There had never been a murder in Whitebridge like this one. What kind of man would decide to slash the throat of an inoffensive widow who was already terminally ill? Why did he decide to place her lifeless body in the middle of a children's bonfire, and then set it alight? A game is being played, and for the game to continue, there must be more deaths.
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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
Copyright © American Library Association. All rights reserved --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.
Copyright © American Library Association. All rights reserved --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.
About the Author
Spencer was born and brought up in Cheshier. She has been a teacher in England and Iran.
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