The Enemy Within (Chief Inspector Woodend Mysteries) [Hardcover]

Sally Spencer (Author)

Book Description

Series: Chief Inspector Woodend Mysteries | Publication Date: November 1, 2003

"Superior work from a best-selling British author" Library Journal on Death of an Innocent

Editorial Reviews

From Booklist

Another entry in the popular Chief Inspector Woodend series, this latest offering has the rebellious and eccentric detective investigating a series of bizarre "bonfire murders." Assisted by his team of Bob Rutter and Monika Paniatowski, Woodend uses his considerable experience and finely honed intuition, plus plenty of hard slogging, to find out who is killing middle-aged women, all of whom have terminal cancer, and leaving their bodies on bonfires. At first, there is frustratingly little progress, but when two competitive journalists get involved, the case starts to open up. Meanwhile, Rutter and Paniatowski pay the price for their illicit love affair when one of the journalists threatens to expose them if they don't give her an exclusive scoop. Although Spencer treats her readers to an engaging cast of characters and plenty of fascinating procedural detail, the solution to the case seems to come out of left field--even given the fact that the story is set in the paranoid 1960s. But, all in all, this is an entertaining procedural from a veteran hand. Emily Melton
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About the Author

Spencer was born and brought up in Cheshier. She has been a teacher in England and Iran.

Product Details

• Hardcover: 256 pages
• Publisher: Severn House Publishers; World edition (November 1, 2003)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0727859315
• ISBN-13: 978-0727859310
• Product Dimensions: 9 x 5.5 x 1 inches
• Shipping Weight: 15.5 ounces
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #2,481,542 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)