The Corpse at the Haworth Tandoori
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- $14.99
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- $14.99
Publisher Description
The body of a young man, almost naked, found in the car park behind a Haworth restaurant marks the beginning of the case, and it is his identity that is the first puzzle for DC Charlie Peace and his superior, Detective Superintendent Oddie. But before long the puzzle that most concerns them is the nature of the close-knit artistic community where Declan O’Hearn had acted as odd-job boy. The little knot of people seem united less by their ability as painters than by a common worship of the distinguished artist Ranulph Byatt, who seems to prefer the adulation of his inferiors to the judgement of his equals. Peace soon starts to wonder if there isn’t a sinister reason for this. And as the search for the killer gathers pace, Peace and Oddie uncover a series of dark secrets in the harsh Haworth landscape.
PUBLISHERS WEEKLY
Having survived the malice of A Little Local Murder (1988), British detectives Charlie Peace and Mike Oddie must now investigate the murder of a young man whose body is found in a car parked outside an Indian eatery in the small town of Haworth. Their roundabout search eventually leads to an unusual group of eccentrics living in a community devoted to the worship of the distinguished painter Ranulph Byatt. As Barnard develops these quirky characters--including an ex-convict, his sister and Byatt's aging yet protective wife--and as the detectives tread deeper into their midst, it becomes clear that any one of them can be the murderer, regardless of their seeming innocence (or ignorance). Peace and Oddie are faced with not only determining the identity of the corpse and the killer, but also with uncovering the how and why of the crime. Though eight-time Edgar nominee Barnard's new mystery isn't particularly suspenseful, its devious, seamless plot will keep readers guessing, and Oddie and Peace fans will enjoy being back in their company.
