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Inspector Quantrill #9
Fair Game
Lewis Glaven, the owner of the Chalcot estate, had arranged the pheasant shoot to introduce his son Will's shy fiancee to country house living. Hope Meynell was lovely, but most unsuitable for Chalcot, and Lewis was not the only one who disapproved of the engagement. Then, as Animal Rights protesters tried to put a stop to it, a tragic accident occurred. But when Detective Chief Inspector Douglas Quantrill took charge of the investigation, it became apparent that a murder had taken place.
220 pages, Hardcover
First published January 1, 1994
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About the author
Sheila Radley
24 books3 followersSheila Mary Robinson was born and brought up in rural Northamptonshire, one of the fortunate means-tested generation whose further education was free. She went from her village school via high school to London University, where she read history.
She served for nine years as an education officer in the Women’s Royal Air Force, then worked variously as a teacher, a clerk in a shoe factory, a civil servant and in advertising. In the 1960s she opted out of conventional work and joined her partner in running a Norfolk village store and post office, where she began writing fiction in her spare time. Her first books, written as Hester Rowan, were three romantic novels; she then took to crime, and wrote 10 crime novels as Sheila Radley.
She served for nine years as an education officer in the Women’s Royal Air Force, then worked variously as a teacher, a clerk in a shoe factory, a civil servant and in advertising. In the 1960s she opted out of conventional work and joined her partner in running a Norfolk village store and post office, where she began writing fiction in her spare time. Her first books, written as Hester Rowan, were three romantic novels; she then took to crime, and wrote 10 crime novels as Sheila Radley.
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October 19, 2013
This is the final book in the series and in my opinion it is one of the best. Martin Tait – a former protégé of Douglas Quantrill’s is about to be promoted above him. Quantrill is not too happy about this but is rather less happy about Tait cohabiting with his daughter Alison. Tait – who is upwardly mobile – is invited to a private shoot at the Chalcot estate owned by Lewis Glaven. Unfortunately the shoot is marred by an accident – or is it murder?
Tait finds himself in an invidious position as a witness with people putting pressure on him to play down the investigation. This is an interesting story with lots of tensions between the main characters. The uneasy relationship between Tait and Quantrill is very well done as is the contrasting views of many of the characters on shooting birds for sport.
This is a well-crafted and satisfying mystery and it is well written with believable and all too human characters. The novels in this series do not have to be read in order as they all work as standalone stories.
Tait finds himself in an invidious position as a witness with people putting pressure on him to play down the investigation. This is an interesting story with lots of tensions between the main characters. The uneasy relationship between Tait and Quantrill is very well done as is the contrasting views of many of the characters on shooting birds for sport.
This is a well-crafted and satisfying mystery and it is well written with believable and all too human characters. The novels in this series do not have to be read in order as they all work as standalone stories.
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