- Hardcover: 288 pages
- Publisher: Headline Book Publishing (2 Feb 2004)
- Language English
- ISBN-10: 0747274738
- ISBN-13: 978-0747274735
- Product Dimensions: 23.6 x 15 x 2.8 cm
- Average Customer Review: 4.2 out of 5 stars See all reviews (4 customer reviews)
- Amazon Bestsellers Rank: 1,551,659 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
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Alan Markby and Meredith Mitchell tackle a new case when a middle-aged woman starts to receive poison pen letters relating to a murder of which she was acquitted when she was 20. But this mystery is not the only thing they need to resolve. There's also the quesiton of their own on-off relationship.
About the Author
Ann Granger has worked in British embassies in various parts of the world. She met her husband, who was also working for the British Embassy, in Prague and together they received postings to places as far apart as Munich and Lusaka. They are now permanently based in Oxfordshire.
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32 of 33 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars
Wonderful mystery novel,
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This review is from: That Way Murder Lies (Hardcover)
Here it is: the long awaited new Mitchell and Markby novel. If it weren't for those pesky Fran Varaday books, we'd be getting one per year...It's not that i dislike the Fran books - indeed, they're enjoyable reads that I suspect the authors gets a lot of youthful fun from the writing of - but, while good reads, they're nowhere near the class of her seminal series; they aren't as brilliantly plotted, populated with such fascinating eccentrics, and they aren't half as confident in the writing or the tone. I rejoice at their return, and That Way Murder Lies is one of the finest in this already fine series. Alison Jenner has started to recieve poison-pen letters. They refer to her murder-trial 25 years earlier. She was accused of the murder of her great-aunt and, as the result of an over-zealous police investigation, entirely exonnerated. The writer is threatening to expose this secret, still attesting to her guilt. Through her husband's cousin's friend Meredith Mitchell, Superintendent Markby is asked to look into it. He decides to put newly promoted Inspector Jessica Campbell on the case, as a sort of introductory investigation. Soon, the buried violence and resentment from 25 years ago exposes itself anew as a fresh murder occurs... Now, I know these traditional mysteries are scorned by many, but they are also beloved of a great many as well. If you are one of those latter, like myself, then it would be hard to understand if you didn't adore Ann Granger's marvellous series. Certainly, along with Caroline Graham, Granger is the best exponent of these sorts of mystery novels. She has her craft polished to a fine gloss; she drops clues, characterises marvellously, creates credible suspects, intriguing and colourful plots and leads you through it all with the hand of Mitchell and Markby. After about 15 books, their gradually evolving relationship is as interesting as ever, and is continually developing. Indeed, this book is dedicated to "those readers who have followed Mitchell and markby over the years". It's been a great journey, and long may it continue! They are likeable, easy protagonists; brilliantly at home in their genre. The mystery is clever, as good as we expect it to be, and twists very satisfactorily. The procedural details may not be entirely accurate - although they don't need to be; this is fiction, and reality must necessarily be twisted to make it as fine it can be in these kinds of books - but Granger has a perfect ability to make it SEEM accurate, regardless. Too, there is a wonderfully comforting picture of life here: crimes are solved, justice is achieved with only the minimum of moral greyness, the world is free of profane language, and everything tends to look on the optimistic side. It's a great pleasure to be able to indulge in this every now-and-then. Certainly, if this is your genre, Ann Granger is the finest writer at work within it and I heartily reccomend you try this fine series. That Way Murder Lies is a enjoyable, clever, incredibly entertaining and interesting book. If you are its audience, then this is perfect for you. If only we didn't have to wait so long for the next!
2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars
Ann Granger novel,
By Wendysue (South Croydon, UK) - See all my reviews
This review is from: That Way Murder Lies (Paperback)
I hope there will be a few more Mitchell & Markby. Have enjoyed this series.
3.0 out of 5 stars
murder mystery,
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This review is from: That Way Murder Lies: A Mitchell and Markby Mystery (Paperback)
This book is a disappointment really, and I couldn't finish it so this review is probably not worth much, but I wanted to explain why I didn't read the whole book. The story is good, the problem for me lies with the characters and how they are portrayed. The writer is of the "old school" and her characters are mostly of the kind found nowadays only in old black & white films when everyone spoke awfully nicely, old chap. The days-gone-by style of writing is fine in an Agatha Christie story or similar because that is when the books were written and so it all fits, but to write like that in more recent times just doesn't work for me. Such a shame because the writing is good and I know the stories are too. This is just a personal opinion, I'm sure some people would not find any problem with the way the characters are portrayed, but I prefer dialogue to be a bit more modern if the book is set in the present day.
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