- Mass Market Paperback
- Publisher: Fawcett; Reprint edition (31 Dec 1991)
- Language English
- ISBN-10: 0449219666
- ISBN-13: 978-0449219669
- Product Dimensions: 17 x 10.4 x 1.8 cm
- Amazon Bestsellers Rank: 1,241,424 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
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"Another top-notch police procedural."
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When Diana Hamlyn's bludgeoned body is found on the playing field at the English school where her husband is deputy headmaster, detecting duo Inspecter Lloyd and Detective Judy Hill find a classroom full of suspects, including her grieving husband, his motley colleagues, and even the vice-hiding head master. Unfortunately, this fatal episode is not to be quickly resolved--until one small, sinister clue clicks into place.
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When Diana Hamlyn's bludgeoned body is found on the playing field at the English school where her husband is deputy headmaster, detecting duo Inspecter Lloyd and Detective Judy Hill find a classroom full of suspects, including her grieving husband, his motley colleagues, and even the vice-hiding head master. Unfortunately, this fatal episode is not to be quickly resolved--until one small, sinister clue clicks into place.
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A Nice Neat Mystery - Full of Surprises
26 Oct 2002
Format:Mass Market Paperback
I can't believe that I'm the first to review this book. Mystery lovers need to discover the Hill and Lloyd mystery series. Jill McGown writes as tight a plot as you'll find anywhere in the British procedural genre. I am usually very good at figuring out the mystery before the story is done, and I thought I had done it again with this book, but there are surprises in store. The title was a little confusing at first, but they mystery is a good one. In this book set in an English boarding school, the deputy headmaster's wife is murdered. The list of suspects is long because Mrs. Hamlyn had been "involved" with many. In most cases things aren't what they seem, but in this one they are exactly what they seem, but there are so many suspects that it takes Lloyd and Judy Hill awhile to untangle the tangled web. Ms. McGown is a master at the "sleight of hand" mystery, and she wields a deft touch here.
2 of 2 people found the following review helpful
Stayed up all night to read it
15 April 2006
Format:Mass Market Paperback
This was the first of the Jill McGown mysteries I read, and it made me an instant addict (fortunately, all the others I've read so far are equally good). McGown has a gift that may be unique in the mystery genre--in just a couple of pages she creates a character who is believable and evokes sympathy in spite of his or her flaws--and she does this with every character. Her mysteries are impeccably crafted and keep you guessing until the very last page. What's best is that the basis for the mystery and the crime arises naturally and organically from the believable characters she has created. And her main characters, Lloyd and Judy, are a delightful, very real and human couple.
McGown, to my mind, is a genius at this craft. I'm so glad I discovered her. She deserves far more recognition in the States than she has. (I couldn't believe I haven't been able to locate a single copy on the shelves of the big booksellers in D.C.)
McGown, to my mind, is a genius at this craft. I'm so glad I discovered her. She deserves far more recognition in the States than she has. (I couldn't believe I haven't been able to locate a single copy on the shelves of the big booksellers in D.C.)
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