What do you think?
Rate this book
Inspector Faro #3
Deadly Beloved
Inspector Faro's missing person search for Mabel Keller, whose unpleasant husband is Edinburgh's police surgeon, becomes a hunt for a missing body when Mrs. Keller's torn, bloodstained cloak turns up in a remote train station
190 pages, Hardcover
First published January 1, 1989
6 people are currently reading
80 people want to read
About the author
Alanna Knight
79 books47 followersaka Margaret Hope
Alanna Knight MBE has published more than sixty novels (including sixteen in the acclaimed Inspector Faro series, and seven featuring his daughter Rose McQuinn), as well as non-fiction, true crime and several books on Robert Louis Stevenson, numerous short stories and two plays since her award-winning first book ‘Legend of the Loch’ in 1969. A founding member and Honorary President of the Scottish Association of Writers and of the Edinburgh Writer’s Club, born and educated on Tyneside, she has two sons and two granddaughters and lives in Edinburgh.
Alanna Knight MBE has published more than sixty novels (including sixteen in the acclaimed Inspector Faro series, and seven featuring his daughter Rose McQuinn), as well as non-fiction, true crime and several books on Robert Louis Stevenson, numerous short stories and two plays since her award-winning first book ‘Legend of the Loch’ in 1969. A founding member and Honorary President of the Scottish Association of Writers and of the Edinburgh Writer’s Club, born and educated on Tyneside, she has two sons and two granddaughters and lives in Edinburgh.
Ratings & Reviews
Friends & Following
Create a free account to discover what your friends think of this book!
Community Reviews
Displaying 1 - 4 of 4 reviews
May 28, 2022
"Faro held out his hand for the knife. Without a second's hesitation, he said, 'These are undoubtedly bloodstains.'
"The information slowly dawned on the Superintendent. 'My God, Faro, you realise what you're saying. Someone murdered the police surgeon's wife. There'll be all hell to pay over this. If we can only find where this knife came from,' he added.
" 'Oh, I can tell you that too ... As a matter of fact, we've both seen the murder weapon before and fairly recently. At Dr. Keller's dinner party the night before his wife vanished.' "
~~back cover
"Due at her sister's house two weeks ago for a visit, Mabel Keller is nowhere to be found. But, as Inspector Jeremy Faro learned firsthand during a grim and unpleasant dinner party at the Keller household, she had good reason to disappear: her husband. Edinburgh's police surgeon, was rude, even hostile, at every opportunity.
"Now the case has taken a new turn -- Mrs. Keller's cloak, torn and bloodstained, is found along with a kitchen carving knife in a remote train station. Faro's search for a missing person becomes a hunt for a missing body.
"It's an investigation that sheds startling light on the bizarre and sinister goings-on in the Keller household, yet the victim herself remains strangely elusive. But who has better means or opportunity to dispose of the corpse of an unwanted wife than an experienced police surgeon?"
~~front flap
A nice little mystery, somewhat dated. I would have liked more description of Edinburgh, but the plot was well enough and the characters also.
"The information slowly dawned on the Superintendent. 'My God, Faro, you realise what you're saying. Someone murdered the police surgeon's wife. There'll be all hell to pay over this. If we can only find where this knife came from,' he added.
" 'Oh, I can tell you that too ... As a matter of fact, we've both seen the murder weapon before and fairly recently. At Dr. Keller's dinner party the night before his wife vanished.' "
~~back cover
"Due at her sister's house two weeks ago for a visit, Mabel Keller is nowhere to be found. But, as Inspector Jeremy Faro learned firsthand during a grim and unpleasant dinner party at the Keller household, she had good reason to disappear: her husband. Edinburgh's police surgeon, was rude, even hostile, at every opportunity.
"Now the case has taken a new turn -- Mrs. Keller's cloak, torn and bloodstained, is found along with a kitchen carving knife in a remote train station. Faro's search for a missing person becomes a hunt for a missing body.
"It's an investigation that sheds startling light on the bizarre and sinister goings-on in the Keller household, yet the victim herself remains strangely elusive. But who has better means or opportunity to dispose of the corpse of an unwanted wife than an experienced police surgeon?"
~~front flap
A nice little mystery, somewhat dated. I would have liked more description of Edinburgh, but the plot was well enough and the characters also.
January 15, 2021
Poor Start
Chapter One is a wash; there is entirely too much repetition throughout the rest of the book without a confusing synopsis being thrown in at the beginning. The contrived use of Vince's naive and stubborn mindset as a red herring was a weak ploy, whereas the much repeated "but there is no body" was an overdone tip in the other direction. I can't imagine how any reader would fail to know who was responsible for the disappearance.
Aside from these negatives, I do think the writer does a great job in depicting Faro. The plot is adequate, but needs to be more cohesive.
Chapter One is a wash; there is entirely too much repetition throughout the rest of the book without a confusing synopsis being thrown in at the beginning. The contrived use of Vince's naive and stubborn mindset as a red herring was a weak ploy, whereas the much repeated "but there is no body" was an overdone tip in the other direction. I can't imagine how any reader would fail to know who was responsible for the disappearance.
Aside from these negatives, I do think the writer does a great job in depicting Faro. The plot is adequate, but needs to be more cohesive.
September 2, 2019
This Inspector Faro mystery had me going for quite a while this time. Everyone, including Faro's stepson, believes that the senior police surgeon did away with his wife, and encourages him to arrest the doctor for it immediately. But there's no body to be found; plus something else isn't quite right. I thought that I had solved this mystery early on; but I was only on the right track, not in the right station.
Another well done mystery by Alanna Knight!
Another well done mystery by Alanna Knight!
July 9, 2013
This was a good one. Nice twists and turns.
Displaying 1 - 4 of 4 reviews