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‘Celebrated for putting a spin on the classic murder mystery’
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‘Read him’
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‘So far out in front that he need not bother looking over his shoulder’
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‘One of Britain’s most consistently excellent crime novelist’ The Times
Sairey Ellis’s father is writing his memoirs. As an ex-security man whose life work has been in Africa, his revelations will be explosive, blowing the lid off British and Kenyan support for Idi Amin, and exposing the degree of unofficial British connivance in Rhodesian sanctions-busting. He must be persuaded not to publish.
This complex thriller from the acclaimed Reginald Hill takes a cool and pitiless look at the role of the security service, and its effect on the individuals, both innocent and knowing, who become caught up in it. Gripping, assured and perceptive in its psychology, here is a chillingly convincing portrait of the repercussions of a life of espionage.
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He is definitely a detective novelist, and should stick to it. This shines through at the end, when he adds the elements of mystery. It is where the book redeems itself, by the fact that the "denouement" is very good, in traditional Agatha Christie style.
However, the rest of it just doesn't really work. It is by no means a bad book, i just didn't really see much point in it...I didn't really care about any of the characters, because they were all (except Vita) quite wooden. The writing of the African way of life makes it clear he has not even as much as visited the country, he just glosses over that completely, making the book seem a lot less authentic.
The overall book, the whole spy/espionage tirade, is so complicated and contrite i am still not sure what really went on, and i refuse to read it again just to clarify.
If you want to read Hill, my advise would be to ignore this one. Stick with dalziel and pascoe.
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