Unfinished Business

by Carol Smith

The brutal murder of golden girl, Jinx McLennan, early one Sunday in her exclusive Kensington house, shocks the neighbours and triggers a police inquiry that delves deeply into her colourful past. Single, childless, Jinx nevertheless had it all – brains, popularity, her own successful business, plus a wide-ranging network of lovers and friends. Closest of all were her own small design team, the surrogate family who’ve been with her from the start; devoted, long-suffering Dottie and her artist husband, Sam; gentle, reliable Ambrose, the team’s backbone; Wayne, the zany trainee with the outrageous lifestyle; and Serafina, hot on the fast track, who wants everything Jinx had, but now. Plus millionaire genius, Damien Rudge, the goose who lays their golden eggs. The trail goes cold until, in a shock revelation, it turns out to be a case of mistaken identity. The wrong person has been murdered. Out there somewhere is still a crazed killer with unfinished business who will have to kill again.

Genres: Fiction

Paperback

First published January 1, 2000

About the author

Librarian's Note: There is more than one author with this name.

Carol Smith was born in London and worked in the book trade, both in London and New York, before becoming a full-time writer herself. For much of that time she ran her own literary agency, focussed on finding and developing new talent, although now her own writing takes up most of her time. She lives in Kensington. She also writes under the name Alex Crowe.

Reviews

[Balagopal · Rating 2 out of 5]

the best way to read this book is to read first 20 pages skip next 100 and so on.Too predictable and too long.

[allother · Rating 1 out of 5]

The book was so so; and the jump in time from past to present to past to present without a heads up to the reader was not only annoying it was confusing to the plot. The actual crime was too violent and deranged for the killer to be able to walk sanely among them. And he/she/it did walk among them until the end. A couple of loose ends (Janey???) Jinx (as she was written) did not belong on the pedestal everyone appear to gladly create for her, she was way too self-absorbed and self-centered to be liked. But according to the characters around her, she was like that in a good way? And she was so naïve, she bordered on stupid!

[Megan Fernandes · Rating 3 out of 5]

It took some time to get there. Tried to make it interesting that she was so great and we'll loved and how did she not know he was obsessed. The best character was relegated to a secondary and there was no ending for her I wanted to know.

The ending was so predictable and the heroine was so naive. The time jumps were unnecessary and confusing.

[Glyukzt1 · Rating 5 out of 5]

Nice book, I liked it!

[Joanna · Rating 1 out of 5]

I've read (and enjoyed) trashier mysteries, but this was pretty near the bottom of the barrel. The murder was implausible, none of the characters were more than stereotypes, and I guessed who the murderer was the first time his character appeared.

[Alex Iszatt · Rating 1 out of 5]

I'm so bored of reading this book - I've got to page 200, and the only exciting/interesting stuff happened in the first ten pages.
Unless you want to get frustrated at the lack of imagination and the pointless puffed-up chapters, avoid this at all costs!

[Pauline · Rating 3 out of 5]

First read by this author and not a bad read.Have got 2 others of hers to read on my tbr.

[Bette · Rating 4 out of 5]

Great suspence