Cruel as the Grave
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- $12.99
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- $12.99
Publisher Description
‘An outstanding series’ – NEW YORK TIMES
Detective Inspector Bill Slider and his team investigate the murder of a personal fitness trainer in the twenty-second entry in Cynthia Harrod-Eagles' critically acclaimed crime series.
Fitness trainer Erik Lingoss is found dead in his West London flat, his head smashed by one of his own dumbbells. His ex-girlfriend, discovered at the scene with blood on her clothes and hands, is the prime suspect. She had means, opportunity, and motive.
But is the case as clear-cut as it seems? Lingoss had clients in high places; and he seemed to engender powerful emotions. If it was a crime of passion, there was plenty of that to go round: love as strong as death, jealousy as cruel as the grave.
Who did he let in to his flat that evening? Where is his missing mobile phone? Why is seven hundred pounds in cash stuffed under his pillow? The deeper Slider and his team dig, the clearer it becomes there’s far more to this case than meets the eye.
Written with Cynthia Harrod-Eagles' signature sharp plotting and dry wit, this hard-hitting character-driven mystery is a must-read police procedural for fans of Mick Herron, Ann Cleeves and Peter Robinson.
Praise for the Bill Slider series:
‘Slider and his creator are real discoveries’
Daily Mail
‘Sharp, witty and well-plotted’
Times
‘Harrod-Eagles and her detective hero form a class act. The style is fast, funny and furious - the plotting crisply devious’
Irish Times
PUBLISHERS WEEKLY
In Harrod-Eagles's clever, frequently funny 22nd police procedural featuring Det. Chief Insp. Bill Slider (after 2019's Headlong), Slider and his friend and partner, Det. Sgt. Jim Atherton, arrive at the London apartment of Erik Lingoss, a personal trainer, to find the man dead, his head bashed in, and Erik's recently jilted girlfriend, 19-year-old Kelly-Ann Hayes, covered in blood. Though pressured to pin the murder on Kelly-Anne, Slider isn't convinced of her guilt. A search of the victim's apartment leads to a series of tantalizing suspects, including Erik's wealthy private clients and a long list of discarded lovers. Sparkling dialogue complements a plot that provides satisfyingly shifting motives and persons of interest. However, it's Harrod-Eagles's ability to create authentic relationships between Slider and his colleagues and family that lifts this series into a league of its own. Slider's marriage to Joanna, a concert musician, is certainly one of the most well-balanced in detective fiction. This entry will garner new readers and delight loyal fans.
