Reasonable Death
Pauline Bell(Author)
Constable (Publisher)
Published on 28. June 2001
Book
Hardback
224 pages
978-1-84119-333-5 (ISBN)
Description
A studious Asian schoolgirl has gone missing and while her family are adamant that she is with relatives in Leicester, police in the Yorkshire town of Cloughton fail to find any trace of her. Her teachers are worried and there is a feeling amongst the officers that the girl has been murdered. The case, however, is not the only thing worrying DI Mitchell and his superior Chief Inspector Browne. Hannah, Browne's wife and Mitchell's mother-in-law is seriously ill and with Browne on leave, Mitchell finds himself torn between sorrow and the addictive challenge of being in charge. Meanwhile DCS Clement is trying to catch a teenager suspected of breaking into doctors' cars and stealing their medical bags for drugs. A thankless task until the young thug's girlfriend is found dead and Clement ends up in the thick of a murder investigation. When another girl dies in an identical drug related murder, it looks as if the pieces are beginning to fit together. But murder is never straightforward and while the search goes on for the missing Asian student, Mitchell's team uncover an obsession that goes deeper than anyone could ever have imagined.
Reviews / Votes
"'In the tradition of the classic English thriller... Like Agatha Christie, only with better in-depth characterisation.' Sunday Press, Dublin; 'A well-constructed tale expertly told... a satisfying series of accumulated surprises.' Scotsman; 'Choral compulsion... engagingly analysed as red herrings are neatly floated between high notes and low. A must on the Messiah circuit.' Guardian"More details
Series
Language
English
Place of publication
London
United Kingdom
Publishing group
Little, Brown Book Group
Dimensions
Height: 216 mm
Width: 135 mm
Weight
360 gr
ISBN-13
978-1-84119-333-5 (9781841193335)
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Schweitzer Classification
Person
Bom in 1938, Pauline Bell has always been based in Yorkshire. Married with three grown-up children, she has spent most of her working life as a teacher. Reasonable Death is her tenth novel in the Benny Mitchell series.