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The Royal Baths Murder (Yorkshire Murder Mysteries, #4)
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Damian Penrose, famous author and a man who loved to be hated. He was very self centered and self-important.
While attending a crime writers convention in Harrogate, he rubs with some old enemies and ruffles some feathers during and after a presentation. The next morning he goes off to the Victorian Baths, a favorite place of his to go when in Harrogate. He has the place to himself except for three employees. When one of the employees finds him dead in the baths, it sets off DCI Jim Oldroyd's latest investigation, along with his sidekick DS Andy Carter and the rest of his team.
There is a plethora of suspects, including another writer who had her story ideas stolen by Penrose, a very angry ex-wife, a wronged business partner and writers he had borderlined libeled, among others.
Meanwhile one of Oldroyd's DS's has been pinched by the thoroughly unlikable Fenton to “assist” him on a case. It is the investigation of wrongdoing on the local council. But, of course, Fenton has other things on his dirty little mind. Steph comes up with a brilliant plan to trap him and expose his behavior.
Oldroyd's investigation is confounding and very difficult to solve. How could the murderer have gotten out of the baths without being noticed by the staff?
This is a very well written and plotted story. I really like Oldroyd and his team. He is kind and very patient. He is a great teacher to his subordinates and loves to spout inconsequential facts that just seem to spring out of nowhere. And he has a new relationship! The identity of the murderer surprised me. I hadn't even given them any thought. It was a nice surprise. More please, Mr. Ellis
I want to thank NetGalley and Amazon Publishing UK for forwarding to me a copy of this delightful book for me to read, enjoy and review.
Damian Penrose, famous author and a man who loved to be hated. He was very self centered and self-important.
While attending a crime writers convention in Harrogate, he rubs with some old enemies and ruffles some feathers during and after a presentation. The next morning he goes off to the Victorian Baths, a favorite place of his to go when in Harrogate. He has the place to himself except for three employees. When one of the employees finds him dead in the baths, it sets off DCI Jim Oldroyd's latest investigation, along with his sidekick DS Andy Carter and the rest of his team.
There is a plethora of suspects, including another writer who had her story ideas stolen by Penrose, a very angry ex-wife, a wronged business partner and writers he had borderlined libeled, among others.
Meanwhile one of Oldroyd's DS's has been pinched by the thoroughly unlikable Fenton to “assist” him on a case. It is the investigation of wrongdoing on the local council. But, of course, Fenton has other things on his dirty little mind. Steph comes up with a brilliant plan to trap him and expose his behavior.
Oldroyd's investigation is confounding and very difficult to solve. How could the murderer have gotten out of the baths without being noticed by the staff?
This is a very well written and plotted story. I really like Oldroyd and his team. He is kind and very patient. He is a great teacher to his subordinates and loves to spout inconsequential facts that just seem to spring out of nowhere. And he has a new relationship! The identity of the murderer surprised me. I hadn't even given them any thought. It was a nice surprise. More please, Mr. Ellis
I want to thank NetGalley and Amazon Publishing UK for forwarding to me a copy of this delightful book for me to read, enjoy and review.
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