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When an adulterous husband is accused of murdering his mistress, the dead woman's brother begins his own investigation.
191 pages, Hardcover
First published July 1, 1988
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About the author
James Anderson
30 books66 followersJames Anderson was educated at Reading University where he gained a History degree and although born in Swindon, Wiltshire, he lived for most of his life near Cardiff.
He worked as a salesman before becoming a copywriter and then a freelance journalist, contributing to many newspapers, house journals and specialist magazines. He later turned to writing novels, the first of which was 'Assassin' (1969).
As well as his general thrillers, he wrote three books featuring Inspector Wilkins beginning with 'The Affair of the Blood-Stained Egg Cosy' in 1975. The series continued with 'the Affair of the Mutilated Mink Coat' (1981) and ended with 'The Affair of the Thirty-Nine Cuff Links' (2003).
He also wrote three novels based on the television series 'Murder, She Wrote', which were 'the Murder of Sherlock Holmes (1985), Hooray for Homicide' (1985) and 'Lovers and Other Killers' (1986). In total he wrote 14 novels and one play.
He died in 2007.
Gerry Wolstenholme
September 2010
He worked as a salesman before becoming a copywriter and then a freelance journalist, contributing to many newspapers, house journals and specialist magazines. He later turned to writing novels, the first of which was 'Assassin' (1969).
As well as his general thrillers, he wrote three books featuring Inspector Wilkins beginning with 'The Affair of the Blood-Stained Egg Cosy' in 1975. The series continued with 'the Affair of the Mutilated Mink Coat' (1981) and ended with 'The Affair of the Thirty-Nine Cuff Links' (2003).
He also wrote three novels based on the television series 'Murder, She Wrote', which were 'the Murder of Sherlock Holmes (1985), Hooray for Homicide' (1985) and 'Lovers and Other Killers' (1986). In total he wrote 14 novels and one play.
He died in 2007.
Gerry Wolstenholme
September 2010
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August 20, 2022
Not sure how I came across this book, but I know I was intrigued by the inside flap synopsis which promised "an astonishing denouement that will keep the most seasoned crime buff guessing." Well, sad to say, but the book in no way delivered an ending that challenged this "seasoned crime buff," since the culprit was obvious from the moment the character was introduced.
I could have stopped reading right there, but I felt compelled to continue to see how it played out. Again, very disappointing. Instead of one striking moment of revelation, the author elected to feed readers a piecemeal confession until only one solution was left, which felt very flat.
Granted, this book was written in 1988, prior to the availability of DNA testing and other sophisticated forensic testing, but I thought as a police procedural it fell down quite heavily in both methods of investigation and deployment of unofficial personnel and laymen, who were far more "in the know" than those who were supposedly in charge!
I could have stopped reading right there, but I felt compelled to continue to see how it played out. Again, very disappointing. Instead of one striking moment of revelation, the author elected to feed readers a piecemeal confession until only one solution was left, which felt very flat.
Granted, this book was written in 1988, prior to the availability of DNA testing and other sophisticated forensic testing, but I thought as a police procedural it fell down quite heavily in both methods of investigation and deployment of unofficial personnel and laymen, who were far more "in the know" than those who were supposedly in charge!
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