Grandmother's Footsteps

by Carol Smith

The cold-blooded butchery of a mother and her daughters triggers a wave of outrage in the media. Though not immediately obvious because they are so widely-spaced, this is just the latest atrocity in a series. An elderly spinster arranging flowers in a church, her little dog dead at her side. A schoolmaster with a party of boys. A bank manager. A yoga teacher. A social worker. Someone is targeting the virtuous and clean-living. It takes the patient persistence of cartographer William Huxley to sense a link the police have missed, and to find the killer. Stuck at home with his two-year-old daughter Morwenna while his high-flying wife Edwina plays with fire, William the house-husband slowly assembles the pieces of this gruesome jigsaw, aided solely by a cub reporter and the valiant cleaning lady, Mrs P. When a prominent public figure is hacked to death, events take a sudden sharp curve for the worse. Particularly when it becomes clear that William is the next intended victim...

346 pages, Hardcover

First published January 1, 2002

About the author

Librarian's Note: There is more than one author with this name.

Carol Smith was born in London and worked in the book trade, both in London and New York, before becoming a full-time writer herself. For much of that time she ran her own literary agency, focussed on finding and developing new talent, although now her own writing takes up most of her time. She lives in Kensington. She also writes under the name Alex Crowe.

Reviews

[Darlene Jilks · Rating 4 out of 5]

A good read and surprise ending..

[Janet · Rating 5 out of 5]

Wow, did not see the end comming

[Bryngel · Rating 1 out of 5]

Even if you don't have any expectations whatsoever, you'll still be really, fucking disappointed.

[Alice Leak · Rating 4 out of 5]

If it were possible I would give this 4.5*

[P.D.R. Lindsay]

Carol Smith is popular writer of thrillers and murder mysteries. Deservedly so. She knows the genre well, writes a good original plot, and knows how to wind up the tension and keep the reader guessing and reading on.

Here we have a series of gruesome and seemingly unconnected murders. Our hero, Tim, is bored and wonders about these unsolved crimes which keep happening. He sees a geographical connection and then, working with a reporter, begins to seek the actual link which is the motive.

Carol Smith is always good at making the reader feel for the murderer. Here we do indeed feel sorry and understand.
Fans will be delighted. Readers who want a good pacy thriller will enjoy this. Well worth a read.

[Karen Desmond · Rating 2 out of 5]

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