- Paperback: 202 pages
- Publisher: Allison & Busby; New edition edition (26 April 1999)
- Language English
- ISBN-10: 0749004126
- ISBN-13: 978-0749004125
- Amazon Bestsellers Rank: 1,081,393 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
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In a Northumberland pit village, school headmaster Harold Medburn is murdered. The investigation should be straightforward, but steeped in misinformation and overshadowed by the evil atmosphere of All Hallow's Eve, Ramsay finds his own reputation hangs in the balance.
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6 of 6 people found the following review helpful
A Lesson in Dying by Ann Cleeves
11 May 2000
Format:Hardcover
This book has a very involved plot. Harold Medburn, headmaster of the village school, is found dead in the schoolyard on the night of a Halloween party. The police accuse his wife Kitty of killing her husband because he was about to leave her. The school's caretaker loved Kitty when they were young and wants to help her. He sets his daughter to asking questions. No one is sorry Harold is dead, he'd been a bully who took pleasure in tormenting his staff, even some parents. So the emphasis is not so much on solving his murder as exonerating Kitty. Insp. Ramsey, who usually has a more effective role in Cleeves' mysteries, is almost a secondary character in this one. But the portrayals of the townspeople are well drawn and I enjoyed the story for that and the murder was solved in a surprising fashion in the end.
First of the Inspector Ramsay Northumberland Mysteries-- Audio Book
29 April 2012
Format:Mass Market Paperback
Village set, the death of an unpleasant village school headmaster and the arrest of his widow for murder, caused upset in the lives of parents, teachers and employees of the school. The rest of the village would be content to have the widow be guilty of her husband's murder, former pitman (US underground miner) and current school caretaker, Jack, went to school with the dead man's widow. In addition she had once been the object of Jack's schoolboy affection. In an effort to save her from the charge, he enlists his daughter in an investigation of the death.
Ramsay, who has just been divorced by his wife, doesn't seem to be a particularly clever detective. In fact, it's not a particularly clever mystery. However, the characters are engaging and the story is worth reading.
I was lucky enough to get my hands on the audio book version of this mystery. It was read by Gordon Griffith, not my favorite narrator. The copyright was 2002 and it seemed that it was more a reading than a performance. Audio books production have improved over time. It lasts about six and a half hour in unabridged form. Competent at best.
Ramsay, who has just been divorced by his wife, doesn't seem to be a particularly clever detective. In fact, it's not a particularly clever mystery. However, the characters are engaging and the story is worth reading.
I was lucky enough to get my hands on the audio book version of this mystery. It was read by Gordon Griffith, not my favorite narrator. The copyright was 2002 and it seemed that it was more a reading than a performance. Audio books production have improved over time. It lasts about six and a half hour in unabridged form. Competent at best.
6 of 10 people found the following review helpful
Great Book! Couldn't Put It Down For A Minute!
5 Sep 2000
Format:Paperback
My wife gave me this book to read on a recent trip. I didn't think that I would like it, but I gave it a try anyway. I'm really glad that I did! It really made me think about what it must have been like to be African-American in the South in the 1940's. The author really brings it home the way that whites treated blacks. Being white myself, I found myself ashamed while reading the sections in which the narrator found himself being talked to like a second-class person. I don't want to give away any of the book, but the next-to-last chapter in the book is the best part I believe. If you do buy this book, read it all at one time. That way you will get the full affect.
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