- Hardcover: 288 pages
- Publisher: Allison & Busby (29 Mar 2005)
- Language English
- ISBN-10: 0749083131
- ISBN-13: 978-0749083137
- Product Dimensions: 21.6 x 13.6 x 2.4 cm
- Amazon Bestsellers Rank: 727,681 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
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One hot summer afternoon, musician, Nigel Swannell is distracted from his regular afternoon stroll by a swarm of flies over a thick undergrowth of gorse. Further investigation leads him to a shocking discovery: a headless, handless corpse has been dumped in the middle of the bush...Chief Detective Inspector Hennessey and Sergeant Yellich are soon on the case. It turns out that a mysterious silver Mercedes has been in the area and the victim was in line for a considerable a inheritance from his acid-tongued, and exceptionally wealthy mother, Mrs Tansey. As the investigation progresses it appears that the victim's estranged wife, business partner and disapproving mother have their own secrets to hide...
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Typical fare in this series
29 May 2012
Format:Hardcover
"The Legacy" features Detective Inspector Hennessey and Detective Sergeant Yellich solving crimes in the city of York in England. In this book a body found in a local woods leads the detectives to a dysfunctional family situation caused by a rich and unloving woman. Turnbull's strength is his creative plots, and this book's plot is nicely complicated, though just how complicated is not made known until the quite surprising ending.
In the "The Legacy" Turnbull falls into the usual pattern of story construction that he uses in this series. He builds a good plot and then cuts it off with a very quick resolution and denouement as he approaches 200 pages (or even fewer at times). The buildup is pretty good in his books, but then comes the swift forced ending that kind of spoils the story, in my opinion. In this book the surprising ending really is quite effective, but, again, it comes too fast.
Turnbull's two main characters remain pretty much the same from book to book in this series. Hennessey and Yellich are two very nice men who lead very normal (and somewhat dull) lives. In this book they do and say the usual things both at work and in their private lives. Turnbull doesn't seem to have an interest in having his characters face new challenges in their private lives. At work they follow ordinary procedures and seldom face any danger themselves.
There were a couple of things I didn't like about this book. Turnbull incorporated obscure scenes from the killer's point of view in a few places in the book. Either he should have integrated more of these sections into the book in appropriate places or he should have dropped them. As written, these sections are clunky and detract from the flow of the story. Another thing that annoys me is when he has Hennessey and Yellich engage in inane conversation on the trifling matters of life with people they are interviewing about the murder. These exchanges about little bits of wisdom or how to perform menial tasks don't play a role in finding a clue, and so they are useless and boring.
One thing I like about these series is the description of places in and around York. In particular, it is enjoyable to read about people walking the ancient walls and the snickelways (narrow paths between buildings) of this city that was founded by the Romans in 71 AD.
In the "The Legacy" Turnbull falls into the usual pattern of story construction that he uses in this series. He builds a good plot and then cuts it off with a very quick resolution and denouement as he approaches 200 pages (or even fewer at times). The buildup is pretty good in his books, but then comes the swift forced ending that kind of spoils the story, in my opinion. In this book the surprising ending really is quite effective, but, again, it comes too fast.
Turnbull's two main characters remain pretty much the same from book to book in this series. Hennessey and Yellich are two very nice men who lead very normal (and somewhat dull) lives. In this book they do and say the usual things both at work and in their private lives. Turnbull doesn't seem to have an interest in having his characters face new challenges in their private lives. At work they follow ordinary procedures and seldom face any danger themselves.
There were a couple of things I didn't like about this book. Turnbull incorporated obscure scenes from the killer's point of view in a few places in the book. Either he should have integrated more of these sections into the book in appropriate places or he should have dropped them. As written, these sections are clunky and detract from the flow of the story. Another thing that annoys me is when he has Hennessey and Yellich engage in inane conversation on the trifling matters of life with people they are interviewing about the murder. These exchanges about little bits of wisdom or how to perform menial tasks don't play a role in finding a clue, and so they are useless and boring.
One thing I like about these series is the description of places in and around York. In particular, it is enjoyable to read about people walking the ancient walls and the snickelways (narrow paths between buildings) of this city that was founded by the Romans in 71 AD.
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