- Paperback: 352 pages
- Publisher: Headline (3 Sep 2009)
- Language English
- ISBN-10: 0755326423
- ISBN-13: 978-0755326426
- Product Dimensions: 11.2 x 2.2 x 17.7 cm
- Average Customer Review: 3.7 out of 5 stars See all reviews (3 customer reviews)
- Amazon Bestsellers Rank: 220,534 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
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Kate Ivory investigates another enigmatic mystery, in the latest novel in Veronica Stallwood's acclaimed Oxford series.
When two of Kate Ivory's friends, members of a team working at an Oxford University biotechnology unit, start to receive smoke bombs through the letterbox and discover that slanderous letters about them are being circulated, Kate is intrigued and disturbed. Working where they do, her friends are used to the high security necessary to ward off animal activists. But this time there is a difference: there is nothing random in the choice of victims, and the attacks are growing more sophisticated. The team is in danger of being disbanded and if this happens the important project they are working on will come to an end. Is this just another phase in the war between scientists and the Animal Liberation Front or is there a different - and dangerous - group at work? And if so, do they have an ulterior motive for trying to sabotage the project? Novelist and amateur sleuth Kate is persuaded to find out who is behind the dirty tricks, before her friends' careers, and even their lives, are put at risk...
When two of Kate Ivory's friends, members of a team working at an Oxford University biotechnology unit, start to receive smoke bombs through the letterbox and discover that slanderous letters about them are being circulated, Kate is intrigued and disturbed. Working where they do, her friends are used to the high security necessary to ward off animal activists. But this time there is a difference: there is nothing random in the choice of victims, and the attacks are growing more sophisticated. The team is in danger of being disbanded and if this happens the important project they are working on will come to an end. Is this just another phase in the war between scientists and the Animal Liberation Front or is there a different - and dangerous - group at work? And if so, do they have an ulterior motive for trying to sabotage the project? Novelist and amateur sleuth Kate is persuaded to find out who is behind the dirty tricks, before her friends' careers, and even their lives, are put at risk...
About the Author
Veronica Stallwood was born in London, educated abroad and now lives near Oxford. In the past she has worked at the Bodleian Library and more recently at New College Library.
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4 of 5 people found the following review helpful
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Kate Ivory and her partner Jon have reached a crisis point in their relationship. He wants them to buy a house together, get married and have children. Kate isn't so sure. She certainly doesn't want to turn into someone like her friend Emma who is as disorganised and child-ridden as ever. It is one of Emma's children - Sam - who gets Kate involved in her latest mystery.
Animal rights activists are causing a problem for the research lab where Sam is working temporarily and he is worried about his girlfriend Kerri who will continue to work at the lab while Sam is in China for 9 months. Kate agrees to keep an eye on Kerri for him and in the process becomes involved in the strange and tragic series of events surrounding the lab employees.
The book is as much about Kate and her concerns about her relationship with Jon as it is about solving the mystery of who is behind the bombs, threatening phone calls and, ultimately, murders which afflict the staff of the lab. But it is still an interesting and well written book with believable characters and some insight into the actions of animal rights groups. I felt the book could have done with more emphasis on the mystery but that said it was still worth reading and I enjoyed it.
Animal rights activists are causing a problem for the research lab where Sam is working temporarily and he is worried about his girlfriend Kerri who will continue to work at the lab while Sam is in China for 9 months. Kate agrees to keep an eye on Kerri for him and in the process becomes involved in the strange and tragic series of events surrounding the lab employees.
The book is as much about Kate and her concerns about her relationship with Jon as it is about solving the mystery of who is behind the bombs, threatening phone calls and, ultimately, murders which afflict the staff of the lab. But it is still an interesting and well written book with believable characters and some insight into the actions of animal rights groups. I felt the book could have done with more emphasis on the mystery but that said it was still worth reading and I enjoyed it.
3 of 4 people found the following review helpful
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Rather more formulaic than her usual style, and not much detection, but Ms Stallwood couldn't write a bad book if she tried.A witty and worth-while read.
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Kate Ivory is a novelist living in Oxford who has a habit of becoming involved in murder. A local scientific laboratory has become the target for demonstrations by an animal rights group. A small bomb is detonated causing a little damage; graffiti is scrawled on walls & one person receives a letter bomb. When Kerri, the young woman who received the letter bomb, is killed in a hit & run accident, Kate thinks it could be murder. The lab is under pressure from the pharmaceutical company funding its research to get results, & there are several people who suspected Kerri of being a spy for the animal rights group. Kate's personal life is also complicated with her current boyfriend wanting commitment & her mother mysteriously planning a holiday. This is an atmospheric series of mysteries set in a beautiful city. Recommended for anyone missing Inspector Morse.
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