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Body Line (Bill Slider #13)
The brand-new Bill Slider Mystery - David Rogers was a doctor, handsome, charming and rich.He livedthe lifestyle of aconsultant – expensive clothes, top restaurants, exclusive clubs– until someonekilled him in the hallway of his lovely million-plus-poundhouse. But when Bill Slider and his firm are thrown into the mystery, they soon discover that nothing is as it seems, for...more
Hardcover, 256 pages
Published
March 1st 2011
by Severn House Publishers
(first published February 1st 2011)
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First Sentence: “You look terrible,” Slider said as Atherton slid into the car.
Inspector Bill Slider and his team are investigating the murder of David Rogers, shot in his home at point blank range by someone with a silencer. Everything about him indicates he has considerable money, except his bank statement. Yet, the crime doesn’t appear to be one of passion or of robbery. With very little evidence, few clues, and no obvious motive, the police are having a difficult time finding the killer. Doe...more
Inspector Bill Slider and his team are investigating the murder of David Rogers, shot in his home at point blank range by someone with a silencer. Everything about him indicates he has considerable money, except his bank statement. Yet, the crime doesn’t appear to be one of passion or of robbery. With very little evidence, few clues, and no obvious motive, the police are having a difficult time finding the killer. Doe...more
BODY LINE is the thirteenth book in the Bill Slider series. Slider is an inspector in the homicide division in London and, as usual, he is surrounded by his loyal team, Jim Atherton and Norma Swilley, and is supported by his boss, Superintendent Porson. Life at home is good, as well, with Joanna and their baby son.
Slider and his team are sent to a home in a very expensive section of London to investigate the execution-style murder of David Rogers, a doctor who is clearly doing well for himself....more
This 13th in the Bill Slider series is another winner. Ms. Harrod-Eagles could hold a book-writing seminar on how to write good, solid police procedurals. This book is inclusive enough for new people to the Slider series to read and enjoy on its own. But why would you want to do that and miss out on the excellent characters and tight plotting of this series? These books are a real treat from beginning to end. I love Bill Slider. He's an every man's copper, and sharp as they come. There's lots of...more
I love Cynthia Harrod-Eagles' Morland Dynasty and I always feel I should enjoy the Bill Slider books but somehow always feel they're a bit of a letdown. The characters are great but somehow I feel the storyline is slightly lacking.
This book sees Slider and Atherton trying to solve the murder of David Rogers, a doctor about whom nobody truly seems to know. His ex-wife seems to be his closest kin but then a whole range of women come forward who he was involved with. This book seemed to have too ma...more
This book sees Slider and Atherton trying to solve the murder of David Rogers, a doctor about whom nobody truly seems to know. His ex-wife seems to be his closest kin but then a whole range of women come forward who he was involved with. This book seemed to have too ma...more
I was not a fan of the writing or the characters of this book. The characters were either too despicable or uninteresting to really get that invested. Body Line is a straight up British procedural mystery and I was fine with the "language" difference, but if you haven't read or are unfamiliar with the differences between British and American English this could be a struggle, It took me until at least chapter 5 before I could overcome the style of writing, for me it just never really flowed well...more
"Body Line" is the 13th in the author's Detective Inspector Bill Slider mysteries - we've read them all and look forward to each new entry, especially since the characters age and evolve over time. Bill is now married to musician Joanna; they have a toddler running around, and Bill's father is a (separate quarters) live-in cook and babysitter. Slider's colleagues at work, especially Atherton, a former playboy now "steady" with girlfriend Emily, are also part of the familiar cast and crew, so the...more
Another in the enjoyable Bill Slider series. In this entry, a handsome doctor who is known as a womanizer, is murdered in his expensive home and it looks like a professional hit. Slider and his crew are on the case and discover that the victim has many female admirers but none can give them a clue as to who would want the charming doctor murdered. The trail leads to his ex-wife, a most unpleasant individual, and to her live-in boyfriend but what is the motive?........and are they really involved...more
I was excited to see this book on my library's display shelves. I'd read some of her books ages ago and liked them, but hadn't seen anything new.
Harrod-Eagles' way with words is wonderful. I would read her work just for the dialogue. The plot was very good too, and kept a person guessing.
Now I need to go back and reread her other Bill Slider mysteries.
Harrod-Eagles' way with words is wonderful. I would read her work just for the dialogue. The plot was very good too, and kept a person guessing.
Now I need to go back and reread her other Bill Slider mysteries.
When it comes to mysteries I'm a real Anglophile, starting with Agatha Christie in my youth to Martha Grimes to Reginald Hill. My favorite type of British murder mystery is a good, solid police procedural and Body Line fits the bill. While it's not one of my favorite Bill Slider stories it was a good entry in a great series.
All the usual characters were present though there wasn't enough Joanna for me. I did enjoy getting to know a bit more about Bill's dad and it was nice that Atherton still s...more
All the usual characters were present though there wasn't enough Joanna for me. I did enjoy getting to know a bit more about Bill's dad and it was nice that Atherton still s...more
Another fun mystery from Harrod-Eagles. I don't understand why she doesn't have more fans (my local B&N didn't even bother to stock this book when it first came out). Bill Slider and his sidekick Atherton remain among my favorite detectives. Yeah, I figured out whodunnit and why, but that's not really what you read her books for.
I love this series and most of the characters. Wait each year (or 2or 3) for the next one to be written! Actually slow down the reading so that won't end too soon. Especially love Joanna and Athernon. British police story but REALLY read for the back story and ongoing saga.
I love the Bill Slider series and this title is another worthy addition. Cynthia Harrod Eagles has a wonderful sense of humor. the puns, mangled metaphors and malapropisms are so much fun and they provide a great foil to homicide.
Always look forward to reading Slidder's new mysteries. Characters are now like members of the family.
They age and have families of their own with their own problems. The story lines ae all different.
They age and have families of their own with their own problems. The story lines ae all different.
A good British police procedural. It was a little slow in parts, and it came to a crawl when Bill Slider was at home. But it is an authentic look at a British police station.
A very quick read - and a pretty good police detective story set in a suburb of London. Some "witty" moments with the chief of the department.
good mystery - set in England with lots of British slang I liked the book and if I saw another book by Cynthis Harrod-Eagles I would give it a try.
The latest Bill Slider mystery. Cynthia Harrod-Eagles never disappoints.
Very good mystery, although I found all the British jargon confusing at times.
Another excellent entry in the Bill Slider series.
The solution was pretty obvious
I love Bill Slider!
Audiobook.
Excellent new Bill Slider book
Ah, the joy of Slider. So many good words. Love Porson and his incredible ability to mince swords.
Another excellent British police procedural starring Bill Slider. The use of clever language in this series is awesome.
Slower to start but very interesting with a twist at the end.
Good, solid British crime fiction.
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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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