Recalled to Life (1992)

With most crime series there is inevitably the book that looks back at an old case and Recalled To Life is the history case in the Dalziel & Pascoe series. I'm familiar with the series but this is the first I've read. It was OK and that was about it.

The writing was confusing and all over the place, making it difficult to follow the story. One had to go back and read parts to understand what was happening. In the end there were many unanswered questions. So much so as to make it not an enjoyable read. The writer's love of big and obscure words was very distracting and just didn't fit some of the characters. They might have been words used by the author, but I could just not accept some characters using them.

A side note: this book was an ebook, but I did not buy Recalled To Life, I bought Report For Murder Val McDermid. Even though the cover and ISBN were for Report For Murder (Lindsay Gordon, #1) the actual content of the book was Recalled To Life. So I only read this by accident, it was not my intent. ( )

Dalziel in America... Not as weird as I expected. ( )

Although I must say that this is your typical English cozy mystery, I mean that in the very best sense – it’s fun to read, moves along in a brisk fashion, and presents an intriguing puzzle (and of course, it all begins at an English manor in the country). I thoroughly enjoyed this light offering feature Detectives Dalziel and Pascoe and will probably seek out more in the series. ( )

[2006-12-31] A woman convicted of murder thirty years ago is released from prison, amid suggestions that she was unjustly convicted. Dalziell was involved in the case as a very young detective, and is convinced of her guilt -- but even more concerned that his now-dead boss is about to be stitched up as the villain of the piece. He sets about investigating both the past and the present, in a case that some would rather see disappear quietly... Highly enjoyable, even if it's so convoluted it's difficult to keep track of what's going on.

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A fast moving story featuring the detective team of Dalziel and Pascoe. the very involved plot takes place on the fringes of the Keeler-Profumo scandal of the sixties. The plotting sometimes stretches credibility but it is a good romp of a read ( )