The Italian Girl

Ackroyd and Thackeray #5

by Patricia Hall

A thriller with a very convincing plot chock-full of psychological tones, which seeks to prove that the past always ends up encroaching on the present, in its eagerness to survive.

Genres: Mystery

206 pages, Hardcover

First published April 22, 2004

About the author

Patricia Hall is the pen-name of journalist Maureen O'Connor. She was born and brought up in West Yorkshire, which is where she has chosen to set her acclaimed series of novels featuring reporter Laura Ackroyd and DCI Michael Thackeray. She is married, with two grown-up sons, and now lives in Oxford.

Reviews

[B~ · Rating 4 out of 5]

not bad

[Linda Underwood · Rating 4 out of 5]

English mystery. Inspector Thackery and Journalist Ackroyd wolve a 40 year old murder.

[Gary Van Cott · Rating 3 out of 5]

More of the same.

[Colleen · Rating 3 out of 5]

Thought the jane eyre analogy a bit forced