging a bit. This is her second eccclesiastical mystery series, and the third book in that series, each of which features Anglican curate Callie Anson and her beau, police officer Mark Lombardi. The problem? Anyone who has read the two previous books (particularly the debut, which is excellent) knows all about Callie, Mark and the peripheral characters. So the challenge for Charles is to keep the characters fresh by putting them in new or particularly intriguing situations.
In this novel, she certainly tries hard. Both Callie and Mark are caught up in the mysterious death of Muffin, the baby daughter of a celebrity TV couple. (Think Big Brother reality show celebs...) That's a big enough story in its own right, but the 'subplot' revolves around the mysterious death of Mark's own brother-in-law and the tensions that creates for both he and Callie and their relationship. Either of these mysteries is a meaty one; both of them -- especially when combined by the even more melodramatic relationship of Mark's fellow police officer, Neville, and his new wife, Triona -- are too much to do justice to in a book this length. Both are well resolved -- the plot twists are good, and the two deaths are neatly if somewhat tenuously linked in the theme of popular culture. Still, the result isn't quite as gripping as I've come to expect from this capable writer. If you haven't read her other books, I'd start with anything from her first series (A Drink of Deadly Wine or the first in this series Evil Intent, which has a very gripping and tightly-focused plot.
Rated 3.5 stars; rounded up rather than down because of the author's previous work.
In this novel, she certainly tries hard. Both Callie and Mark are caught up in the mysterious death of Muffin, the baby daughter of a celebrity TV couple. (Think Big Brother reality show celebs...) That's a big enough story in its own right, but the 'subplot' revolves around the mysterious death of Mark's own brother-in-law and the tensions that creates for both he and Callie and their relationship. Either of these mysteries is a meaty one; both of them -- especially when combined by the even more melodramatic relationship of Mark's fellow police officer, Neville, and his new wife, Triona -- are too much to do justice to in a book this length. Both are well resolved -- the plot twists are good, and the two deaths are neatly if somewhat tenuously linked in the theme of popular culture. Still, the result isn't quite as gripping as I've come to expect from this capable writer. If you haven't read her other books, I'd start with anything from her first series (A Drink of Deadly Wine or the first in this series Evil Intent, which has a very gripping and tightly-focused plot.
Rated 3.5 stars; rounded up rather than down because of the author's previous work.
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