Devil In The Detail (Superintendent Mike Yeadings Mysteries) by Clare Curzon (2-Dec-2009) Hardcover

Thames Valley Mystery #24

by Clare Curzon

Who’s been dealt the devil’s hand from this Tarot pack? Superintendent Mike Yeadings and his Thames Valley team have to find out When the body of a young woman is discovered hanging upside down from a tree, the village reverberates with whispers of tarot, occult practices and pagan rituals. The mystery deepens when the autopsy reveals that the body had already been dead for a year before being put on gruesome display. Amidst ritual slaughter, outbreaks of fire, and a convincing clairvoyant, can Superintendent Yeadings, in the absence of DS Rosemary Zyczynski, lay the mystery, and the dangling victim, to rest?

Genres: Mystery

Unknown Binding

First published January 1, 2010

About the author

Eileen-Marie Duell Buchanan (1922-2010) was a British author who specialized in writing literature belonging to the mystery, suspense, or detective genre. She wrote under a number of pseudonyms, including Marie Buchanan, Marie Duell, Clare Curzon and Rhona Petrie. She studied French and psychology at King's College in London.

Reviews

[Harold Walters · Rating 2 out of 5]

Just barely okay.

[Susan · Rating 3 out of 5]

When a body is found hanging in a wooded glade, the Cumbria police don't know if it's murder or some form of witchcraft. As they question the family of the local landowner, a woman announced that she is a medium and can see the death taking place. Nice for her: the police can't even identify the body, especially when it turns out that the death took place more than a year ago, and the body has been naturally mummified. A lot of different talents on the police force go into puzzling out the secrets, some long hidden, behind this death.

[Charty · Rating 3 out of 5]

Always enjoy a new Supt. Mike Yeadings mystery, but this one felt a little rushed towards the conclusion, and the subplot about DCI Mott's home life was bizarre and went no where.

[Catherine Woodman]

This is a very solid series--Yeading is a working man's cop, and a decent man outside the job. Competent series.

[Salvatore Leone · Rating 4 out of 5]

Very nice mystery. Lots of suspense and a good ending.

[scherzo♫ · Rating 2 out of 5]

Cop characters are typical; villains are over the top; plot is run of the mill.