Landscape with Corpse

Lowe & Simpson #4

by Roger Ormerod

A group of art students are enjoying a week's residential course, among them an ex-detective and his girlfriend Philipa. When there is a murder a young woman called Elise Harcourt appears to be the obvious suspect, but Philipa believes otherwise and attempts to solve the case herself. From the author of AND HOPE TO DIE.

188 pages, Hardcover

First published January 1, 1996

About the author

Roger Ormerod was born in Wolverhampton, Staffordshire. He worked as a county court officer, an executive officer in the Department of Social Security, a postman, and a shop loader in an engineering factory.

Reviews

[Anne Hill · Rating 3 out of 5]

Okay

More lively than his last book. A bit of a twist at the end. The main characters are more realistic.

[Noemi Proietti · Rating 3 out of 5]

It should have been a relaxing week for recently married Philippa and Oliver Simpson. To help heal Oliver’s arm, they decided to take a painting class at an Adult Residential College. Things start go badly from the beginning when some of the students start arguing and then, on the first day of class, two students are found murdered in the woods. Philippa and Oliver start investigating on their own and following some dramatic turn of events they solve the case.
Landscape With Corpse is a suspenseful and intriguing story whose dramatic and unexpected twists kept me reading until the end. I think that the atmospheric setting in an isolated college in the mountains was perfect for this thriller and the author gives a good description of the characters that makes the story more real.