Summoned to Cromlech Lodge to draw up a will for the inn's handsome owner, widower Kevin Conlon, Dublin solicitor James Fleming finds himself caught in the middle when Conlon is accused of murder.
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Something has gone awry at Ireland's Cromlech Lodge. James Fleming, a Dublin solicitor and occasional sleuth, just happens to be staying at the inn to draw up a will for the owner when an overweight and unappealing guest topples down the main staircase and dies on the dining room floor. What follows this unfortunate demise is a cerebral mystery story that turns bloody only in the final pages. As he investigates, Fleming discovers a diary kept by a woman who lived at the lodge during its previous incarnation as a "home for the bewildered." Even some corny writing--Fleming knows that he must locate the murderer by identifying the person with a "lusting to kill" in his or her heart--doesn't slow down this well-paced story. The upscale setting with its creepy past provides atmosphere, although Fallon ( Where Death Lies ) sometimes relies on stereotypes to bolster lesser characters such as Fleming's confidant, who lives with a patient wife and a brood of children and thinks mostly of his next glass of ale.
Copyright 1992 Reed Business Information, Inc.
Copyright 1992 Reed Business Information, Inc.
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By puffinswan "puffinswan" (Brigadoon) - See all my reviews
This review is from: DEAD ENDS (Paperback)
Dead Ends,like all of Ms Fallon's mysteries, takes place in Ireland. Ann Fallon's Ireland, however, is not merely a locale but an atmosphere, a state of mind. Her characters are so uniquely Irish, so softly alien to this American reader. Her plots can be (and usually are) rocky and unforgiving but her people soften and sweeten the harsh realities of murder. Her books are different, and in this case, that's exactly what makes them good.
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