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Blood Sinister (Bill Slider #8)
In her most gripping mystery yet, Cynthia Harrod-Eagles returns readers to the streets of London and the ever-struggling Detective Inspector Bill Slider. When the body of Phoebe Agnew, radical left-wing journalist, champion of the underdog, and prominent critic of the police force, is discovered, Inspector Slider must put aside any personal feelings for the victim and find...more
ebook, 320 pages
Published
April 1st 2010
by Minotaur Books
(first published November 30th 1999)
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Blood Sinister [1999], 10 hours 41 mins
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8th in the Bill Slider Series -- Maybe Best Yet!
We'rem so glad we stumbled across Cynthia Harrod-Eagles, a prolific British writer we're guessing not well known here in the colonies, despite her portfolio of some 30+ books counting both these mysteries and over two dozen historical romances. We've only tried Bill Slider so far, but he's a wonderfully low-profile hero in the style of Dick Francis' leading men: guys you either want to be like (men) or want to be with (women). That our author can...more
We'rem so glad we stumbled across Cynthia Harrod-Eagles, a prolific British writer we're guessing not well known here in the colonies, despite her portfolio of some 30+ books counting both these mysteries and over two dozen historical romances. We've only tried Bill Slider so far, but he's a wonderfully low-profile hero in the style of Dick Francis' leading men: guys you either want to be like (men) or want to be with (women). That our author can...more
I have to say, reading three of these over a short period of time, I do find the plots unnecessarily complicated, and the author is particularly fascinated with unwanted pregnancies and subsequent offspring. Not to be too much of a shrink, but you have to wonder what's in her past that she is having trouble settling the score with that makes these themes so interesting to her. ANyway, this is competently written, and the author should not be read in bulk and all will be fine. THis one is potenti...more
Cynthia Harrod-Eagles' book titles sound like they were generated by a computer program with a list of adjectives and nouns that sound vaguely mystery-ish. That's a pretty minor complaint, though. On the whole, this was a little less transparent than the last one in the series, although crises in Slider's personal life are starting to get old. I keep reading my way through the series, though--she a really compelling writer and I enjoy these books.
I liked this book because it was an excellent mystery. Even when I figured it out, I learned I still hadn't figured it out. Oddly enough, the word play in this one is not as good as her other books. Atherton was having a bad spell and it showed. I missed the plethora of double-entendres. On the other hand, Harrod-Eagles proved she could write a mystery without making everyone laugh over the puns and jokes and still have a great book.
Just as good as her others. On the personal side, it totally leaves you hanging about Bill & Joanna's future. On the Job side, it also leaves you hanging a bit: the figure out who killed the victim and why, but they have no actual evidence, and the killer is nearly untouchable -- in his government position
This book has everything I love in a mystery - great characters and most of all, it takes place in England. I really loved it and it's a great read.
Good mystery, but it could have been trimmed up quite a bit. Some of the dialog went on and on and on. But I'll read another one. This was my first.
Blood Sinister- G
Cynthia Harrod-Eagles - 8th in series
Journalist Phoebe Cutler had a name for championing the underdog - and for attacking the police whenever the opportunity arose. Now she's dead, and Inspector Bill Slider must demonstrate the impartiality of the law and find her killer. But Cutler had enemies in high and low places, and more than one secret in her past; and there seems to be someone who definitely doesn't want Slider to come up with the answer.
Not the best of hers but I still...more
Cynthia Harrod-Eagles - 8th in series
Journalist Phoebe Cutler had a name for championing the underdog - and for attacking the police whenever the opportunity arose. Now she's dead, and Inspector Bill Slider must demonstrate the impartiality of the law and find her killer. But Cutler had enemies in high and low places, and more than one secret in her past; and there seems to be someone who definitely doesn't want Slider to come up with the answer.
Not the best of hers but I still...more
A good entertainment
This series is a favorite and one I will probably reread. While far from the "cozy" category, it still features a detective superintendent who is kind and compassionate person, supervising an ensemble of quirky but decent detectives. Not so easy to find these days!
My second Bill Slider novel. I enjoyed the 1st one I read, Death To Go, so I'm looking forward to this one. A good easy read and I feel I'm getting to know the characters already.
A very good mystery with intersting characters and lots of twists and turns in the plot. You finally do realize who was the murderer but then the book ends with two puzzles not solved.
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Cynthia Harrod-Eagles (aka Emma Woodhouse, Elizabeth Bennett)
Cynthia Harrod-Eagles was born on13 August 1948 in Shepherd's Bush, London, England, where was educated at Burlington School, a girls' charity school founded in 1699, and at the University of Edinburgh and University College London, where she studied English, history and philosophy.
She had a variety of jobs in the commercial world, start...more
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Cynthia Harrod-Eagles was born on13 August 1948 in Shepherd's Bush, London, England, where was educated at Burlington School, a girls' charity school founded in 1699, and at the University of Edinburgh and University College London, where she studied English, history and philosophy.
She had a variety of jobs in the commercial world, start...more
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