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Ned Jones is found dead in his room on a sweltering summer afternoon. Detective Chief Inspector Michael McKenna and his team become involved when the post-mortem findings cast a new light on what at first seems the natural death of this lonely, chronically ill old man. In search of Ned's killer, McKenna visits the house of Edith Harris, where Ned lodged. But fragile, neurotic Edith and her three enigmatic daughters spring one surprise after another on McKenna...
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1 of 1 people found the following review helpful
Format:Hardcover
Taylor's The House of Women is a gently paced crime novel in the police procedural genre. Investigation of the unexplained but perhaps accidental death of a failed, somewhat eccentric historian, Ned Jones, reveals a sequence of human weaknesses that marred his life and that of his family. While the plot itself is predictable and perhaps a little too straightforward for my taste, this book is memorable for two strengths. The characterisation is strong, particularly that of the adolescent and troubled Phoebe, the youngest inhabitant of the House of Women and seemingly the only one disturbed by the death of her favoured Uncle. And the setting, in Wales, is delightful: especially the road trips around the mountains and to the almost `outback' and certainly outmoded farms of Ned's sisters. It's a shame that Taylor felt the need to add hints of romance between her sharp detective, McKenna, and Phoebe's mother: I thought it distracting and too obviously a compulsive hook inserted to capture the reader to compensate for the weak plot.
9 of 11 people found the following review helpful
Format:Mass Market Paperback
One of the best police detective books I've read (and the first of Alison Taylor's).Wonderfully atmospheric, intelligent and literate, enhanced by an all-pervasive heat-wave. Great characters who are believable and interesting in their own right. I will be seeking out her other books in this series.
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2 of 2 people found the following review helpful
Enjoyable
29 Aug 2003
Format:Mass Market Paperback
My first foray into Alison Taylor's books. I listened to the audio book version - having it read by Steve Hodson with a Welsh lilt made it all the more enjoyble. I will be searching out more from this author.
8 of 11 people found the following review helpful
More than a mystery
25 April 2000
Format:Mass Market Paperback
This is the first book I've read by Alison Taylor, but probably not the last. She's a very ambitious writer in that she's not afraid to spend a lot of time developing the characters and settings, while throwing in a healthy dose of philosophy, social commentary, and Welsh history. Her characters are wonderfully fleshed out and the reader has the opportunity to watch them become changed as the drama of the novel affects their lives. Each scene of the book is carefully and poetically conveyed. And her thoughts on the human condition; racism, slavery, poverty, addiction, motherhood are all well considered and interesting to read. Alison Taylor does justice to the genre.
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20 Nov 2010
Format:Paperback|Amazon Verified Purchase
The wife wanted it, I ordered it and it came without any difficulty as usual with products from Amazon. Thanks.
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