Thief Taker (U)

Macrae and Silver #2

by Alan Scholefield

In a luxurious house in an elegant little square off the King's Road, amongst the splashes of blood on the white bedroom carpet, lies the body of Robson Healey, shipping magnate. As Detective Superintendent George Macrae and Detective Sergeant Leopold Silver pursue their enquiries, a very murky picture of infidelity, violence and terrible cruelty emerges.

Hardcover

First published February 1, 1994

About the author

Alan Scholefield was born in 1931 in Cape Town, South Africa. After leaving university he became a journalist and travelled widely in southern and central Africa, Europe, and America. He now lives in Hampshire with his wife and has three daughters. Most famous for his Macrae and Silver series, Scholefield has also written other novels, including Venom, which was made into a film in 1981.

Reviews

[Lindsey Blair · Rating 2 out of 5]

This is the second of this series I have read and I found it irritating in as much as the different settings all ran on from one another and it often took a few moments to realise that the scene had shifted. Silver and his girlfriend are quite well rounded and sympathetic characters, but Macrae is such a predictable persecuted maverick copper that I lose all sympathy for him. It will take a really good storyline to persuade me into the next book.

[Barbara Burnett · Rating 3 out of 5]

What aread had to keep going until I finished the book now started the second book Never Died in January hope it as good as the first

[Fatema Yahya · Rating 5 out of 5]

Superb book.
Can't keep down.

[Susan · Rating 3 out of 5]

Robson Healey, businessman, has been killed. An unlikeable man reveals a few suspects. Detectives Macrae and Silver investigate meanwhile Leo Silver's girlfriend Zoe is still concerned about Ronald Purvis. Is he still in prison or has he been released.
An enjoyable modern mystery
Original published in 1991