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White Nights by Ann Cleeves (Shetland #2) (August/Sept 25)
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Something seems to have gone wrong with the judging of the vegetables and fruit at the Almstone flower festival when some tomatoes which definitely aren't the best on show win first prize. This is the first indication that things aren't all they should be. The second is the dead body of the fortune teller AKA the District Nurse, Joyce Cooper. Sloan and Crosby have their work cut out to unravel the mystery - especially as Joyce seems to have been one of the nicest people imaginable.
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Jul 25, 2024
Susan in NC
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Not as good as some previous books in the series. A dedicated, well-liked nurse is strangled at a village fete while volunteering as a fortune teller. Sloan and Crosby are called in, the latter constable doing some solid work, not being the constant butt of jokes from other officers for a change, I was hoping he’d come along a bit!
Superintendent Leeyes is as dense, demanding and judgmental as ever, Sloan’s interactions with him still provide humor. But there were just far too many characters in ...more
Superintendent Leeyes is as dense, demanding and judgmental as ever, Sloan’s interactions with him still provide humor. But there were just far too many characters in ...more
Feb 12, 2008
Nancy Oakes
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Well, each year in the small village of Almstone there is the local Horticultural Society Flower Show, where locals enter their flowers, fruit, veggies etc to be judged all in a friendly competition. This year, however, is different. The fortuneteller, aka Nurse Cooper, is found dead under a tarp at the end of the day when the tents all have to come down. She was a gentle soul, and according to all, would never hurt a fly. So why on earth was she killed? This is the puzzle that Sloan and Crosby
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Didn't enjoy quite as much as the previous books. Hope it was just a lull. But I still liked it.
One of a number of books with a killing at a fete. Agatha Christie used the locale a couple of times. Here, Nurse Cooper was playing the part of the gypsy fortune-teller/seer. Somebody didn't like that and put an end to it. The Brigadier who owned the property recently died and no one has seen the inheritor since she was quite young. Her father took her off to the wilds of South America or some such p ...more
One of a number of books with a killing at a fete. Agatha Christie used the locale a couple of times. Here, Nurse Cooper was playing the part of the gypsy fortune-teller/seer. Somebody didn't like that and put an end to it. The Brigadier who owned the property recently died and no one has seen the inheritor since she was quite young. Her father took her off to the wilds of South America or some such p ...more
This is the ninth mystery featuring Inspector Sloan and Detective Constable Sloan. As with so many such mysteries, murder happens at a summer fete - or, to be precise, the Horticultural Society of Almstone. It begins with dissent over the winner of the best tomatoes, not seen as up to the standard of one of the locals, and ends with the discovery of the body of Nurse Joyce Cooper, who was running the fortune tellers tent.
I enjoy this series and like the characters, so I was willing enough to ac ...more
I enjoy this series and like the characters, so I was willing enough to ac ...more
Like the rest of Aird's Inspector Sloan books, the central idea is sound but the narrative went off the rails quite a few times. I figured out who the culprit was by the middle of the book. It's easy if you read detective fiction and are mindful of the clues gathered. The ending relies on deus ex machina, which annoyed me.
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This starts with a dispute over tomatoes, at a flower show, which seemed highly probable, as I think a lot of disputes over specimens in these shows are can be questioned. It seems that the village nurse helps out at the fete by running a fortune telling tent, but obviously hadn't foretold of her murder. Sloan, together with Crosby, are put on the case to find her murderer. It would seem that the location of the show is questionable as to it's future, as the owner of the Priory Estate has died a
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Oct 06, 2012
Lark of The Bookwyrm's Hoard
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Jan 22, 2017
Sam
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it was amazing
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