When the wife of a prominent QC is found dead at the bottom of a well, Inspector Thanet discounts accidental death. Virginia Mintar was no angel, her outrageous flirting knew no bounds and made her many enemies. On the night of her death she was surrounded by a group of people, many of whom had reason and opportunity to kill her. But which one took that final step? Who wanted her dead and gone?
Thanet and his partner Mike Lineham find their investigation hampered by a morass of family secrets. Who was Virginia's current lover? And what could her mother-in-law possibly have to hide? Add the Mintar's daughters to the equation - the elder has been missing for four years and the younger is engaged to a womanising tennis coach - and Thanet soon realizes that the further he digs, the more complicated this case is going to become.
Distracted by anxiety over his own daughter's pregnancy, and with his Super on his back pushing for hard evidence, Thanet needs to pull out all the stops if he is to succeed in disentangling this complex web of infidelity, blackmail and a family's emotional tug-of-war.
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Delightful police procedural,
This review is from: Dead and Gone: An Inspector Luke Thanet Novel (Inspector Thanet Mysteries) (Hardcover)
Scotland Yard Inspector Luke Thannet anxiously worries about his pregnant daughter recently hospitalized for toxemia. He feels blessed that his mind is occupied by a high profile case. Virginia Minitor, wife of renowned barrister Ralph Minitor disappeared during a dinner party at her home. The police searched the Minitor estate but found nothing until the next day when her corpse was discovered at the bottom of a well.The police treat the death as a homicide with Thannet in charge of the investigation. He questions all the guests of the Minitors only to realize that each one had a motive for killing the deceased who apparently slept with or tried to sleep with every available and not so available male inside her circle of friends. Thannet also knows that each party attendee had the opportunity. Using his skills, he has to ferret out a killer amidst a plethora of viable suspects. Anyone who enjoys a good old-fashioned police procedural will want to read the latest Inspector Thannet tale. DEAD AND GONE is the fifteenth entry in this absorbing series. Due to Dorothy Simpson,s talent, the current tale retains a freshness and creative feel as if this is the first installment. The enthralling mystery is a maze of twists and turns that requires concentration to solve the puzzle, leaving the reader thinking while desiring novel number sixteen. Harriet Klausner
11 of 11 people found the following review helpful:
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Simpson Does It Again!,
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This review is from: Dead and Gone: An Inspector Luke Thanet Novel (Inspector Thanet Mysteries) (Hardcover)
Having read all of the Luke Thanet mysteries, I didn't think that Dorothy Simpson could get any better, but I was wrong. This is her best effort so far, mingling the dramas surrounding Luke's own family and that of a very complicated local barrister. Simpson continues to hone her craft with each new book. I can't wait for the next installment!
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The final Inspector Thanet novel.,
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This review is from: Dead and Gone: An Inspector Luke Thanet Novel (Inspector Thanet Mysteries) (Hardcover)
"Dead and Gone" is the final novel in Dorothy Simpson's 'Inspector Thanet' series: apparently the onset of RSI forced the writer to abandon writing in 2000.Unlike many of his fictional contemporaries, Thanet is a family man - and while he suffers secondary problems with his wife and children, these are kept as background matters in the books and his family is basically a well-adjusted and happy one. The books are set in Kent, England (the author herself residing for a long time in Maidstone, the county town), and take the form of gentle police procedurals (no Val McDermid-style angst and graphic violence here). This final story begins when the wife of a local Q.C (high-ranking lawyer) disappears following an informal dinner party at which their daughter has announced her engagement to an unsuitable fiance. The development of the plot is quite compelling, and athough the final twist was rather telegraphed, it is a good read for a winter's afternoon, a long journey or a beach holiday. (And yes, to that other reviewer - I have read the novel!)
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