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Today's mystery topic: obesession!
The start of a brand new series from the global bestselling author of the DI Hillary Greene series.
Synopsis:
Oxford, 1960. There's a murderer on the loose and two unlikely heroes are poised to solve the case.
Meet Probationary WPC Trudy Loveday—smart, enthusiastic and always underestimated.
In the hope of getting her out of the way, Trudy’s senior officer assigns her to help coroner Clement Ryder as he re-opens the case of a young woman's death. She can't believe her luck—she is actually going to be working on a real murder case.
Meanwhile, the rest of the police force are busy investigating a series of threats and murders in the local community, and Clement can't help but feel it's all linked.
As Trudy and Clement form an unlikely partnership, are they going to be the ones to solve these crimes before the murderer strikes again?
A gripping, twisty crime novel that you won't be able to put down. Perfect for fans of Agatha Christie and M.C. Beaton.
The Ryder and Loveday Series
Book 1: A FATAL OBSESSION (this book)
Book 2: A FATAL MISTAKE
Book 3: A FATAL FLAW
Review:
If you love the series Endeavor or Prime Suspect, you will LOVE this book, and new series! I can't wait to read the next 2 books!
Trudy is smart, but stuck in a time when women are barely accepted in law enforcement, and has to make her own way. Working with Clement ultimately ends up being her big break, even though everyone at the station thinks it will keep her quiet. Unearthing a cold case that links into a current one, might just get her noticed by her boss, and given more duties. IF she can survive to solve the case. A fun read, and look back on older policing, this is a great page turner for summer reading!
About the Author:
Faith Martin has been writing for nearly 30 years, under four different pen names, and is about to have her 50th novel published shortly. She began writing romantic thrillers as Maxine Barry, but quickly turned to crime! As Joyce Cato she wrote classic-style whodunits, since she’s always admired the golden-age crime novelists. But it was when she created her fictional DI Hillary Greene, and began writing under the name of Faith Martin, that she finally began to become more widely known. Her latest literary characters WPC Trudy Loveday, and city coroner, Dr Clement Ryder, take readers back to the 1960s, and the city of Oxford. Having lived within a few miles of the city of dreaming spires for all her life, (she worked for 6 years as a secretary at Somerville College) both the city and the countryside/wildlife often feature in her novels. Although she has never lived on a narrowboat (unlike DI Hillary Greene!) the Oxford canal, the river Cherwell, and the flora and fauna of a farming landscape have always played a big part in her life—and often sneak their way onto the pages of her books.
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