From Library Journal
Beginning writer Green provides a welcome addition to the canon of traditional British mysteries and a crossover draw for fans of nurse books as well. Nurse Kate Kinsella neatly dovetails part-time duty with medical sleuthing, but searching for the murderer of a nurse at an old ladies' hospital truly tests her skills for the first time. Kate bounces her ideas off landlord/undertaker Hubert as she ferrets out information about the surprisingly deceptive dead woman and sorts out possible motivations. This is straightforward and entertaining.
Copyright 1992 Reed Business Information, Inc. --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.
Copyright 1992 Reed Business Information, Inc. --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.
From Kirkus Reviews
First-novelist Green introduces 30-ish nurse Kate Kinsella, whose ambition is to be a detective specializing in medical- background cases. Encouraged by her office landlord, Humbert Humberstone, who runs the funeral parlor on the ground floor of the building, Kate takes on her first client--the aunt of Jacky Byfield, a nurse stabbed to death while running an errand at seedy St. Dymphna's Hospital. Jacky was young, religious, and apparently led a blameless life, but Kate, who takes a job at St. Dymphna's in her search for leads, finds that Jacky had a small fortune in a London bank, and a lover--Mich O'Dowd, a security guard at the hospital. There are more murders and lots of artificially pumped-up suspense before a clumsy reconstruction of the killing leads Kate to a confrontation--awkward and unconvincing--with the killer. Despite its limp-along narrative and a clutch of downbeat characters (who take the edge off Kate's cheerfully amateurish efforts), there's talent here that may be better honed in future outings. -- Copyright ©1992, Kirkus Associates, LP. All rights reserved.
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