Review by Brian Lowen read live on bookshow 9th May 2013
A steady
middle-of-the-road detective story – not as action packed as Peter James and
not as long and verbose as Mo Hayder. Just a steady detective story with
questions, questions and more questions.
The woman was
young and slim, with auburn hair arranged on her pillow. When Superintendent
Wycliffe saw her, he could almost believe she was asleep – that is until he
looked at her face. Although she had been killed by strangulation, someone had
mutilated her face after she was dead.
As Wycliffe
investigates, he finds more questions than answers. Why did a girl with
expensive clothing and make up end up in such a seedy hotel down by the docks?
And why was someone trying to hide her identity?
These questions are
all answered as the story evolves – set in a Cornish seaside town, near Truro.
Wycliffe is
supposedly on holiday with his wife when he gets himself involved in the case
and takes it on – why his wife puts up with the way he treats her – leaving her
on her own for long periods, I really don’t know!
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