Bloody Roses

Willow King #3

by Daphne Wright

Bloody Roses carries on the delightful adventures of Willow King, part-time dowdy civil servant, part-time glamorous romance novelist, who here faces her greatest challenge yet - to save her old friend and ex-lover. Willow's idyllic Italian holiday with Chief Inspector Tom Worth - whom she met in the course of earlier cases - is suddenly interrupted by a frantic phone call: Richard Crescent has been arrested for murder. Richard was found drenched in blood and holding the body of Sarah Allfarthing, a colleague in the corporate finance department. The police are convinced of his guilt, and he begs Willow to return to England to prove otherwise. She does return, and faces not only danger, but the awful possibility that the police might be right about Richard. Yet she goes into battle on his behalf, donning yet another identity in defense of her desperate friend.

Genres: Mystery

337 pages, Hardcover

First published January 1, 1992

About the author

Daphne Wright is a historical novelist with a special interest in the way wars have liberated women. Born in London, she worked in publishing for ten years before becoming a writer. After six historical novels, she turned to crime under the pseudonym of Natasha Cooper. She now divides her time between the city and the Somerset Levels.

Reviews

[Karen · Rating 2 out of 5]

I'm sure I read this when it first came out, c 1994, as I used to like Natasha Cooper. I didn't remember anything about the characters or plot, but I gave up about a third of the way through, as I found it quite boring. There seemed to be as much focus on the characters' clothes, home & office decor, and food as there was on the action, of which there wasn't enough. These details made the whole book feel very dated, but not in an interesting way.