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Liked It “Wow! I didn't figure out who did it until the end. I kept going back between characters, but the explanation cleared everything up. Good read. Am planning to read the rest of her books. I know I've read at least another of her books, but it was so long ago, I can't remember. She's a good...” see full review » see other reviews » |
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“Wow! I didn't figure out who did it until the end. I kept going back between characters, but the explanation cleared everything up. Good read. Am planning to read the rest of her books. I know I've read at least another of her books, but it was so long ago, I can't remember. She's a good storyteller, but the British slang may be difficult for some. Context clues help, as does wikipedia :)”
Raspberry M wrote this review Monday, June 22 2009. ( reply | permalink ) Was this review helpful? Yes | No
“My first Walters' novel which carried me along and left me wanting more.
Elisabeth B wrote this review Tuesday, March 17 2009. ( reply | permalink ) Was this review helpful? Yes | No
A naked woman's corpse is discovered washed off by two young boys on a beach in Dorset, England. The most intriguing is the brutalised and murdered woman was pregnant and her only child aged four is found wandering alone in the streets not far from the crime scene. Two suspects appears into the picture, the dead woman's husband and an eccentric handsome young actor. The PC Ingram has to investigate the case and learn what really has happened to Kate and Hannah, the todler.
The best part is the ending is unpredictable and the author managed to get me eager to find out who murdered Kate and why. Just when you think you know who is the killer, there is a twist and you are taken aback. A very fine plot but I would prefer a story more personal: a detailed insight about PC Ingram life.
Anyway, a great replacement for Patricia Cornwell's crime-thrillers that I really loved.”
“This is, I think, the third book by this author that I have read and I really liked this book. Good group of contemporary characters - compulsive and suspenseful reading.
mazda502001 wrote this review Thursday, June 26 2008. ( reply | permalink ) Was this review helpful? Yes | No
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Twelve hours after a woman's broken body is washed up on a deserted shore, her traumatized three-year-old daughter is discovered twenty miles away wandering the streets of Poole...
But why was Kate killed and her daughter, a witness, allowed to live? And why weren't they together? More curiously, why had Kate willingly boarded a boat when she had a terror of drowning at sea.
Police suspicion centres on both a young actor, whose sailing boat is moored just yards from where the toddler is found, and the murdered woman's husband. Was he really in Liverpool the night she died? And why does their daughter scream in terror every time he tries to pick her up....?”
“listened: 2007”
Debi K wrote this review Tuesday, March 11 2008. ( reply | permalink ) Was this review helpful? Yes | No
“This story, while dealing with a dead woman who washes up on an English cove keeps you in complete suspense until the very end. Who would have wanted her dead and why? The list of suspects is long and the reasons are varied. Her husband, her mother-in-law, a young actor with a penchant for sex and pornography, a cannabis smoking school teacher obsessed with the actor, or is it someone else altogether. The clues mount up against everyone and the motives for her murder do too. It takes a calm and careful investigator to sort out all the details and PC Nick Ingram is the perfect man for the job. While there were parts of the story that were a bit too explicit for some the story fits together wonderfully, and along the way PC Ingram manages to renew a friendship with a woman whose life was turned upside down by a prior investigation. I will definitely read more Minette Walters books”
jeanne-scott wrote this review Thursday, February 7 2008. ( reply | permalink ) Was this review helpful? Yes | No
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