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A Place of Safety (Windsor Selection) [Large Print] (Hardcover)

by Caroline Graham (Author)
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  • Hardcover: 423 pages
  • Publisher: Chivers Large print (Chivers, Windsor, Paragon & C; Large Print Ed edition (1 Aug 2000)
  • Language English
  • ISBN-10: 0754014142
  • ISBN-13: 978-0754014140
  • Average Customer Review: 4.8 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (4 customer reviews)
  • Amazon.co.uk Sales Rank: 1,586,280 in Books (See Bestsellers in Books)

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The charming English village of Ferne Basset is turned upside down by the murder of a local man who had recently witnessed the "suicide" of a young woman who was in trouble with the law.

About the Author

Dubbed by the Sunday Times as, ‘Simply the best detective writer since Agatha Christie’ and by the Yorkshire Post as ‘the most underrated British crime writer’, Caroline Graham is the author of five previous Inspector Barnaby novels.. --This text refers to the Paperback edition.

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32 of 32 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars No place of safety, this., 23 Dec 2003
By John Austin "austinjr@bigpond.net.au" (Kangaroo Ground, Australia) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: A Place of Safety (Featuring Chief Inspector Barnaby) (Paperback)
Picture a rectory in a small English village, and you will probably call up associations of sanctuary, harmony, shelter and reverence. Read a few chapters of this excellent crime novel and you’ll see a very different picture. The vicar, no longer holding office in the church, peoples the childless household with young offenders serving their time of rehabilitation. For his wife, who owns the house, the nightmare of living in such a loveless marriage and such a dysfunctional household seems to turn into reality when she believes she has been responsible for the death of one of the inmates. Blackmail attempts follow, then murder. The case becomes one for Inspector Barnaby and Sergeant Troy to investigate.

Author Caroline Graham is one of the best living practitioners of detective fiction. Her books have literary merit, the characters are as well rounded as is feasible in a whodunit game, and the denouements are neither too melodramatic nor too predictable. I can always read to the end with comfort, well able to remember and distinguish all the characters. There is a particularly venomous character here, Terry Jackson, who is hard to forget. Then there is the always sharply presented depiction of the Barnaby household, to which a son-in-law has by now been added.

Caroline Graham’s Midsomer Murder novels appear every two or three years. This one dates from 1999 and is one of the best.

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7 of 7 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars excellent, 5 May 2002
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This review is from: A Place of Safety (Featuring Chief Inspector Barnaby) (Paperback)
an absorbing,intelligent example of entertaining crime fiction. credible diverse characterisation
& very funny in parts too...something which seems to have been lost in the rather ponderous TV adaptations. if u havent read any of the Barnaby/Troy series yet, prepare to become addicted. ive read them all now & sincerely hope ms. Graham is in the midst of writing another.
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2 of 4 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars Best "Midsomer Murders" book yet!, 9 Sep 1999
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This review is from: A Place of Safety (Hardcover)
I loved this book - it wasn't a murder story like the other books involving Barnaby, but it was brilliant anyway. I felt that the vicar was a very dull character though - he could have been anyone, not necessarily a vicar.
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4.0 out of 5 stars Rewards and Irritations
Caroline Graham's earlier books have been serious or overtly humorous, the later books are a strange mixture of subtleties and caricature. Read more
Published on 31 Mar 2000 by John Whelan

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