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"The Inspector's Wife" semi cozy mystery by m j hollingshead http://www.angelfire.com/ok4/mollymartin VanGoach Books ISBN 1-894618-02-5 Highly Recommended London is snagged under one of its worst "pea-souper" fogs. Beneath the purblind mist emerge insidious forces: a self-centered player contemplating gruesome murder; a band of petty criminals recruited to carry out the ambitions of a corrupted authority; a wife disappearing under mysterious circumstances. The stage is set for the investigation of a lifetime for the husband of the missing woman, Chief Inspector Patrick Edwards. The Inspector's Wife is a mystery brimming with tantalizing plot-twists and duplicity. There is sublime, even outrageous evil at work in this fiction, yet Hollingshead's description is respectful to the feelings of sensitive readers as she artfully avoids sensationalized graphic detail. The climate is enjoyably gothic, the supporting characters genteel in that tea-and-biscuits manner cherished by fans of old-fashioned mysteries. Edwards is a an upright man who pursues his case(s) with utmost professionalism, even as his personal stakes in this story are reasonably foremost in his agenda. The defects of the villains are effective and believable. The heroes -Edwards and his wife- are not simple abstractions of polite society but an amiable and down-to-earth wedded couple. It is this credible contrast of dynamics between good and evil that whets and keeps the reader's fascination from the first page to the last. Readers who are not fans of quaint vernacular might find the lingo obscure at times, but the storyline is satin-smooth and the technical aspects of the police investigation never "over the head". The Inspector's Wife is a tastefully stylish page-turner, sure to leave the reader eager for more from the talented pen of m j Hollingshead. Reviewed by Maria Osborne Perry |
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