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Unlucky for Some (Lloyd & Hill) (Hardcover)

by Jill McGown (Author)
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  • Hardcover: 480 pages
  • Publisher: Macmillan; First Edition edition (4 Jun 2004)
  • Language English
  • ISBN-10: 1405005491
  • ISBN-13: 978-1405005494
  • Product Dimensions: 21.4 x 14.2 x 4.2 cm
  • Average Customer Review: 3.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (1 customer review)
  • Amazon.co.uk Sales Rank: 926,006 in Books (See Bestsellers in Books)

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Detective Chief Inspectors Lloyd and Hill, partners in marriage as well as crime detection, are back for another case. Dragged deep into the turmoil of Bartonshire police, compelled to form a tactical team, they battle to find a serial killer before he strikes again. It started so simply, a bingo winner and an apparent mugging gone wrong. Then it all spirals out of control. Someone is killing at random. Worse still, advertising their crime in advance by letters to the media. Lack of leads frustrates Lloyd and Hill. And watching over their shoulders is Tony Baker, journalist, media personality, witness to the first crime, and now resurrecting his former glory as an authority on serial killers by investigating the case himself. Who can Lloyd and Hill trust? Every angle they check leads up a blind alley, whilst the killer plans his next move. McGown smoothly steps up the pace as the leads evaporate. (Kirkus UK)

A bingo winner's fatal mugging is only the first act in a splendidly overstuffed tale of serial killing. Michael Waterman bestrides Bartonshire like a colossus. His gambling clubs dot the landscape, and his friendship with Chief Supt. Raymond Yardley, his brother-in-law, keeps him abreast of any development that might threaten his empire. But not all of Waterman's power can keep his son Ben from falling for Stephen Halliday, a steward at the Bull's Eye bingo club, or keep Waterman's own name out of the newspapers when Tony Baker finds the body of old Wilma Fenton, whose killer took off before pocketing her winnings. Baker, a true-crime writer who's already run circles around the coppers trying to catch an earlier serial killer, wastes no time in putting his name in the headlines again. Soon he's getting anonymous letters from somebody who cackles about murders yet to come-murders alarmingly close to Waterman Entertainment's outposts in Stansfield and Barton-that DCI Judy Hill, her husband DCI Lloyd, and their serious crime squad are helpless to prevent. Veterans Hill and Lloyd (Death in the Family, 2003, etc.) consider the case from every possible angle, analyzing forensics and alibis, sifting motives and criminal histories, and consulting a psychological profiler. Yet it's not till the last act that the outlines of McGown's architecture finally become clear. The wide-ranging intelligence and exhaustive detail are stellar examples of what other police procedurals want to be when they grow up. (Kirkus Reviews)


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February 13th: what seemed like Wilma Fenton's lucky night, when she scooped her biggest-ever win at bingo, turned out to be the night she died at the hands of someone lurking in the dimly-lit alleyway leading to her flat.

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3.0 out of 5 stars Jill Stumbles?, 11 April 2007
By Shane Slade (London, England) - See all my reviews
This review is from: Unlucky for Some (Paperback)
Let me say first state that I am a huge fan of Jill McGown. For me she is one of the UK's best crime writers and her considerable oeuvre is typified by subtle plots and great characterization and a Dickensian feel for time and place. Her dialogue is often very funny but always within the context of the story. However given Jill's earlier efforts this story is slow to catch. The writing of the book may have been adversely affected by the change both professionally and personally taking place between the two main stalwarts of Jill's books namely, Lloyd and Hill. However it is worth reading and is of course required reading for existing fans. For newcomers to Jill I suggest they start with Death of a Dancer which will introduce them nicely to all that is Jill's very considerable best. Since writing the above review I discovered that Jill died shortly after the book's publication. Her illness during the writing no doubt affected the final product.
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