Portrait of Lilith. Label SIGNED by author affixed to front endpaper

Inspector Rudd #9

by June Thomson

A brutal murder puts an end to a artist dreams.

Genres: Mystery

Hardcover

First published January 1, 1982

About the author

June Thomson, a former teacher, has published 24 crime novels, 18 of which feature Detective Chief Inspector Jack Finch and his sergeant, Tom Boyce. She has also written six short story collections of Sherlock Holmes pastiches. Her books have been translated into many languages. She lives in St Albans in Hertfordshire.

Reviews

[Jordan Lynne · Rating 3 out of 5]

2.5 stars

Picked it up because of the cover and because of my interest in the story of Lilith, as well as any narrative that centers an artist which this did. The writing was good, pretty fast paced, and the characters were very 3 dimensional. I’m not much of a mystery or crime fan, so obviously the book is not at fault for being what it is. I think the ending was very rushed, everything became revealed at the end with only around 10 pages left, and although it wrapped up well enough, the revelation at the end of the book, in my opinion, would be an infinitely better story to tell. Overall, not much to say about this one. It was good but I wouldn’t necessarily recommend it.

[Susan K. · Rating 3 out of 5]

A quick entertaining who-done-it.

[Cathy Houston · Rating 3 out of 5]

thin plot

[Shawna · Rating 3 out of 5]

I like June Thomson’s books because she is great at creating a true picture of a person. I always think I know some of the people in her books in real life

[Q.M. Sidd · Rating 3 out of 5]

A very well written novel. The Author knows the act of explaining scenes, describing situations including environment as well as defining characters. This novel has a kind of a twist that I did not find in other fictions with regards to 'who done it'

Splendid read.

[Jack Heath]

Synopsis: DCI Finch (aka Inspector Rudd in the US) becomes involved in the art show world when a dealer is murdered.