Orchestrated Death

This is the first in Ms. Harrod-Eagles' engaging police-procedural series featuring the likable and very human policeman Bill Slider. While he's content with his rank of inspector, his socially ambitious wife constantly nags him to go after promotion. The intricately plotted story involves a murdered female violinist, an extremely valuable Stradivarius, some large tins of olive oil from Italy, the mob, a key witness whom Slider finds very attractive, and a veterinarian who isn't exactly James Herriot. There's a good chance that readers who like Ruth Rendell's Wexford novels or Reginald Hill's Dalziel/Pascoe mysteries will enjoy this book.

This is my first time reading a book with Inspector Bill Slider, and this is the first in the series. I will certainly be reading the rest. This is a great detective story. Tight plot, great characters, and enough human interest to keep your attention. Slider is an endearing hero, a good cop, a sweet man, and enough humbleness to make you like him a lot. I definitely recommend this series.

This is the best book that I have read in a long time. Terrific plot, characters, and settings. The interaction of the characters is extremely well done. There is a lot of suspense throughout most of the book as to whether or not one of the characters would be in the next book in the series. I became very emotional re this. I have never felt that way about any other story. I am happy to say that this is the first book in a long series. I discovered this series in a book that I borrowed from my local public library. It was number seventeen in the series. It was also terrific, so I can say that the quality of the stories holds up over the life of the series.

I thoroughly enjoyed it. It was the first Bill Slider book I read and I plan to read them all now.

My introduction to the Bill Slider series...Harrod-Eagles is addicting...I've now ordered all of this series, and am deep into British slang, puns, attitudes...and recommending them like crazy...

I just discovered this series and am very glad I did. Enjoyed this book very much and look forward to reading my way through the series.