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This is the second book in Yorkshire Murder Series!
Synopsis:
A priceless violin. And a dark secret someone is prepared to kill for.
DCI Oldroyd has seen his fair share of victims, but he has never witnessed a murder—until now. When world-famous violinist Hans Muller is shot and killed during a concert, the detective is faced with a case beyond logic. The culprit is nowhere to be found—and the victim’s priceless violin has disappeared too.
As Oldroyd investigates the mystery of the murderer’s identity and the motive for the killing, he enters the ruthless world of wealthy instrument collectors and stumbles upon a dark path where shocking secrets have been buried in the past. But the secrets will soon take centre stage.
Oldroyd must use all his cunning to recover the priceless instrument. But can he also solve the mystery of a murderer who vanished in front of his own eyes?
Note: This is a revised edition of The Quartet Murders.
Review:
Once again Oldroyd is in the right place, at the right time, when a murder takes place. Only this time it's a variation on a closed room mystery, with international twists. What seems like a murder, soon turns into a million dollar theft, and as the bodies start piling up, it takes officers in 3 different locations, to come up with enough information to even think about finding a solution. And then when the solution is found, the reader may just have to go back and reread where they might have missed some important clues in the beginning! This is a solid British procedural and if you haven't checked out this series, you should!
About the Author:
John R. Ellis has lived in Yorkshire for most of his life and has spent many years exploring Yorkshire’s diverse landscapes, history, language and communities. He recently retired after a career in teaching, mostly in further education in the Leeds area. In addition to the Yorkshire Murder Mystery series he writes poetry, ghost stories and biography. He has completed a screenplay about the last years of the poet Edward Thomas and a work of faction about the extraordinary life of his Irish mother-in-law. He is currently working on his memoirs of growing up in a working-class area of Huddersfield in the 1950s and 1960s.
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