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Tug of War (Charnwood Large Print) [Large Print] (Hardcover)

by Barbara Cleverly (Author)
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  • Hardcover
  • Publisher: Ulverscroft Large Print Books Ltd; Large type edition edition (1 Aug 2007)
  • Language English
  • ISBN-10: 1846178371
  • ISBN-13: 978-1846178375
  • Average Customer Review: 4.6 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (5 customer reviews)

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"* 'Cleverly's (novel) evokes and in some ways surpasses, the work of Agatha Christie.' Publishers Weekly * 'A well-plotted novel... The atmosphere of the dying days of the Raj is colourfully captured.' Susanna Yager, Sunday Telegraph * 'The historical background is as fascinating as the murder. Stiff upperlip soldiers, American heiresses, handsome Afghan tribesmen - they are all here in spades. A great blood and guts blockbuster.' Guardian * 'Solidly plotted throughout, with lots of energy and all period accoutrements up to scratch and true to the Raj.' Literary Review" --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.

New York Times August 26 2007

Simply put - it's a stunner. --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.
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5.0 out of 5 stars Unusual mystery, 29 Nov 2006
This review is from: Tug of War (Joe Sandilands Murder Mystery) (Hardcover)
The best of the Sandilands so far. Unusual mystery in an unusual setting. I had no idea about the battle of the Chemin des Dames, I didn't know much about Champagne, the region. Ms Cleverly defies the rules of the mystery novel - the detective is assigned the problem of working out the mystery of a man who is still alive, not yet a corpse. The answer to the puzzle is fundamental to the plot but it's not long before Sandilands tracks down a body cleverly hidden. As usual I didn't guess the ending but when I read it I knew there could be no other. You have to hang on right until the last sentence before you know the full story but it's a satisfying end. It's not a question of `eeny-meeny-miney-mo' like in some mysteries. The answer always comes from the character of the people involved and the clues are there all the way through the book, though you don't realise until all the evidence is in. The detective, Joe Sandilands, is always one step ahead of the reader and arrives at his solution with the help of an unusual sidekick. His young niece is as intuitive and resourceful as he is - she's no Doctor Watson, just a sounding board - but adds quite a lot to the action and the interest of the book. Through her fresh eyes we catch a glimpse of a war-torn France, pulling itself back together, licking its wounds and re-asserting its Frenchness.
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9 of 9 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars Fabulous traditional mystery!, 18 Nov 2006
By L. J. Roberts (Oakland, CA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Tug of War (Joe Sandilands Murder Mystery) (Hardcover)
Commander Joe Sandilands is planning to take his 14-year-old niece, Dorcas, to be reunited with her father in the South of France. However, his superior has asked that he stop in Reims. A former soldier, suffering from shell shock, residing at a local sanatorium, is being claimed as the husband of a wealthy owner of a champagne vineyard. The woman's son claims his mother murdered her husband and sealed his body behind a wall. Another complication comes from four other people who also claim the soldier and the patient's doctor who believes the soldier may be English rather than French. With the soldier's considerable pension and well-being involved, it is important the right identity be made.

I am a huge fan of Cleverly's books. She really knows how to set the stage and give the reader a sense of physical, emotional and political place. Along with Charles Todd and Anne Perry, she writes about the horror of WWI and its impact on those who fought and lived it. She creates strong, smart, interesting characters, particularly Sandilands and Dorcas, but all her characters have dimension with dialogue that has a natural flow. But the core of it all is a good, solid traditional mystery that kept me turning the pages in the non-stop read. I highly recommend this book and the entire series.
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8 of 8 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars The best of the Sandilands so far, 16 Nov 2006
By James North (Hertfordshire, UK) - See all my reviews
This review is from: Tug of War (Joe Sandilands Murder Mystery) (Hardcover)
The book has a happy ending - surprising but satisfying. Hang on to that! Because on the way, you'll have to run a course that'll tug at your emotions, something we don't expect in the thriller/detective genre.
Set in Champagne, in the misty aftermath of the Great War, the novel picks a tricky course through the landscape of a regenerating France to establish the identity, not of a corpse, but of a man who is inconveniently (for the French authorities) alive. The amnesiac late-return prisoner of war is claimed by several French families with their own sinister reasons for wanting him, but his doctor suspects that he may in fact be British. Sandilands is sent to sort out the problem. On his way to the truth he unearths an old murder, establishes the identity of the mystery soldier and prevents a future crime.
Involving - it kept me up all night turning pages. Cleverly plays her audience with the skill of an Agatha Christie but with ten times the psychological insight. As usual with her books, it's not the who dun it but the why the hell they done it that's gripping.
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4.0 out of 5 stars Multi-layered Mystery
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4.0 out of 5 stars An unusual angle of the aftermath of war
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