- Hardcover: 304 pages
- Publisher: William Heinemann Ltd (1 May 2003)
- Language English
- ISBN-10: 043401110X
- ISBN-13: 978-0434011100
- Product Dimensions: 23.4 x 16.2 x 3 cm
- Average Customer Review: 4.0 out of 5 stars See all reviews (1 customer review)
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Sunderland Echo, 18th April, 2003
'it's a challenging case for Brunetti, and an enjoyable read for you'
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The Northern Echo, 15th April, 2003
'this is one crime novel which gets beneath the skin to shocking effect'
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Format:Paperback
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In 1975, Clara Marshall and her two young daughters, Lorraine and Janine, vanished without a trace.
The Devon and Cornwall Constabulary like all the locals suspect the husband and father Richard of killing his family.
Clara's father Sean MacDonald especially believes his son-in-law murdered his daughter and grandchildren. He insists that she dumped him for another man.
After failing to find any evidence of foul play the missing person's investigation was finally filed cold case.
Almost three decades later, divers exploring a sunken Nazi E-boat find parts of a skeleton wrapped in tarp and chains inside.
Detective Superintendent Karen Meadows believes they have found part of the remains Clara, but what happened to the children. The missing person's case is reopened as a murder investigation with Karen, who lived next door to the Marshalls when the three females disappeared, leading the inquiries.
As he has been for twenty-eight years ago, Richard remains the prime suspect
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In 1975, Clara Marshall and her two young daughters, Lorraine and Janine, vanished without a trace.
The Devon and Cornwall Constabulary like all the locals suspect the husband and father Richard of killing his family.
Clara's father Sean MacDonald especially believes his son-in-law murdered his daughter and grandchildren. He insists that she dumped him for another man.
After failing to find any evidence of foul play the missing person's investigation was finally filed cold case.
Almost three decades later, divers exploring a sunken Nazi E-boat find parts of a skeleton wrapped in tarp and chains inside.
Detective Superintendent Karen Meadows believes they have found part of the remains Clara, but what happened to the children. The missing person's case is reopened as a murder investigation with Karen, who lived next door to the Marshalls when the three females disappeared, leading the inquiries.
As he has been for twenty-eight years ago, Richard remains the prime suspect
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1 of 2 people found the following review helpful
A British Procedural that Hits Close to Home
5 July 2009
Format:Mass Market Paperback
This book seems to be cut right out of recent headlines. There have been a number of actual highly publicized cases in the last decade in which husbands have been suspected of murdering their wives and/or children. However, it's been difficult or impossible to prosecute any of these individuals because the bodies of their presumed victims can't be found. The husbands can continue to stoutly maintain that their wives must have taken the children and "run-off" with someone else.
This fiction of such circumstances starts with the discovery of a remarkably well-preserved body. The Torquay area police immediately set to work trying to confirm that this corpus delecti was once the wife of an arrogant lady's man whom almost everyone has long believed eliminated his whole family decades before in one cold-blooded spate of homicide. This book becomes, not so much a "who-dun-it," as a "how-can-we-prove-he-dun-it."
There aren't any particularly clever forensics here, or any brilliant Sherlock Holmes deductions. It's more a depiction of what has to be pursued as a routine investigation, with all the messy misunderstandings and conflicts between investigators that that entails.
Some of the best chapters in this book are the ones containing flashbacks to the lead investigator's childhood. Back then, her family's life was coincidentally intertwined with the current suspect's life. Paradoxically, his family was still intact then, although he was pursuing outside interests. Meanwhile, the investigator's family was disintegrating. Hilary Bonner does a good job depicting a penumbra of family dysfunction. Parents and child are becoming unavailable to each other. They were dissolving in distance and vague dissatisfaction in ways that many readers will probably be able to relate to.
This isn't a book of stunning revelations - but it will keep you interested.
This fiction of such circumstances starts with the discovery of a remarkably well-preserved body. The Torquay area police immediately set to work trying to confirm that this corpus delecti was once the wife of an arrogant lady's man whom almost everyone has long believed eliminated his whole family decades before in one cold-blooded spate of homicide. This book becomes, not so much a "who-dun-it," as a "how-can-we-prove-he-dun-it."
There aren't any particularly clever forensics here, or any brilliant Sherlock Holmes deductions. It's more a depiction of what has to be pursued as a routine investigation, with all the messy misunderstandings and conflicts between investigators that that entails.
Some of the best chapters in this book are the ones containing flashbacks to the lead investigator's childhood. Back then, her family's life was coincidentally intertwined with the current suspect's life. Paradoxically, his family was still intact then, although he was pursuing outside interests. Meanwhile, the investigator's family was disintegrating. Hilary Bonner does a good job depicting a penumbra of family dysfunction. Parents and child are becoming unavailable to each other. They were dissolving in distance and vague dissatisfaction in ways that many readers will probably be able to relate to.
This isn't a book of stunning revelations - but it will keep you interested.
2 of 5 people found the following review helpful
intriguing British police procedural
29 Jun 2005
Format:Hardcover
In 1975, Clara Marshall and her two young daughters, Lorraine and Janine, vanished without a trace. The Devon and Cornwall Constabulary like all the locals suspect the husband and father Richard of killing his family. Clara's father Sean MacDonald especially believes his son-in-law murdered his daughter and grandchildren. He insists that she dumped him for another man. After failing to find any evidence of foul play the missing person's investigation was finally filed cold case.
Almost three decades later, divers exploring a sunken Nazi E-boat find parts of a skeleton wrapped in tarp and chains inside. Detective Superintendent Karen Meadows believes they have found part of the remains Clara, but what happened to the children. The missing person's case is reopened as a murder investigation with Karen, who lived next door to the Marshalls when the three females disappeared, leading the inquiries. As he has been for twenty-eight years ago, Richard remains the prime suspect
WHEN THE DEAD CRY OUT is an intriguing British police procedural that is excellent when the story line concentrates on the investigation; the plot bogs down a bit when Karen's personal woes is the focus. The case is cleverly designed so that the audience will detest Richard, who readers will want proven as the killer when he seems unfazed by the skeletal recovery of a family member. Karen is much more volatile than the seemingly serene prime suspect. Hilary Bonner writes a solid who-done-it starring a fine protagonist who uses humorous self deprecation to handle life's setbacks.
Harriet Klausner
Almost three decades later, divers exploring a sunken Nazi E-boat find parts of a skeleton wrapped in tarp and chains inside. Detective Superintendent Karen Meadows believes they have found part of the remains Clara, but what happened to the children. The missing person's case is reopened as a murder investigation with Karen, who lived next door to the Marshalls when the three females disappeared, leading the inquiries. As he has been for twenty-eight years ago, Richard remains the prime suspect
WHEN THE DEAD CRY OUT is an intriguing British police procedural that is excellent when the story line concentrates on the investigation; the plot bogs down a bit when Karen's personal woes is the focus. The case is cleverly designed so that the audience will detest Richard, who readers will want proven as the killer when he seems unfazed by the skeletal recovery of a family member. Karen is much more volatile than the seemingly serene prime suspect. Hilary Bonner writes a solid who-done-it starring a fine protagonist who uses humorous self deprecation to handle life's setbacks.
Harriet Klausner
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