Quick and the Dead
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- £6.99
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- £6.99
Publisher Description
A former detective turned art expert investigates her friend's disappearance in this British mystery series debut from the author of A Final Reckoning.
Former Detective Inspector Alexandra Quick has given up her badge to pursue a career as an art expert. But when her business partner, the acclaimed art historian Dr. Helena Drummond, disappears, Alexandra knows she must once gain put her investigative skills to use.
Shortly before she vanished, Helena had complained of being menaced by a stalker, and Alex now regrets having dismissed her fears as groundless. But the more she uncovers, the more Alex realizes how little she really knew about Helena. The woman she had thought of as a close friend had been keeping a great many secrets from her. Now Alex must decide: is Helena a victim . . . or is she a killer?
PUBLISHERS WEEKLY
Alexandra Quick, a former detective inspector and the heroine of this disappointing series launch from British author Moody (A Final Reckoning), becomes an amateur sleuth only because her friend and business partner, art historian Helena Drummond, is missing and a murder suspect. When Helena fails to show up for an important meeting, Alex goes to Helena's Canterbury home, where she discovers a brutalized body, later identified as that of Amy Morrison, a former student of Helena's. Alex quickly discovers that she knew little about Helena or Amy, the author of a much-lauded biography of the painter Masaccio. In her search for answers, Alex turns for help to bookstore owner Sam Willoughby, who harbors dreams of becoming a private eye. Both Helena and Amy had several husbands, and Amy had a penchant for "borrowing" work done by others, so suspects and sources are plentiful. Moody does a good job creating sympathetic characters, but Alex bumbles her way to the unconvincing finale.
