
Yellowhammer
The gripping second murder mystery in the DI Nicholas Lowry series
James Henry(Author)
riverrun (Publisher)
Published on 16. April 2020
Book
Paperback/Softback
464 pages
978-1-78087-984-0 (ISBN)
Description
A body on an embankment. A blast at a farmhouse. A burden on Colchester CID
'Rounded characters, a terrific sense of time and place and masterful plotting . . . a 24-carat holiday read' Guardian
Fox Farm is, thanks to two corpses, neither picturesque nor peaceful. The body in its kitchen belongs to eminent historian Christopher Cliff, who has taken his own life. The second, found on the property boundary, remains unidentified.
To catalyze his investigation, DI Nick Lowry enlists the services of DC Daniel Kenton and WPC Jane Gabriel. And the team soon find themselves interrogating enigmatic neighbors, antiques merchants, jilted lovers and wronged relatives.
Only when they fully open their eyes and minds will they begin to unpick a web of rural rituals, dodgy dealings and fragmented families - and uncover not just one murder, but two.
'Rounded characters, a terrific sense of time and place and masterful plotting . . . a 24-carat holiday read' Guardian
Fox Farm is, thanks to two corpses, neither picturesque nor peaceful. The body in its kitchen belongs to eminent historian Christopher Cliff, who has taken his own life. The second, found on the property boundary, remains unidentified.
To catalyze his investigation, DI Nick Lowry enlists the services of DC Daniel Kenton and WPC Jane Gabriel. And the team soon find themselves interrogating enigmatic neighbors, antiques merchants, jilted lovers and wronged relatives.
Only when they fully open their eyes and minds will they begin to unpick a web of rural rituals, dodgy dealings and fragmented families - and uncover not just one murder, but two.
Reviews / Votes
With well-rounded characters, a terrific sense of time and place and masterful plotting, this solid police procedural is a 24-carat holiday read. * Guardian *More details
Series
Language
English
Place of publication
London
United Kingdom
Publishing group
Quercus Publishing
Target group
College/higher education
Professional and scholarly
Product notice
Paperback (UK-B)
Dimensions
Height: 193 mm
Width: 129 mm
Thickness: 32 mm
Weight
327 gr
ISBN-13
978-1-78087-984-0 (9781780879840)
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E-Book
07/2018
1st Edition
Quercus
€4.49
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Person
James Henry is the pen name for James Gurbutt. He has written four prequels to R.D Wingfield's Frost series and three Essex-based novels featuring DI Nick Lowry. He works in publishing and lives in Essex.