- Hardcover: 256 pages
- Publisher: Headline Book Publishing; First Edition edition (6 July 2000)
- Language English
- ISBN-10: 0747274711
- ISBN-13: 978-0747274711
- Product Dimensions: 23.6 x 17 x 3 cm
- Average Customer Review: 4.7 out of 5 stars See all reviews (6 customer reviews)
- Amazon Bestsellers Rank: 1,018,599 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
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The Oakley family has always lived in the shadow of crime. Over a 100 years later, the only remaining members of the family live alone in a rambling ancestral home, ready to sell up and move on. A young Polish man appears, is found dead, and the the shadow of murder returns to haunt the Oakleys.
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Ann Granger has worked in British embassies in various parts of the world. She now lives near Oxford.
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10 of 10 people found the following review helpful
Format:Paperback
This is the best M&M book she has written. it even surpasses Say it With Poison and A FinePLAce for Death!
The plot is great, and the fact that she has several chapters that concentrate on the murder case of Cora Oakley 110 years before just makes this book so refreshing and interesting. It must have been fun for her to write about a different policeman apart from Markby for a change!
Her characterisation and dialogue are as sharp as ever, and as i have said, the plot is great!
However, you should not start the series on this book. It is tremendous fun trackin the relationship of M&M throuought the series to hwere they are now (where that is i will not tell). you shoudl defineitely start with Say it With Poison, and ai guarantee that, within no time, you will have read all of her others and be on this one.
Can't she write quicker?
8 of 8 people found the following review helpful
Format:Paperback
Usually I avoid books that go backwards and forwards in time as I often get confused as to which time zone I am in, but having read all the other M&M books I couldn't ignore this one and I was glad that I didn't. Ms Granger's characters are so well rounded that one feels totally comfortable in either time zone and the book had me gripped until the last page; it is interesting to see the relationship between Markby and Meredith develop throughout the series and I can't wait for the next book.
4 of 4 people found the following review helpful
Format:Paperback
The author very successfully tells of events that happened in the past and interlaces them with the facts surrounding a murder that has taken place in present day. Not all writers are able to switch from past to present without confusing the reader or losing the thread of the modern-day mystery. Ann Granger not only carries it off, but is able to make both storylines gripping. As always, the relationship between Meredith Mitchell and Alan Markby provides an added interest, especially as only one of them is a "copper"!
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A very Good story, up to a point. But too fragmented and the finish is a bit fuzzy and that spoils a good read. Read more
Published 7 months ago by Mr. Bf Surridge
Another gripping mystery by Ann Granger
I was looking forward to another book by Ann Granger and I wasn't disappointed. "Shades of murder" combines the story of a long ago murder case and its continuation in... Read more
Published on 15 Feb 2001
I loved this book, it has everything.
Shades of Murder by Ann Granger
Damaris Oakley and her sister Florence are the only remaining members of the Oakley family, now living in diminished circumstances. Read more
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