Faith Martin
FOR over 25 years, Faith Martin has been thrilling her
readers with a raft of superb novels… written in four different genres and
under four different pen names.
Perhaps best known for her smart and sassy DI Hillary Greene
police series set in and around her home town of Oxford, Martin returns once
more to the city of dreaming spires for a thrilling new police series starring
an unlikely and excitingly original crime-fighting partnership.
Set in 1960 when male detectives were still dinosaurs and women
detectives were regarded as superfluous to requirements, A Fatal Obsession pits
a 19-year-old rookie policewoman and a middle-aged, old-school coroner against
the force’s cynical top brass and a ruthless murderer.
The result is a thrilling whodunit, packed with Martin’s
trademark labyrinthine plotting, stunning twists and turns, a delightfully
eccentric detective and – without the help of modern technology – some brilliantly entertaining, good
old-fashioned detective work.
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In the hope of getting her out of the way, Jennings assigns Trudy
to help 57-year-old coroner Clement Ryder as he re-opens the case of Gisela
Fleet-Wright, a young woman who died five years ago under what he was sure –
but couldn’t prove – were suspicious circumstances.
And Clement, who is secretly fighting to prevent anyone know
that he is suffering from the slow onset of Parkinson’s disease, has a
formidable reputation for digging out the truth. ‘On his watch, nobody got away
with anything.’
As for Trudy, she knows that this could be her chance to
shine but first she must prove to Clement – known to her colleagues as ‘the old
vulture’ – that she is the right woman for the job… and that means learning to
recognise when people are lying.
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Meanwhile, the rest of the police force are busy
investigating a series of threats and murders in the local area, and Clement
can’t help but feel that they are somehow all linked to the death of Gisela. As
Trudy and Clement form an unlikely partnership, are they going to be the ones
to solve these crimes before the murderer strikes again?
Martin’s new series gets off to a cracking start as the feisty young policewoman and the wise ‘old vulture’ get to grips with each other… and a baffling case that unfolds sans mobile, sans internet and sans forensics. The developing relationship between the master and his new ‘pupil’ looks set to be one of the joys of this Sixties-set series as feisty, determined Trudy finds her feet and shows her mettle, Clement discovers his assistant is more than just a pretty, young face, and each of them battles their own personal hurdles.
Intriguing, clever and with bags of potential, the Ryder
& Loveday mysteries look set to put Oxford on the crime map yet again!
(HQ, paperback, £7.99)
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