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Mr. Mosley #2
Mosley by Moonlight
Strange things are happening in the remote village of Hadley Dale. Without warning, a TV crew invades the district to shoot a commercial. Without reason, tales of extra-terrestrial sightings spring up. And without a clue, Matthew Longden's robust 'housekeeper' friend disappears -- in the same way his wife did five years ago.
Assigned to find the missing woman, the unpredictable Mosley bicycles through the Lancashire countryside. Sidetracked by TV mischief-makers, cricket matches, and rumors of a buried body, Mosley is stopped in his leisurely tracks by a shocking death. By prying information from the locals and raising hackles at headquarters, deceptively brilliant Mosley soon unravels an intricate tapestry of delusions, disappearances, and death to neatly tie up a most malicious murder.
Assigned to find the missing woman, the unpredictable Mosley bicycles through the Lancashire countryside. Sidetracked by TV mischief-makers, cricket matches, and rumors of a buried body, Mosley is stopped in his leisurely tracks by a shocking death. By prying information from the locals and raising hackles at headquarters, deceptively brilliant Mosley soon unravels an intricate tapestry of delusions, disappearances, and death to neatly tie up a most malicious murder.
- GenresMystery
169 pages, Mass Market Paperback
First published December 1, 1984
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About the author
John Buxton Hilton
55 books4 followersJohn Buxton Hilton was a British crime writer. After his war service in the army he became an Inspector of schools, before retiring in 1970 to take up full-time writing.
He wrote the Superintendent Simon Kenworthy series and the Inspector Thomas Brunt series, as well as the Inspector Mosley series under the pseudonym John Greenwood. Hilton died in Norwich.
He wrote the Superintendent Simon Kenworthy series and the Inspector Thomas Brunt series, as well as the Inspector Mosley series under the pseudonym John Greenwood. Hilton died in Norwich.
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October 1, 2021
Mosley is very engaging character and the writing is excellent. However, I found the plot of this one less credible than the first one and rather difficult to follow at times.
November 15, 2011
"Strange things are happening in the remote village of Hadley Dale. Without warning, a TV crew invades the district to shoot a commercial. Without reason, tales of extra-terrestrial sightings spring up. And without a clue, Matthew Longden's robust 'housekeeper' friend disappears -- in the same way his wife did five years ago.
"Assigned to find the missing woman, the unpredictable Mosley bicycles through the Lancashire countryside. Sidetracked by TV mischief-makers, cricket matches, and rumors of a buried body, Mosley is stopped in his leisurely tracks by a shocking death. By prying information from the locals and raising hackles at headquarters, deceptively brilliant Mosley soon unravels an intricate tapestry of delusions, disappearances, and death to neatly tie up a most malicious murder."
~~ back cover
Another excellent foray into the north of England, the characters who live there, and a master of his craft. Brilliant plot, brilliant writing.
"Assigned to find the missing woman, the unpredictable Mosley bicycles through the Lancashire countryside. Sidetracked by TV mischief-makers, cricket matches, and rumors of a buried body, Mosley is stopped in his leisurely tracks by a shocking death. By prying information from the locals and raising hackles at headquarters, deceptively brilliant Mosley soon unravels an intricate tapestry of delusions, disappearances, and death to neatly tie up a most malicious murder."
~~ back cover
Another excellent foray into the north of England, the characters who live there, and a master of his craft. Brilliant plot, brilliant writing.
April 23, 2009
People talk when Matthew Longdon's wife disappears--but police trace her to Amsterdam. Then they talk more when his German housekeeper disappears. But she seems to have gone to Amsterdam, too. Mosley knows things to the very respectable Longdon's discredit, although he's not prepared to talk about them. Meanwhile, a television crew filming commercials turns the area into a tourist Mecca, until some of the missing start coming back.
October 14, 2024
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Let us be clear: this is not the book for you if you like a fast pace and lots of action, you won’t get any satisfaction here. If you enjoy atmosphere and a slow sinking into the very fiber of a small community, this might well be your meat and potatoes.
Greenwood (aka John Buxton Hilton) only wrote 6 of these, I’ve now read three and I’m worried about reaching the end of Mr. Mosley’s adventures. The character studies of the various personae appearing in these books is a rare treat, as is the quirky Mosley himself. Not sure there’d ever be (or has even been!) a policeman of this sort, even in rural Britain, but if we take these tales as the detectival version of Camelot, well, here we are. Suits my taste well.
Mosley “investigates” the disappearance of a local woman, which quickly brings to mind another disappearance several years prior, never solved; being Mosley, our hero seems to find the older case of more interest. Over time, so do we, and it comes as no surprise that the solution to one is the solution to the other.
It won’t be easy but I’ll force myself to wait before reading another in this too-short series.
Let us be clear: this is not the book for you if you like a fast pace and lots of action, you won’t get any satisfaction here. If you enjoy atmosphere and a slow sinking into the very fiber of a small community, this might well be your meat and potatoes.
Greenwood (aka John Buxton Hilton) only wrote 6 of these, I’ve now read three and I’m worried about reaching the end of Mr. Mosley’s adventures. The character studies of the various personae appearing in these books is a rare treat, as is the quirky Mosley himself. Not sure there’d ever be (or has even been!) a policeman of this sort, even in rural Britain, but if we take these tales as the detectival version of Camelot, well, here we are. Suits my taste well.
Mosley “investigates” the disappearance of a local woman, which quickly brings to mind another disappearance several years prior, never solved; being Mosley, our hero seems to find the older case of more interest. Over time, so do we, and it comes as no surprise that the solution to one is the solution to the other.
It won’t be easy but I’ll force myself to wait before reading another in this too-short series.
December 19, 2009
An early Inspector Mosley-good British detective series.
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