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Belinda Bauer
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Publisher | Corgi | ||
ISBN | 9780552158886 | ||
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Ann
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Synopsis
It is freezing mid-winter on Exmoor, and in a close-knit community where no stranger goes unnoticed, a local woman has been found murdered in her bed. This is local policeman Jonas Holly's first murder investigation. But he is distracted by anonymous letters, accusing him of failing to do his job.
Taunted by the killer and sidelined by his abrasive senior detective, Jonas has no choice but to strike out alone on a terrifying hunt . . . but who is hunting who?
Review
Really enjoyed the first half or so of this book. Good page turner with wonderful descriptions and a wicked way with words. (I particularly liked "a rota of nurses, all busts and bingo wings"). Having being brought up in small village, the slightly claustrophobic atmosphere came over with great authenticity.
However, as the story developed, the characters seemed to lose their definition and drift away, and, as the body count increased, my interest decreased and I started skipping to the end.
Not wishing to spell it out so as to spoil it for anyone else, but the culprit's motivation and psychological profile didn't seem at all commensurate with the apparent cause, and killing off two of the main characters to give the ending was very contrived.
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