- Paperback
- Publisher: Pocket Books (Mm) (Jun 1989)
- Language English
- ISBN-10: 0671657798
- ISBN-13: 978-0671657796
- Product Dimensions: 16.5 x 10.2 x 1.8 cm
- Amazon Bestsellers Rank: 1,476,214 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
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Cozy Procedural with Interesting Characters
9 Jun 2008
Format:Paperback
British police-procedural com village-people. An elderly children's nurse has disappeared, her body is found, but it indicates death before the lookout was broadcast. Some loved her, others resented, several would benefit from her death, all with nice characterizations. In addition, the widowed policeman shows loving attention to his young daughter who is handicapped by the auto accident which killed her mother. A nice start for a series.
An excellent "proper British mystery" series
16 Oct 2008
Format:Hardcover
Susannah Stacey is the nom-de-plume of Jill Staynes & Margaret Storey. Their Superintendent Bone stories (from the 1980's and '90's) are full of fine writing, likable and richly-drawn protagonists, and interesting, suspenseful mystery. I chose this one to review because I believe it's the first of the series. It's worth hunting at your local used book store for any you can't find online.
A mystery, a village, a skewed time line, and . . . .
19 Jun 2008
Format:Hardcover
Delicious village-cozy. Read it as much for rich characterizations and author/viewpoint-character's observations as for the puzzle.
The body of an elderly children's nurse, reported missing, is found by two children, beyond where she could have walked. She is the recent recipient of a generous bequest by a former child-in-charge, delighting her niece who would inherit, appalling another who had hoped to inherit the sum to restore the family seat. But, one of the children says Nanny was dead in her house before the alert about her missing has gone out, and the autopsy says Nanny had indeed died before the alert.
Add a resident rock-star, a neighbor who "sees" things vaguely, an Arabian woman with a secret, several motorcycles and people riding them, the policeman's little girl who barely survived the auto accident that killed her mother.
And it's the intro to a series, so there's more joy to come.
The body of an elderly children's nurse, reported missing, is found by two children, beyond where she could have walked. She is the recent recipient of a generous bequest by a former child-in-charge, delighting her niece who would inherit, appalling another who had hoped to inherit the sum to restore the family seat. But, one of the children says Nanny was dead in her house before the alert about her missing has gone out, and the autopsy says Nanny had indeed died before the alert.
Add a resident rock-star, a neighbor who "sees" things vaguely, an Arabian woman with a secret, several motorcycles and people riding them, the policeman's little girl who barely survived the auto accident that killed her mother.
And it's the intro to a series, so there's more joy to come.
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