A Bill Slider Mystery - When ex-BBC correspondent Ed Stonax is found dead, the last thing Detective Inspector Slider needs to complicate his life is the reappearance of an old enemy issuing death threats. Trevor Bates, aka The Needle, is on the loose and trying to kill him, and with a high-profile murder to solve, Slider must try to find a spare moment to marry Joanna before their baby is born and stay alive long enough to do it . . .
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In Harrod-Eagles's elegant 11th Bill Slider mystery (after 2005's Dear Departed), the detective inspector investigates the murder of civil servant Ed Stonax, a former high-profile BBC correspondent, found dead with his skull smashed on the floor of his West London flat. Stonax had been looking into something to do with a building site in Scotland, but no one can break his computer code to find out exactly what. Meanwhile, Slider's ladies' man of an assistant, Jim Atherton, falls for Stonax's grieving daughter, Emily, and Slider and his musician love, Joanna, are trying to marry before their firstborn arrives. To complicate matters further, convicted murderer Trevor Bates (aka The Needle) is at large and threatening to get even with Slider. The various plot lines neatly intersect at the highest levels of government by the end of this appealing English whodunit. (June)
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*Starred Review* The versatile Harrod-Eagles is a dab hand at everything from historical romances and sweeping family sagas to teen fiction and police procedurals, and her latest book, another winning entry in the Bill Slider series, shows off her writing skills to perfection. Slider is soon to become a husband and, shortly afterward, a father, because his fiancée, Joanna, is expecting their first child. But when journalist Ed Stonax is murdered, Slider must shift his priorities. Stonax was a respected newspaperman who resigned to join the government. Shortly afterward, he and a colleague were photographed in a compromising situation with a young woman, and Stonax suffered a spectacular fall from grace. Now he is dead, and Slider must find his killer. On top of that, Slider’s old nemesis, arch-criminal Trevor Bates, has started a campaign of taunts and intimidation designed to annoy Slider—or worse. Suddenly, Slider is juggling concern over Joanna’s pregnancy, death threats from Bates, and one of the most complex murder cases of his career. A bit slow to start, the story soon picks up speed and rumbles along to a satisfying finish. Like John Harvey’s Charley Resnick, Slider’s mix of toughness, sensitivity, and melancholy works on all levels. --Emily Melton
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9 of 9 people found the following review helpful:
4.0 out of 5 stars
I am delighted to have a new Bill Slider,
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This review is from: Game Over (Bill Slider Mysteries) (Hardcover)
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Harrod-Eagles, Cynthia - 11th in series Severn House, 2008, UK Hardcover - ISBN: 9780727866158 First Sentence: the habits learned in childhood tend to become ingrained, so that they operate on an involuntary level. DI Bill Slider has a lot on his hands. His and his lover, Joanna, are trying to get married before their baby is delivered but their works keeps getting in the way. A former BBC correspondent, who joined the Department of Trade and Industry from which he was dismissed in a sex scandal, is found dead in his home. Trevor Bates, whom Slider had previous arrested but is now free, is conducting an escalating campaign of threats against Slider. I am always delighted to see a new Bill Slider book come out. CH-E excels at characters and dialogue. There is a wonderful, diverse cast of characters from the dogged Slider, to the elegant Atherton, to their Det. Super. Porson who creates his own vocabulary "...wasn't exactly a parody of virtue." CH-E's sense of place and plotting are well done. The plot begins with a seemingly straightforward murder, becomes more complex as the story progresses and ties up all pieces at the end. The suspense grows with the story and there is a wonderfully touching ending. I thoroughly enjoyed this book and sincerely hope this isn't the last we see of Bill and the gang.
12 of 14 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars
Bill's back, finally!!,
By steamkitty "steamkitty" (Oregon) - See all my reviews
This review is from: Game Over (Bill Slider Mysteries) (Hardcover)
I'll try not to be a spoiler here, but it might be tricky, so be forwarned. I have been waiting for almost four years for the next Bill Slider mystery and, while I won't say it was worth the wait (I HATE waiting!), I will say this book is so very satifying in that some loose ends are tidied up. Bill Slider, a London police Detective Inspector who's trying to balance finding time to marry his many-months' pregnant professional violinist lover, herself on a busy schedule, finding the murderer of a famous erstwhile BBC (the Beeb! love it) reporter, surviving the mangling of grammatical metaphors, etc., of his grieving yet still sharp and supportive, boss, and trying to supervise yet support his bagman/sergeant, a serial womanizer who needs more than his cats to welcome him home. Oh, and add to that mix, an extreme villain from a previous book who has come back with hate in his heart and death on his mind. Just the usual goings-on at the Shepards Bush police district.
Ms. Harrod-Eagles writes a great police story, a facinating look, however fictitious, at the daily grind of a district police station, and, very interestingly, a bit of insight into the life of a professional classical music performer who is below the level of soloist, yet every bit involved in the making a living from playing beautiful music. Plus, Ms. Harrod-Eagles' characters start to grab one very early on. Please, buy this book, but also start from the beginning of her Bill Slider stories. It is well worth it to get the back titles to follow these really delightful people and stories. My only concern with this book is wondering why her previous publishers, TimeWarner, Scribner, etc., didn't grab it. It was left to a niche publisher, whose printing and editing styles vary somewhat from her earlier books, to grab it. However, this publisher does release in the US so there isn't a wait (did I mention I HATE WAITING?) or an expensive British pound purchase, for her American audience to be satisfied. This in no way diminishes her writing, character and plot portrayal, and her sympathies with her people and places always come through, as does her English grammar and lovely writing style. Now, as I understand it, there might be another Bill Slider mystery later this year. I really, really hope so. Please go back, read all of them from the beginning (as I just did), and enjoy some very nice people. (And some nasty ones, too.)
2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:
4.0 out of 5 stars
Enjoyable, but the pacing is a bit off (3.5 stars),
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This review is from: Game Over (Bill Slider Mysteries) (Hardcover)
The latest entry in the 'Slider Saga' features all the usual 'tough cases', character development, personality quirks, groaner puns, and other 'favorite bits' of C.H.E.'s previous entries. The problem here is that the story (at least in this format) is shorter than usual, at just 234 pages('Dear Departed', published in the more traditional 'Mass Market' size, was nearly 350 pages long).
Whatever the reasons for the change in publisher, and the shorter page count that Severn House must have asked for, the final chapter, while still managing to sum things up, has to 'rush' everything, in order to accommodate the 'Bill and Joanna' plot developments. While fans will be pleased at these developments, they may end up wishing Harrod-Eagles had more space to tell the story; her usual intricate subplots, and late-in-the-game developments, are still here, but the abprupt 'summary' style used in the last chapter makes it look like the author was forced to 'prune' a lot of details in order to fit everything in. Perhaps, like Bill and Joanna, she was REALLY in a hurry! Let's hope that, in the next volume, she won't write the ending as though it were on 'fast forward'!
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