Shadow Play
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4.0 • 5 Ratings
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Publisher Description
'Ingenious' Daily Mail
'A truly outstanding series' Booklist
‘No CCTV cameras, no overlooking houses, no passing traffic or pedestrians. That means no witnesses.’
Bill Slider begins a nightmarish investigation when an unidentifiable victim is found in the no man’s land beneath London’s A40 flyover. Slider doesn’t have much to go on, the victim, a smartly dressed businessman, has no ID in his pockets and no one has reported him missing. When the autopsy reveals old injuries and faded scars cover the man’s body, the mystery only deepens. If he wants answers, Slider knows he must go into London’s darkest corners.
PUBLISHERS WEEKLY
At the start of Harrod-Eagles's highly entertaining 20th mystery featuring Det. Chief Insp. Bill Slider (after 2017's Old Bones), Slider arrives at a crime scene the muddy yard of an auto repair shop near a London railway line where lies the body of a well-dressed, well-groomed middle-aged man, killed by a blow to the head. The shop's surly owner says he's never seen the man before. The only clue to the victim's identity is a lottery ticket tucked in his jacket pocket. Soon Slider is drawn into an investigation that touches the lives of a masseuse with a heart of gold, rapacious property developers, small-time politicians, hotshot lawyers, and handsome rent boys, among other colorful and distinctive characters. Slider and the likable members of his police team enjoy an easy camaraderie, and their exchanges are sprinkled with dry wit, as are those between Slider and his musician wife, Joanna, who acts as his sounding board. Harrod-Eagles shows once again why this series ranks high among contemporary British police procedurals.
Customer Reviews
Good British Read
A mysterious body is found near an auto shop in a derelict corner of Shepherd’s Bush. With no ID and the auto shop owner claiming he’s never seen the man, Bill Slider has quite the mystery to solve. What was a smartly dressed man doing out here and who is he? With the rest of his team of detectives, Slider will piece together the puzzle.
Again I’m hopping smack into the middle of a series. When I began this book, I didn’t realize it was number 20 (20!) of the Bill Slider mysteries. Perhaps that is why I was a bit confused by the number of characters to follow. Even still, I enjoyed this book quite a bit. British mysteries have been sprinkled throughout my to-read list lately. I find them a nice break from other genres I read.
Cynthia Harrod-Eagles is clearly a prolific author with the number of series I found of hers on Goodreads. She writes a nice procedural. Plenty of questions to be answered, it wasn’t clear who was responsible until nearly the end. I loved the way she wove some human interest into the story as well. A very well rounded mystery, I will look forward to others in this series.
3.75 stars
This review will be posted at BookwormishMe.com on 20 February 2020