Dying Breath

Trewley & Stone #4

by Sarah J. Mason

Detective Superintendent Trewley and his female partner, Inspector Stone, investigate a suspicious gas leak that killed the brilliant but unpleasant scientist in charge of a top-secret project

Genres: Mystery

229 pages, Mass Market Paperback

First published June 1, 1994

About the author

Aka Hamilton Crane

Reviews

[Cindy · Rating 4 out of 5]

Reread this week. A grumpy scientist is found dead in his home. Was it accident or murder? While he was certainly brilliant, he was hardly popular. Trewley and Stone of the CID can't find a single person who actually liked the man. And when they learn about his research, they find lots of motives to want him dead.

A good twist at the end makes up for some of the rather ordinary story and characterization.

CMB

[Mary · Rating 3 out of 5]

Clever twist at the end. Pity the story had such an amount of scientific detail that made the mystery seem secondary