Lesley Horton (1939–2018)
Autor de On Dangerous Ground
Sobre El Autor
Series
Obras de Lesley Horton
Etiquetado
Conocimiento común
- Fecha de nacimiento
- 1939
- Fecha de fallecimiento
- 2018-11
- Género
- Female
- Lugares de residencia
- Keighley, West Yorkshire, UK
Miembros
Reseñas
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Estadísticas
- Obras
- 5
- Miembros
- 166
- Popularidad
- #127,845
- Valoración
- 3.4
- Reseñas
- 7
- ISBNs
- 48
- Idiomas
- 4
In all the British police procedural series that I read, I think it's rather surprising that Horton's is really the only one that deals head-on with the thorny issues of race and religion. (And it would have to if a true portrait of Bradford was wanted.) She does it in a very realistic way, beginning with her characters-- an excellent ensemble cast. Handford is a good Anglo-Saxon police officer who's up for a greatly desired promotion. Being labeled a racist seems to be firmly in his past. (And it should be.) His Muslim sergeant Khalid Ali had a rather rough transition to the team, but now he's liked and respected by everyone. He's come into his own. Adding a highly connected young constable to the team is a bit of genius, since we're then allowed right into the home of a very important, very devout Muslim family to see how different it is to our own.
The plot of The Hollow Core is compelling and kept me engrossed from the beginning. The way Handford and his team work together to tease out each clue, each bit of information, and try to put it all into some sort of comprehensible order fascinated me. When the author began to weave each policeman's own private worries, strand by strand, into the story, the element of tension rose. How is that one going to deal with the stress? Is this one going to see the evidence that's right in front of his face, or is he going to worry about what is happening at home? This is a story that's both personal and wide-ranging, and I'll move on to the last book with a mixture of anticipation and sadness at the thought of an excellent series ending much too soon.… (más)