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Practise to Deceive (Hardcover)

by David Williams (Author)
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  • Hardcover: 368 pages
  • Publisher: Allison & Busby (1 Aug 2003)
  • Language English
  • ISBN-10: 0749006714
  • ISBN-13: 978-0749006716
  • Product Dimensions: 21.6 x 14.2 x 2.9 cm
  • Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars See all reviews (4 customer reviews)
  • Amazon.co.uk Sales Rank: 335,740 in Books (See Bestsellers in Books)

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"PRACTISE TO DECEIVE is an excellent book. It is a solid police procedural with top-notch plotting, characterization and use of dialogue. Williams builds in unexpected twists all along the way but always plays fair. I absolutely knew who the killer was, but I was wrong. As the book jacket blurb states, "PRACTISE TO DECEIVE is an intriguing and elegant mystery from the pen of an accomplished writer." I can't say it any better than that." -- reviewingtheevidence.com

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The cold blooded murder of Kevin Rees, Auxiliary Nurse at the private Howell Clinic for stroke victims, is greeted with apparent sorrow by all who knew him - well, nearly all. 'A born nurse' is the summation of his professional qualities by colleagues and patients alike. But is Dr Edwin Howell, maverick neuro-psychiatrist, and co-owner of the clinic just saving face when he anxiously divines the crime was the work of a burglar? Only when DCI Merlin Parry rejects such a facile solution and digs deeper into Rees's background do the unsavoury aspects of the young man's life emerge. But many of those who knew him seem intent on withholding information from the police. Practise to Deceive is an intriguing and elegant mystery from the pen of an accomplished writer.

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5.0 out of 5 stars Another fine book, 18 Aug 2003
I've read all of David William's Mark Treasure books, and now I'm hooked on the Inspector Parry books. And this latest one is just as addictive. Not to be missed!!
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5.0 out of 5 stars Practise to Deceive, 29 Aug 2003
By Linda Benson (Chieveley, Newbury, Berks United Kingdom) - See all my reviews
Up to his usual cracking standard, David Williams has produced yet another ingeneously constructed novel. An intriguing plot with enough red herrings to keep one gripped to the very end. I couldn't put it down.
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5.0 out of 5 stars An excellent read, 22 Aug 2003
"Practise to Deceive" is an engaging story with truly believable and memorable characters, not only in my favourites Inspector Parry and Sergeant Gomer Lloyd, but also in every other permanent and transient member of the cast. A very satisfactory denouement too. Mike Price
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