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Cargando... Bells On Her Toespor Diana J. Febry
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Inscríbete en LibraryThing para averiguar si este libro te gustará. Actualmente no hay Conversaciones sobre este libro. This is a nicely done mystery set in a horse-racing training yard and told from the point of view of two police detectives. There are enough expected elements of the literary rural British subgenre to make it comfortable and compelling for a cozy read, but enough twists to keep it from being overly predictable. The protagonists are believable and have hints dropped to their back stories to make me go looking for other books they might have appeared in (or will appear perhaps, in subsequent works). The other characters, like most of us in real life, have strengths and foibles that lead police and reader alike to consider how much of their resentments, or economic dislocation, or emotional instability could have led to murder. The author provides just enough description of horse-training yards and their training staffs for non-racing readers like me to understand the roles and economic dynamics, but never to the point of distracting from the story. All in all, a very nice read, and I’ll be adding Diana Febry to my go-to list when looking for good mysteries in a setting very different from my own. Interesting! It's a well-written story full of suspense in an investigation into murders, that lead to figure out that the target is Elmsgrove Racehorse Yard. I like a story that keeps you on your toes, and this one definitely does. It lives up to its title. Just when you think you figure it out, you get another twist. The characters were well developed and engaging. My kind of story. sin reseñas | añadir una reseña
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DCI Peter Hatherall is called in to investigate a shooting on the Earl of Ditchburn's country estate. The Earl's activities have angered animal rights and environmental groups but subsequent deaths suggest Elmsgrove Racehorse Yard is the target. There is more at stake than a horse race and time is running out for Hatherall to solve the case before the culprit kills again. No se han encontrado descripciones de biblioteca. |
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In the working out of the plot there are some extremely interesting characters, including Bunny, the ex-actress married to the Earl, Gladys who also sees herself as an ex-actress, a friend of Bunny's, and is married to one of the murder victims. (For me she came across as a bit over-drawn and much younger than she in fact is.) In an effort to provide a series of red herrings, the author comes up with a considerable range of sub-plots.
By the end there are three bodies resulting from linked elements in the plots.
A good read. ( )