- Paperback: 384 pages
- Publisher: Headline; New Ed edition (4 Nov 1999)
- Language English
- ISBN-10: 0747249717
- ISBN-13: 978-0747249719
- Product Dimensions: 11.1 x 2.4 x 17.7 cm
- Average Customer Review: 4.8 out of 5 stars See all reviews (5 customer reviews)
- Amazon Bestsellers Rank: 604,872 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
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'Simply the best detective writer since Agatha Christie' The Sunday Times (For DEATH IN DISGUISE) 'Everyone gets what they deserve in this high-class mystery' Sunday Telegraph 'Wickedly acid, yet sympathetic' Publishers Weekly 'Excellent mystery, skilfully handled' Manchester Evening News 'Waspishly funny tale of murder...solved by the appealing Chief Inspector Barnaby and his splendidly thuggish Sergeant Troy' Weekend Telegraph Funny and outrageous, Caroline Graham spins a plot of greed, disguises and redemption' The Sunday Times (For FAITHFUL UNTO DEATH) 'Richly, often affectionately, characterised... A touch of art' Literary Review 'Graham is probably the most underrated British crime writer. Her talent is rare, combining wit, pathos and an entertaining narrative... Brilliant' Yorkshire Post 'One to savour' Val McDermid, Manchester Evening News 'An ingenious plot and excellent characters...Well written, witty and elegantly plotted' Guardian (For DEATH OF A HOLLOW MAN) 'An exemplary crime novel' Literary Review 'An ingenious murder..and a clever solution' The Times 'Hard to praise highly enough' The Sunday Times 'Lots of excellent character sketches... and the dialogue is lively and convincing' Independent 'A mystery of which Agatha Christie would have been proud... A beautifully written crime novel' The Times 'The best-written crime novel I've read in ages' Susan Hill, Good Housekeeping (For WRITTEN IN BLOOD) 'The classic English detective story brought right up to date' Sunday Telegraph 'Plenty of horror spiked by humour, all twirling in a staggering danse macabre' The Sunday Times 'Very funny, with a brilliant cast of eccentrics' Yorkshire Post 'Enlivened by a very sardonic wit and turn of phrase, the narrative drive never falters... a most impresssive performance' Birmingham Post 'A wickedly deft pastiche of the Agatha Christie school of village whodunnits: updated, witty, full of character and 'characters ... Will please Graham's droves of eager fans' The Good Book Guide [for A PLACE OF SAFETY] 'Written with a dry wit and a sharp eye for character' Jersey Evening Post
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When Lionel Lawrence opens his rambling rectory to rehabilitate young offenders he has no idea of the consequences, least of all that they will include blackmail and murder. Chief Inspector Barnaby has a good idea of the identity of the violent individual responsible, now all he needs is evidence.
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17 of 17 people found the following review helpful
Format:Paperback
Picture a rectory in a small English village, and you will probably call up associations of sanctuary, harmony, shelter and reverence. Read a few chapters of this excellent crime novel and you’ll see a very different picture. The vicar, no longer holding office in the church, peoples the childless household with young offenders serving their time of rehabilitation. For his wife, who owns the house, the nightmare of living in such a loveless marriage and such a dysfunctional household seems to turn into reality when she believes she has been responsible for the death of one of the inmates. Blackmail attempts follow, then murder. The case becomes one for Inspector Barnaby and Sergeant Troy to investigate.
Author Caroline Graham is one of the best living practitioners of detective fiction. Her books have literary merit, the characters are as well rounded as is feasible in a whodunit game, and the denouements are neither too melodramatic nor too predictable. I can always read to the end with comfort, well able to remember and distinguish all the characters. There is a particularly venomous character here, Terry Jackson, who is hard to forget. Then there is the always sharply presented depiction of the Barnaby household, to which a son-in-law has by now been added.
Caroline Graham’s Midsomer Murder novels appear every two or three years. This one dates from 1999 and is one of the best.
7 of 7 people found the following review helpful
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an absorbing,intelligent example of entertaining crime fiction. credible diverse characterisation
& very funny in parts too...something which seems to have been lost in the rather ponderous TV adaptations. if u havent read any of the Barnaby/Troy series yet, prepare to become addicted. ive read them all now & sincerely hope ms. Graham is in the midst of writing another.
& very funny in parts too...something which seems to have been lost in the rather ponderous TV adaptations. if u havent read any of the Barnaby/Troy series yet, prepare to become addicted. ive read them all now & sincerely hope ms. Graham is in the midst of writing another.
2 of 2 people found the following review helpful
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Tension is constantly increasing as DCI Barnaby, DS Troy and their team are working hard to ferret out the information that at least will piece the murder and the alleged disappearance together. And then it all comes crashing down like a house of cards when a promising source of information is attacked and beaten into a coma - I was even more frustrated than Troy!
A solid and intriguing plot with a slow moving investigation though. But the mystery unfolds exactly fast enough to keep your nose in the book. Fine twist at the end as it turns out one of the key answers had been staring them into the face since early on.
I believe one of the reasons for me to consider this the best so far is the fact that this one hasn't been produced for television ... yet. "A Place of Safety" definitely doesn't show in the episode guides, and I don't recall the plot or parts of it being used in any of the many episodes I've seen so far, and I'm only eleven short at the moment. Okay, the silver wedding anniversary of Joyce & Tom Barnaby does ring a bell, but I can't put my finger on it ...
If you are looking for great whodunits, Caroline Graham delivers every time. I've already got "A Ghost in the Machine" and "Death in Disguise" lined up.
A solid and intriguing plot with a slow moving investigation though. But the mystery unfolds exactly fast enough to keep your nose in the book. Fine twist at the end as it turns out one of the key answers had been staring them into the face since early on.
I believe one of the reasons for me to consider this the best so far is the fact that this one hasn't been produced for television ... yet. "A Place of Safety" definitely doesn't show in the episode guides, and I don't recall the plot or parts of it being used in any of the many episodes I've seen so far, and I'm only eleven short at the moment. Okay, the silver wedding anniversary of Joyce & Tom Barnaby does ring a bell, but I can't put my finger on it ...
If you are looking for great whodunits, Caroline Graham delivers every time. I've already got "A Ghost in the Machine" and "Death in Disguise" lined up.
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Caroline Graham's earlier books have been serious or overtly humorous, the later books are a strange mixture of subtleties and caricature. Read more
Published on 31 Mar 2000 by John Whelan
Best "Midsomer Murders" book yet!
I loved this book - it wasn't a murder story like the other books involving Barnaby, but it was brilliant anyway. Read more
Published on 9 Sep 1999
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