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Book Description

Publication Date: August 1989

A novel featuring the banker-sleuth, Mark Treasure. A crumbling church, ripe for development, stirs up dangerous rivalries, and after the vicar's downtrodden wife launches a repair fund there is a brutally convenient death. Treasure finds himself unpicking a knot of high finance and low crime.

--This text refers to the Audio Cassette edition.

#outer_postBodyPS { display: none; } #psGradient { display: none; } #psPlaceHolder { display: none; } #psExpand { display: none; } A novel featuring the banker-sleuth, Mark Treasure. A crumbling church, ripe for development, stirs up dangerous rivalries, and after the vicar's downtrodden wife launches a repair fund there is a brutally convenient death. Treasure finds himself unpicking a knot of high finance and low crime.

Editorial Reviews

From Publishers Weekly

Having solved the mystery of Treasure in Oxford , amateur sleuth and investment banker Mark Treasure turns up in West London to find out who killed vicar's wife Angela Culdlum. She and a wealthy parishioner had been trying to save St. Martin's church from a declaration of "redundancy" when Angela was felled--ostensibly by falling roof-slates. After the police determine that the slates did not sever Angela's carotid arteries without help, Treasure and his wife Molly take hard looks at a long list of likely suspects, including developer and client Aziz, who needs the St. Martin's site for his redevelopment project; Smurt, an American televangelist who wants to make a TV studio out of the church; and Angela's husband, Reverend Nigel, who had treated his wife with supercilious scorn. The Treasures' investigations into other, well-characterized suspects make for diverting reading, although the story is too slow getting underway.
Copyright 1989 Reed Business Information, Inc.

From AudioFile

Listeners enter the world of high finance and a struggling church on the brink of closure. It's not surprising that murder occurs amid this turmoil. A glamorous stage star and her charming husband are caught up in the intrigue as they encounter many eccentric characters. Narrator Sion Probert skillfully introduces an American group called Investors for Jesus, the usual faithful church ladies, and many poor people who benefit from the London church. Probert demonstrates a wide variety of accents for a broad range of age groups while keeping the complex text flowing smoothly. This title is particularly appealing because the story is unique and unpredictable AND well presented. S.G.B. © AudioFile 2003, Portland, Maine-- Copyright © AudioFile, Portland, Maine --This text refers to the Audio Cassette edition.