Description
Harrod-Eagles delivers snappy prose and a ripping tour through the British music world.― Mostly Murder The books work so well because the author manages to infuse them with a warmth and wit that lingers on after the last page is turned.― Yorkshire Post This is an excellent, solidly professional police story: well-written, with well-drawn characters and a neatly dovetailed plot. ― Evening Standard There are plenty of suspects for old Bill Slider and his team, and a whole fishmonger's full of red herrings. Harrod-Eagles is a wonderfully assured, compelling plotter, and her hero is as appealing as ever .― Yorkshire Post Each plot twist, including one devious turn that throws suspicion on a former member of Slider's murder squad, hangs on the testimony of complicated characters who are among the author's finest stock. Nobody is exactly what he or she seems: not the victim, not even Slider, who has reason to examine his own― New York Times Book Review Confident and lucid― Seattle Times Cynthia Harrod-Eagles is the author of the hugely popular Morland Dynasty novels, which have captivated and enthralled readers for decades. She is also the author of the contemporary Bill Slider mystery series, as well as her new series, War at Home, which is an epic family drama set against the backdrop of World War I. Cynthia's passions are music, wine, horses, architecture and the English countryside.
Features & Highlights
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- An outstanding series' NEW YORK TIMES BOOK REVIEW
- A Bill Slider Mystery
- Detective Inspector Bill Slider is back at work with a thumping headache, courtesy of the last villain he apprehended. But he is minus Atherton, a friend and colleague, who's still recovering from his injuries.Slider was hoping for a quiet week, but a murder at a night club plunges him into the underworld of entertainment to question table-dancers, prostitutes, pimps and cabinet ministers. And when it appears that this murder could be linked to another unsolved case, Slider is left with more questions than ever.What with Atherton's slow recovery and his replacement's unhealthy interest in Slider, the DI has enough to fuel his headache for the foreseeable future. But the old grey matter won't be denied; doggedly and with a whimper, Slider starts to unravel the truth...
- Praise for the
- Bill Slider
- series:
- 'Slider and his creator are real discoveries'
- Daily Mail
- 'Sharp, witty and well-plotted'
- Times
- 'Harrod-Eagles and her detective hero form a class act. The style is fast, funny and furious - the plotting crisply devious'
- Irish Times



