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Title: Shallow Grave: A Bill Slider Mystery (Inspector Bill Slider Mysteries) by Cynthia Harrod-Eagles ISBN: 0-684-83777-3 Publisher: Scribner Book Company Pub. Date: 01 August, 1999 Format: Hardcover Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $22.00 |
Average Customer Rating: 4.71 (7 reviews)
Rating: 4
Summary: a/k/a Death of A Shallow Woman!
Comment: I don't know why, but when the book opens upon Slider checking out the corpse in the ditch, talking with Mrs. Hammond, I thought it might be her, but then immediately was taken on the road that lead to Eddie Andrews. Now this seemed just too easy to me, and I then thought it was the slimy David Meacher, but that also seemed too easy. For a nanosecond I thought it might be "Lady Diana", the long-suffering wife but it didn't seem likely so I went back to my first instinct: Mrs. Hammond. Then when it was briefly mentioned that Cyril Dacre could get about without his wheelchair..............you get the picture!
This is what I enjoy about Ms Harrod-Eagles' mysteries. They really are a mystery! The characters have become "friends" of mine as our writer makes them so real, human. I especially enjoyed Mr. Whitton, the neighbor who had so much insight to share with Slider. The fact that he exists without a telephone endeared him to me. And I am in the middle of a nightmare with car troubles so it was almost comforting to see that Joanna and Bill have them as well. (Misery loves company!) But again, it made them real people who could jump off the pages and really exist. I like that!
I would really love to see these books made into movies in Britain. (Hollywood would ruin them!) You know how you get a certain picture in mind of what these characters would look like? I see Ed Norton as Slider, Cameron Diaz as Joanna, Rob Lowe as Atherton.....not sure about the rest. Looking forward to my next read.
Rating: 5
Summary: Wickedly Humorous!
Comment: Ms Harrod-Eagles' series on Bill Slider continues to delight. Her writing is wickedly humorous and her characters "breathe". This is an excellent edition to the series. We see Bill Slider at his best in this one. He is the most likeable detective out there right now, I think. In this book a woman is found dead in a construction hole at the Old Rectory. How did she get there? Was she even murdered? Bill and Jim Atherton set out to track the killer. It appears like a straightforward case at first since they discover her husband was terribly jealous, and he really had no alibi for the time of the murder, but as they delve deeper, they find a woman who has been leading a rather unsavoury life, and has been upsetting and making people angry for some time. As always, Ms. Harrod-Eagles characterizations are great. Cheif Inspector Porson is an absolute gem. I caught myself chuckling more than once at his Porsonisms. Read this series if you like intelligent writing with a diamond hard wit laced right through the whole story.
Rating: 5
Summary: One of the best books in an outstanding series
Comment: Slider and Atherton investigate the death of Jennifer Andrews, a contractor's adulterous wife. Her body is found in a trench the man was about to permanently fill. The construction was taking place on a fancy estate occupied by an ailing historian and the wimpy daughter he browbeats. Both knew the dead woman, and neither liked her. In fact, no one seems to have liked her much -not the (married) boss she was having an affair with, or the co-worker whose place she took in doing so, or her notoriously jealous husband. Even her priest despised her. As Slider and Atherton investigate the murder, they each struggle with their own relationship issues. Atherton's wondering whether the bachelor life he's raised to an art form is really all that wonderful. Slider's still living with one woman, and married to another woman who is living with another man. His estranged wife, Irene, wants to divorce and financially destroy him, or maybe reconcile with him instead; she's not sure.
My favorite parts of Harrod-Eagles' books are the witty banter among the coppers, and their brainstorming sessions about their cases. As always, the police officers trade funny quips, puns, and put-downs as they share theories and speculation about a murder. The relationship between Slider and Atherton is the deepest and most complex in the series, and there's some reflection on that in SHALLOW GRAVE. The plot is somewhat predictable and the resolution not particularly surprising. Those shortcomings might bother me in another book, but not in this one. If a less-than-compelling plot can bring together such imperfect but utterly likable characters as populate this series, and inspire writing as good as Harrod-Eagles', that's fine by me. This is one of the best books in the series.
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Title: Gone Tomorrow: A Bill Slider Mystery by Cynthia Harrod-Eagles ISBN: 0312300468 Publisher: St. Martin's Minotaur Pub. Date: 01 November, 2002 List Price(USD): $24.95 |
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Title: Blood Sinister (Inspector Bill Slider Mysteries) by Cynthia Harrod-Eagles ISBN: 0312274858 Publisher: Thomas Dunne Books Pub. Date: 01 September, 2001 List Price(USD): $23.95 |
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Title: Blood Lines: An Inspector Bill Slider Mystery by Cynthia Harrod-Eagles ISBN: 0684800470 Publisher: Simon & Schuster Pub. Date: 01 December, 1996 List Price(USD): $21.00 |
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Title: Killing Time (Inspector Bill Slider Mysteries) by Cynthia Harrod-Eagles ISBN: 0380732025 Publisher: Avon Pub. Date: 01 February, 1999 List Price(USD): $5.99 |
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Title: Grave Music: An Inspector Bill Slider Mystery (Inspector Bill Slider Mysteries) by Cynthia Harrod-Eagles ISBN: 0684800462 Publisher: Simon & Schuster Pub. Date: 01 May, 1995 List Price(USD): $20.00 |
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