- Paperback: 448 pages
- Publisher: HarperCollins; (Reissue) edition (2 Oct 2009)
- Language English
- ISBN-10: 0007349556
- ISBN-13: 978-0007349555
- Product Dimensions: 20 x 13 x 2.6 cm
- Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars See all reviews (1 customer review)
- Amazon Bestsellers Rank: 1,991,644 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
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Reviews for Gay Longworth’s Jessie Driver novels:
‘The real mistress of thrillers’ Sunday Express
‘Filled with wit and suspense’ The Times
‘Dead Alone is packed with suspense and well drawn characters. Gripping stuff’ Women’s Way
‘Gay Longworth has written a taut thriller that is crying out for the TV treatment. One for the sisters’ Ireland on Sunday
‘A classy, extremely proficient debut for Longworth, with solid plotting, believable CID rivalries, and an admirable heroine in Jessie’ Kirkus
'So realistic and gripping, it's enough to make you re-think your whole career' Jamie Theakston
Review
Reviews for Gay Longworth’s Jessie Driver novels:
‘The real mistress of thrillers’ Sunday Express
‘Filled with wit and suspense’ The Times
‘Dead Alone is packed with suspense and well drawn characters. Gripping stuff’ Women’s Way
‘Gay Longworth has written a taut thriller that is crying out for the TV treatment. One for the sisters’ Ireland on Sunday
‘A classy, extremely proficient debut for Longworth, with solid plotting, believable CID rivalries, and an admirable heroine in Jessie’ Kirkus
'So realistic and gripping, it's enough to make you re-think your whole career' Jamie Theakston
--This text refers to an alternate Paperback edition.
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3 of 3 people found the following review helpful
Format:Paperback
I have recently started reading Gay's books and can honestly say I thoroughly enjoyed them. This is the second Jessie Driver tale and it was fantastic. I read it in two days it was quite scary although I couldn't put it down as I wanted to know more. I would recommend you read "[...]" first then this one. This is a definite "who-dun-it", not very gruesome and a tale of a feisty cop.
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intriguing British police procedural
1 Nov 2004
Format:Hardcover
West End Central Detective Inspector Jessie Driver believes actress Sarah Klein has pulled a publicity stunt claiming a missing-daughter to gain media attention to her new show. However, Detective Inspector Mark Ward and their new boss Detective Chief Inspector Moore harshly disagree. Meanwhile her personal life seems in chaos. Having returned from Africa, her brother Bill has flopped in her place and her romance with rock star P.J. Dean is tabloid food frenzy.
Jessie makes inquiries into the missing girl case that leads her to the derelict Marshall Street Baths where instead of a child she finds a mummy of someone who apparently died in 1989. That twist takes Jessie to Anglican Church exorcist Father Forrester who insists that those caught between the moral realm and the great beyond need solace and forgiveness to enable them to move on. His ranting shakes Jessie who still mourns for her mother, but does not take her any closer to solving the missing child's case; it does lead her to ponder how far a person will go to help those "in-between".
THE UNQUIET DEAD is an intriguing British police procedural that grips the reader with the insightful look at illogical rationalizing via faith to condone any action. The story line moves forward rather quickly though there are many twists and turns. Jessie is terrific as she struggles with her personal life and finds her professional life as a token estrogen in a sea of resentful testosterone turned worse with her new female boss being a Queen Bee. Still the investigation makes the tale as Jessie finds her value system challenged every step of the way.
Harriet Klausner
Jessie makes inquiries into the missing girl case that leads her to the derelict Marshall Street Baths where instead of a child she finds a mummy of someone who apparently died in 1989. That twist takes Jessie to Anglican Church exorcist Father Forrester who insists that those caught between the moral realm and the great beyond need solace and forgiveness to enable them to move on. His ranting shakes Jessie who still mourns for her mother, but does not take her any closer to solving the missing child's case; it does lead her to ponder how far a person will go to help those "in-between".
THE UNQUIET DEAD is an intriguing British police procedural that grips the reader with the insightful look at illogical rationalizing via faith to condone any action. The story line moves forward rather quickly though there are many twists and turns. Jessie is terrific as she struggles with her personal life and finds her professional life as a token estrogen in a sea of resentful testosterone turned worse with her new female boss being a Queen Bee. Still the investigation makes the tale as Jessie finds her value system challenged every step of the way.
Harriet Klausner
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