- Hardcover: 240 pages
- Publisher: Constable (11 Jan 1999)
- Language English
- ISBN-10: 0094793506
- ISBN-13: 978-0094793507
- Product Dimensions: 22 x 14.6 x 2.8 cm
- Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars See all reviews (1 customer review)
- Amazon Bestsellers Rank: 563,172 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
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Detective Sergeant Gil Mayo is forced to sta nd aside while his assistant investigates the disappearance and possible murder of Mayo''s daughter, Julie. Julie''s frien d Kathryn is missing and must be found in order to piece tog ether this murder case. '
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0 of 1 people found the following review helpful
Format:Hardcover
A winner. Very different. Mayo having to depend on his team to find his daughter whilst he stays behind the scenes though conducting his own investigation. Such a mystery and Mayo learns that he didn't know his daughter after all. Whilst Julie is trying to "find hersef" travelling the world her best friend gets into several messes at the same time and is unable to extricate herself - mostly with shabby males. What a plot and how Eccles manages it. At her best here she weaves the story in and out via diaries and letters, giving Mayo the nightmare of his life. Read it to find out how it pans. It's worth it.
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16 of 18 people found the following review helpful
Entertaining British mystery
12 Nov 2000
Format:Hardcover
Kat Conolly is determined to spend as much time with her dying father as possible as they both reside at the luxurious home of her dad's business partner, Max Fisher. Kat turns to her best friend Julie Mayo for solace even though they are an ocean apart. However, not long after her father dies, Kat is found butchered to death in a hotel room.
Normally, Lavenstock Police Division Headquarters Detective Superintendent Gil Mayo would head up the homicide investigation. However, this inquiry has a personal interest for Gil as the murdered Kat checked into the hotel using his missing daughter Julie's identity. Led by a "disinterested" outsider, the police search for the killer while Mayo frantically looks for his missing daughter who seems to have vanished.
Marjorie Eccles has written the classic British police procedural starring secondary characters from previous Gil Mayo tales. This provides the book with an aura of continuity rarely seen in a series while also comforting the reader with familiar friends. The puzzling mystery is difficult to solve because the killer blends into the scenery so well. THE SUPERINTENDENT'S DAUGHTER is a fascinating novel that deservedly will bring new fans to the talented Ms. Eccles.
Harriet Klausner
1 of 1 people found the following review helpful
On the Dull Side
22 Jan 2006
Format:Hardcover
I'm quite a fan of British Police Procedurals; however, this is the first book I've read in the Gil Mayo series. Other than his daughter disappearing there doesn't seem to be a lot of exciting things happening in Gil Mayo's life. In fact the town itself seems a bit on the dull side. It's hard to get worked up about the rather pedestrian antics and cardboard cut-out family dysfunctions that resulted in the death of a young girl-- the mystery is very guessable.
This book is probably ok if there isn't anything else new on the shelf from a better writer.
This book is probably ok if there isn't anything else new on the shelf from a better writer.
Another decent installment in the Gil Mayo series
5 Mar 2012
Format:Hardcover
This installment of the Gil Mayo series brings murder close to home for Detective Superintendent Gil Mayo. One of his daughter's best friends is found savagely murdered in a local hotel. At the same time, Mayo has not heard from his wandering daughter, Julia, for some time, and he becomes very worried when he finds she is not in Texas as he expected.
The mystery doesn't revolve much around Julia's disappearance, but focuses on the family and friends of the murdered daughter as suspects, as would be expected. The plot development is deft as it often is with Eccles' books in this series. I found the story engrossing. The writing is up to par for Eccles, a very competent author, if not well known, in the British/Scottish mystery and police procedural genre.
In many of the previous books in the series, Eccles puts more effort into developing the characters related to the plot than those of her continuing series characters. But in this book the author does more to bring the reader into Mayo's personal life and his living arrangements with his girlfriend, and we get a little deeper into Inspector Abigail Moon's mind with regard to her boyfriend and her desire to head up a big case all by herself. The rest of the CID staff members have their usual bit parts, and Eccles keeps them nicely in character.
This is another pretty good entry in a series worth reading.
The mystery doesn't revolve much around Julia's disappearance, but focuses on the family and friends of the murdered daughter as suspects, as would be expected. The plot development is deft as it often is with Eccles' books in this series. I found the story engrossing. The writing is up to par for Eccles, a very competent author, if not well known, in the British/Scottish mystery and police procedural genre.
In many of the previous books in the series, Eccles puts more effort into developing the characters related to the plot than those of her continuing series characters. But in this book the author does more to bring the reader into Mayo's personal life and his living arrangements with his girlfriend, and we get a little deeper into Inspector Abigail Moon's mind with regard to her boyfriend and her desire to head up a big case all by herself. The rest of the CID staff members have their usual bit parts, and Eccles keeps them nicely in character.
This is another pretty good entry in a series worth reading.
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