Deadly Practice

Kate Kinsella Mystery #3

by Christine Green

Nurse Jenny Martin is found dead in a burned-out car. It looks like she was strangled and beaten to death before being unceremoniously crammed into the boot.

The police believe Nick ‘the Ace’ Fenny to be the chief suspect. At nineteen years old, he has a reputation for being a joyrider and troublemaker.

But Nick’s mum refuses to believe her son’s a murderer and seeks out Kate to help clear his name.

In no position to be turning down work, Kate accepts her offer and takes the victim’s old job to find out who else might have a motive for killing.

But then another employee dies in suspicious circumstances — it seems this practice is deadly.

Can Kate and her eccentric friend and landlord, undertaker Hubert, catch the real killer before it’s too late?

Genres: Mystery, Crime

263 pages, Kindle Edition

First published March 1, 1995

About the author

Christine Green is the author of Way to Victory. She is the author of many novels and lives in Wolverhampton.

Series:
* Kate Kinsella Mystery
* Detective Inspector Connor O'Neill Mystery
* Thomas Rydel and Denni Caldecote Mystery

Reviews

[Mahoghani 23 · Rating 3 out of 5]

An old book but an exciting end. An amateur private investigator takes on a case that ends up more than she bargained for. It's funny & active with much wit within the story. A book I've never heard of but found on my husband's reading shelf.

[Julie Powell · Rating 5 out of 5]

I enjoyed book three in the box set I have where Kate is asked to clear a young man's name accused of murder.

Victim Jenny is found in a burnt car, but she's not the only victim so a deeper mystery begins.

I liked the friendship between Kate and Hubert and the humour throughout the book. The police don't seem competent as usual though may be not disliking Kate as much. There was a good cast of characters, not many likeable but they did suit the plot.

Well-written and fast-paced and I did like the first-person narrative.

Engaging.

[Emg · Rating 3 out of 5]

Really 2.75 - Wasn't sure about reading this but ended up liking it (even laughed out loud a couple of times); might have rate it higher had it not been for some careless proofreading and odd character transformations at the end.

[Carole-Ann · Rating 3 out of 5]

My copy is the Headline Book Publishing edition of June 1995 ISBN:9780747247661

[Susan · Rating 4 out of 5]

Kate Kinsella is doubly out of work--neither her nursing career nor her small medical investigations firm is flourishing. When her landlord and friend, undertaker Hubert Humberstone, points out the newspaper story of a murdered nurse, Kate applies for her job and also tries to find out who is the murderer. Kate's blunders and her lack of self-confidence don't get in the way of her courage and cleverness.

[Martha Grace · Rating 4 out of 5]

Kate is at it again, trying to work a little as a nurse to support her detective business. Fun

[Mandy Huot · Rating 1 out of 5]

Sounded good when I got it, but couldn't get past the first chapter....she spent way too much tine arguing with her landlord and not enough building up of adrenaline.