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Vale of Tears (Bradecote and Catchpoll #5) by Sarah Hawkswood (Sept/Oct 25)
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I enjoyed this episode with Inspector Sloan and his subordinate Constable Crosby. It is the humour between these two and their Superintendent Leeyes, that puts a light-hearted slant on the misery of any murders that occur within their district.
This book begins with a man who has just been the host of a dinner party finding he has to drive one of the guests home. Having delivered the guest, he has a car crash on his way home. Due to this accident his body is taken to the police mortuary where whe ...more
This book begins with a man who has just been the host of a dinner party finding he has to drive one of the guests home. Having delivered the guest, he has a car crash on his way home. Due to this accident his body is taken to the police mortuary where whe ...more

This is an excellent series with likeable characters and interesting interactions among them. The conversations between Sloan and his superior are priceless. This entry has a good mystery with an unexpected, but fairly clued, resolution.


