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Fox Evil (Hardcover)

by Minette Walters (Author)
3.3 out of 5 stars See all reviews (18 customer reviews)

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  • Hardcover: 384 pages
  • Publisher: Macmillan; First Edition edition (8 Nov 2002)
  • Language English
  • ISBN-10: 1405001097
  • ISBN-13: 978-1405001090
  • Product Dimensions: 23.6 x 15.5 x 3 cm
  • Average Customer Review: 3.3 out of 5 stars See all reviews (18 customer reviews)
  • Amazon.co.uk Sales Rank: 214,048 in Books (See Bestsellers in Books)

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When elderly Ailsa Lockyer-Fox is found dead in her garden, dressed only in nightclothes and with blood stains on the ground near her body, the finger of suspicion points at her wealthy, landowning husband, Colonel James Lockyer-Fox. A coroner's inquest gives a verdict of 'natural causes' but the gossip surrounding him refuses to go away. Why? Because he's guilty? Or because resentful women in the isolated Dorset village where he lives rule the roost? Shenstead is a place of too few people and too many secrets. Friendless and alone, his reclusive behaviour begins to alarm his London-based solicitor, Mark Ankerton, whose alarm deepens when he discovers that James has become the victim of a relentless campaign which accuses him of far worse than the death of his wife. Allegations which he refuses to challenge ...So begins a bitter war of resentment, and an unlikely alliance between strangers, whose clearer eyes and compassionate natures reveal evil for what it really is...

About the Author
FOX EVIL is Minette Walters' ninth novel. She lives in Dorset with her husband and two children.

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14 of 14 people found the following review helpful:
1.0 out of 5 stars Disappointment!!!!!!!, 21 Oct 2003
By Laura (London) - See all my reviews
This review is from: Fox Evil (Paperback)
I have been reading Walters books for a long time as I became infatuated with her style of writing. The Sculptress was a fabulous book which she should be proud of, however, Fox Evil has let her down. It was a very slow read and was difficult to get into. It did increase in speed once you began to know about the family,however, disappointment set in with the anti-climax ending. I am deeply disappointed at how the ending was written. Fox turned out to be a random character not previously spoken about and left me feeling quite cheated. Instead of a fabulous ending, the book was destroyed by it. It felt unfullfilled, it did not leave me begging for more just throughly disappointed. I hope that Walters next books does her more justice!!!!
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2.0 out of 5 stars A weak offering from Ms Walters, 19 Jan 2004
This review is from: Fox Evil (Paperback)
Make no bones about it, Minette Walters is a great writer. For middle-class murder and mayhem, she can't be beaten - that is, when she's on form, as in "The Ice House" and "The Dark Room" - two gripping stories with strong female characters, to whom you are sorry to say goodbye on the final page...

But then, Walters has also written much weaker novels like "The Echo" and "The Breaker", neither of which were very interesting or involving and which I had to plod through...

"Fox Evil" is somewhere in between the two - it has some great characters and the opening few chapters of the novel set things up for a cracking plot... and then it all goes awry... I was really quite disappointed with how the book panned out. As other reviewers have said, the ending is quite a disappointment. Walters has in the past given her books quite open endings, leaving us wondering what happened next... did X really kill Y? etc... but this one is simply an anti-climax (and it's a struggle to get there).

It's disappointing, from an author like Walters - who can be truly, sensationally, jaw-droppingly awesome in her writing at times - that this book doesn't go anywhere and that the twists we seem to be promised never really materialise. A few of the characters here, most notably the travellers and the snooty villagers, are pure caricature, and I know that MW can do a lot better. I liked Nancy Smith - although she is no Jinx Kingsley (from "The Dark Room").

All in all, a missed opportunity, and I've given it 2 stars because I expected a lot more from this particular author and was disappointed - it's not, all in all, a bad book, just a rather frustrating one. I hope "Disordered Minds" sees Ms Walters back on form!

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3.0 out of 5 stars An easy, but rather predictable read, 16 Mar 2006
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This review is from: Fox Evil (Paperback)
This is not one of Minette Walters' best novels unfortunately. I would suggest her earlier works such as The Sculptress, The Dark Room or The Scold's Bridle. This is not a real page turner and the characters do not draw you in, but you can, if you have to, whizz through it easily.
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4.0 out of 5 stars Stunning
The first few pages of this novel are distasteful to say the least, it would not be surprising if readers abandoned the book at this point and missed out on another of Minette... Read more
Published on 3 Jan 2007 by P.M. Wood

3.0 out of 5 stars The whole is less than the sum of the parts
There are some intriguing devices in this novel, but it does not live up to the promise of the opening chapters. Read more
Published on 7 Dec 2006 by Reptile

2.0 out of 5 stars A real disappointment
After all the hype and publicity this writer receives, I bought Fox Evil hoping for a good read. To be frank, I initially put it down after just the first two chapters then forced... Read more
Published on 25 May 2004

3.0 out of 5 stars Readable
The first part of the book is quite graphic and to some extent disturbing but this actually grips you and urges you to read more. Read more
Published on 8 Feb 2004 by Nolittletoenail

4.0 out of 5 stars Good, but not her best
I enjoyed this book, as I have all Minette Walters' novels. As usual, we find her super character descriptions, here showing how people of varied backgrounds interact with and... Read more
Published on 8 Jan 2004 by M. V. Clarke

4.0 out of 5 stars Dark - not dangerous
Fox is evil. The little boy Wolfie knows it. But Fox also lives up to his name. Excellent characterisation. Read more
Published on 7 Oct 2003 by A. West

4.0 out of 5 stars fantasticly chilling
i started to read "Fox Evil" with some trepidation, having always been put off crime novels because of their cheesy titles ( this being no exception! Read more
Published on 24 Sep 2003 by katykitty

4.0 out of 5 stars enjoyable thriller
Part of the reason why I enjoyed Fox Evil is that for once a lawyer is the joint hero. When Mark, solicitor for the wealthy Fox family, turns up to tell Nancy that her mother's... Read more
Published on 14 Sep 2003 by Robert Conway

4.0 out of 5 stars Surprising turnout
Fox Evil is a good book, with few surprises.
A good plot, with many leads and dead ends, which will keep the reader from guessing too much too soon. Read more
Published on 26 Aug 2003 by B. Jonsson

3.0 out of 5 stars A decent page-turner
Ms Walters seems to have caught the JG Ballard disease, whereby she trots out increasingly formulaic, albeit well-crafted, books. Read more
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