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Phyllida Moon #9
Easeful Death
Seaminster Police Chief Maurice Kendrick has moved from grudging acceptance of the help of the Peter Piper Agency to approaching it as plain Mr Kendrick, concerned about his niece's involvement with a local sect that promises life after death. While Phyllida Moon as the affable Miss Lubbock is beginning her investigation, two of the sect's young acolytes leap from a cliff into the sea. Suicide? Or murder? Worse is to come. At a meeting of the sect, held at his family seat, the charismatic leader falls dead. The public suicide his flock has been half awaiting? Or, again, murder? Kendrick the policeman investigates potential suspects, chief among them the wife, the sister, and the business manager, all of whom seem to have good reason to wish him gone.
304 pages, Hardcover
First published December 13, 2012
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About the author
Eileen Dewhurst
36 books3 followersEileen Dewhurst was born in Liverpool, read English at Oxford, and has earned her living in a variety of ways, including journalism. When she is not writing she enjoys solving cryptic crossword puzzles and drawing and painting cats.
Series:
. Neil Carter
. Helen Markham-Johnson
. Phyllida Moon
Series contributed to::
. Perfectly Criminal
. Northern Blood
Series:
. Neil Carter
. Helen Markham-Johnson
. Phyllida Moon
Series contributed to::
. Perfectly Criminal
. Northern Blood
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December 14, 2013
Maurice Kendrick’s sister Mary asks for his help in finding out whether her daughter, Samantha has got herself mixed up with an undesirable sect when she sees her handing out leaflets. As it isn’t really a police matter, Kendrick employs the services of the Peter Piper detective agency in the person of Phyllida Moon.
Phyllida herself recruits her librarian friend, Sally Hargreaves, to attend a meeting of The Bridge with her in the characters of aunt and niece. The soon find out a lot more about the group and what they find out is disturbing to say the least. When a member of the group apparently commits suicide the stakes suddenly become much higher.
Full of creepy characters and charismatic demagogues this is a disturbing study of how easily vulnerable people can be manipulated. I enjoyed reading it and found it difficult to work out who was the murderer. I thought the way the relationship between the police and the agency developed was very well done and I like the way all the series characters have matured during this series. The quality of the writing is excellent, the dialogue convincing and the characters well drawn.
If you like your mysteries with an interesting background and without too much violence or bad language then try this series. All the books can be read as standalone novels.
Phyllida herself recruits her librarian friend, Sally Hargreaves, to attend a meeting of The Bridge with her in the characters of aunt and niece. The soon find out a lot more about the group and what they find out is disturbing to say the least. When a member of the group apparently commits suicide the stakes suddenly become much higher.
Full of creepy characters and charismatic demagogues this is a disturbing study of how easily vulnerable people can be manipulated. I enjoyed reading it and found it difficult to work out who was the murderer. I thought the way the relationship between the police and the agency developed was very well done and I like the way all the series characters have matured during this series. The quality of the writing is excellent, the dialogue convincing and the characters well drawn.
If you like your mysteries with an interesting background and without too much violence or bad language then try this series. All the books can be read as standalone novels.
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