To Die For

Wilson & McLeish #6

by Janet Neel

Following most recently A TIMELY DEATH, DEATH AMONG THE DONS and DEATH OF A PARTNER, a sixth crime novel featuring Francesca Wilson and her husband DCI John McLeish, who investigate the death of a partner of a restaurant who refused to sell out to a fast-growing consortium of smaller restaurants.

Genres: Mystery, Crime, Fiction

240 pages, Hardcover

First published January 1, 1998

About the author

Aka Janet Cohen

Janet Neel Cohen, Baroness Cohen of Pimlico is a British lawyer and crime fiction writer. She was educated at South Hampstead High School, Hampstead, London, England and graduated from Newnham College, Cambridge University in 1962 with a Bachelor of Arts (B.A.), Honours, Law.

She started to work as a practising solicitor in 1965. She married James Lionel Cohen, son of Dr. Richard Henry Lionel Cohen, on 18 December 1971. She was a Governor of the BBC between 1994 and 1999. She was created Baroness Cohen of Pimlico, in the City of Westminster (life peer), on 3 May 2000 and sits as a Labour peer in the House of Lords.

As Janet Neel and Janet Cohen she is the author of crime fiction novels.

Reviews

[Gay Mixon]

Another devilish plot to keep the reader guessing!

I like the characters in this mystery series. DI McLeish is tough but likable along with Davidson. Each book can be enjoyed as a single, but the plots develop better if read from the first Fatal Blow to Number 7.

[RJC]

Murder mystery around finance. Has inconsistencies.

[Claudia]

It's well-written and characterised, but the solution to the mystery is a bit of let-down.

[Susan]

When one of the shareholders in a popular London restaurant is found dead, the other partners come under suspicion. Fortunately, one of them knows Francesca Wilson, the newly pregnant (again!) wife of Scotland Yard detective John McLeish. Francesca's whole musician family is on hand, as brother Tris is singing in the nearby opera house. Another death seems to solve the crime, in John's opinion, but then attacks on the staff continue. Neel is reliably delightful, and writes beautifully about food.

[JenniferB]

Difficult to follow plot, clever ideas but not really enjoyable

[Morggie]

Least favourite of her books but still love her writing style. On to the next one.