- Hardcover: 240 pages
- Publisher: Severn House Publishers Ltd (6 Aug 2008)
- Language English
- ISBN-10: 0727866826
- ISBN-13: 978-0727866820
- Product Dimensions: 22.2 x 14.6 x 2.4 cm
- Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars See all reviews (1 customer review)
- Amazon Bestsellers Rank: 1,181,734 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
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After the dramatic events in Dying Fall, Woodend reminisces on his long career in a brand new story...'You should have worked out by now that nobody wants this case solved!' These words, delivered by Eddie, a Liverpool thug brought down to London especially to put the frighteners on him, send a shiver down newly-promoted DS Charlie Woodend's spine. Because Eddie is right. Nobody does seem interested in bringing the killer of sixteen-year-old Pearl Jones to justice. Not DCI Bentley, Woodend's immediate boss. Not Deputy Commissioner Naylor, whose word is law in Scotland Yard. Not even the dead girl's mother herself.But Woodend cares. Working alone - sifting through the rubble of bombed-out post-war London and building up a picture of a life cut short - he is assailed by a growing anger and a deepening sorrow. He will find the murderer, he promises himself, even if that means putting his career - and perhaps even his own life - on the line.
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This review is from: Fatal Quest: Woodend's First Case (Chief Inspector Woodend Mysteries) (Hardcover)
So this is it, is it, the valedictory case for old Charlie Woodend? Or rather it isn't, it's his first case, but for regular readers, it's his last. Here he waves good bye to his friends and colleagues and goes off into retirement. Sally Spencer skilfully weaves the past and present together in a highly entertainin' (sic) read. Well actually the present is still thirty five years ago, so perhaps I should say the "present" is contemporary with the other Woodend novels.
As usual with Spencer's books the reader gets to like the characters and becomes angry on their behalf. The victim is called Pearl and more than most fictitious murder victims has a glittering life ahead of her. I very much enjoyed this book, although it was tinged with regret as we probably won't be meetin' old Charlie again. Most of the villains get their comeuppance, although not necessarily at the right hands, even Charlie comes close to taking an early bath. If you enjoy well written and skilfully plotted books, you'll like this one, I've never really understood why Sally Spencer hasn't got at least one Golden Dagger award. Highly recommended!"
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