Limestone Cowboy: A DI Charlie Priest Mystery (Detective Inspector Charlie Priest Mystery) by Stuart Pawson |
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At first sight there's something anachronistic about Stuart Pawson's writing and his central character Inspector Charlie Priest - the first-person narration comes across as limited and inconsistent and Pawson sometimes seems strangely ignorant of the ways of the modern world. But these faults are quickly dispelled by the power of a story which is tautly paced and intriguingly realized. Away from the humdrum details of his life Charlie Priest manages to become that elusive literary animal, a detective who begins to live in the reader's mind, and as the story itself unfolds like an intricate origami it manages to reveal depths that are both surprising and delightful. Set during the foot-and-mouth crisis, Pawson's tale of a serial killer with a truly devious streak is sufficiently electrifying to hold the reader long enough for him to discover these depths. The standard of writing varies, and the tale hovers on the edge of quality fiction without ever quite declaring itself, sometimes feeling more like the basis for a screen version than a richly detailed world in its own right. But this is a crime novel well worth reading, and if Pawson continues with the series there's a good chance some real classics will emerge. (Kirkus UK)
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When Colinette Jones fails to return home and a body turns up half a mile from her house, DI Charlie Priest knows he has got to make the house call that every mother dreads. Elswehere, Laura Heeley is found dead in a country lane, a single stab wound the only sign of violence. What could connect these two women, apart from their untimely deaths? And what is the link with a tragic sixties rock star? In a town constricted by the foot and mouth outbreak, Priest must find the killer before he strikes again.
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At first sight there's something anachronistic about Stuart Pawson's writing and his central character Inspector Charlie Priest - the first-person narration comes across as limited and inconsistent and Pawson sometimes seems strangely ignorant of the ways of the modern world. But these faults are quickly dispelled by the power of a story which is tautly paced and intriguingly realized. Away from the humdrum details of his life Charlie Priest manages to become that elusive literary animal, a detective who begins to live in the reader's mind, and as the story itself unfolds like an intricate origami it manages to reveal depths that are both surprising and delightful. Set during the foot-and-mouth crisis, Pawson's tale of a serial killer with a truly devious streak is sufficiently electrifying to hold the reader long enough for him to discover these depths. The standard of writing varies, and the tale hovers on the edge of quality fiction without ever quite declaring itself, sometimes feeling more like the basis for a screen version than a richly detailed world in its own right. But this is a crime novel well worth reading, and if Pawson continues with the series there's a good chance some real classics will emerge. (Kirkus UK)
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When Colinette Jones fails to return home and a body turns up half a mile from her house, DI Charlie Priest knows he has got to make the house call that every mother dreads. Elswehere, Laura Heeley is found dead in a country lane, a single stab wound the only sign of violence. What could connect these two women, apart from their untimely deaths? And what is the link with a tragic sixties rock star? In a town constricted by the foot and mouth outbreak, Priest must find the killer before he strikes again.
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