The Cedars' Influence: Murder aforethought - by accidental proxy

by Chris Stedman

Follow the murders from the murderer's viewpoint, with passionate compassion on the one hand and cold-blooded murder on the other. The Cedars' Influence isn't a conventional detective story, but more of a frantic and exciting ramble through the mind of the murderer, living in a previously quiet Cotswold village and upturning every convention to enjoy his deadly if sometimes accidental ambitions and ultimately get away with most of them. Very, very loosely based on the true story of opposition to a hotel expansion and the interactions of the protestors, the influence of The Cedars goes far beyond the original story and into the realms of the gruesome. Filled with degrees of love and hate only usually witnessed in high-profile divorces or television reality shows, Tim's story is one of tenderness at heart, but a hard heart when circumstances deem necessary, murder aforethought always being uppermost in mind. The unusual perspective of the murderer himself creates an unputdownable series of short stories within the whole, demonstrating the best and the worst of the criminal mind worthy of the best from Midsomer.

256 pages, Paperback

First published March 17, 2012