Pastures New

Inspector Peach #12

by J.M. Gregson

Peach and Blake investigate a new case of family motives and secrets - Successful but lonely Geoffrey Aspin takes the desperate step of advertising for female company, and meets divorcee Pamela Williams. But their happiness is shattered by a brutal murder. DCI Peach and his team are brought in, and the finger seems to point at the Aspin family. Suddenly both Geoffrey and his new love are suspects and without alibis . . .

Genres: Mystery

218 pages, Hardcover

First published April 1, 2008

About the author

James Michael Gregson taught for twenty-seven years in schools, colleges and universities before concentrating on full-time writing. He has written books on subjects as diverse as golf and Shakespeare.

Reviews

[Margaret · Rating 4 out of 5]

Another excellent Percy Peach novel.

Well plotted and well written. J. M. Gregson writes the Lancashire dialect brilliantly and has a wonderful turn of phrase.

Could not work out who the killer was... turns out I missed a clue. An extremely subtle clue. Will not make that mistake again. These books are deceptive. They look like a light, simple read, but actually demand the whole of your attention.

[Sharon Chase · Rating 2 out of 5]

The protagonist's interactions with his incompetent boss provide the most pleasure in this book. The mystery itself not so much.