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Jo Bannister

Author of Deadly Virtues

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About the Author

Jo Bannister was born in Rochdale, Lancashire, England, and resides in County Down, North Ireland. Bannister left school at sixteen and went to work for the County Down Spectator, eventually becoming its editor. She left the paper in 1988 to devote time to writing works of fiction. Bannister is a show more noted mystery writer. Detective Chief Inspector Frank Shapiro, Detective Inspector Liz Graham, and Detective Seargent Cal Donovan make up a trio featured in a series of books including A Taste for Burning, Burning Desires, and A Bleeding of Innocents. Her titles also include Flawed, From Fire and Flood, Closer Still, Fathers and Sins, and Liars All. (Bowker Author Biography) show less

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Works by Jo Bannister

Deadly Virtues (2013) 82 copies
No Birds Sing (1996) 78 copies
Echoes of Lies (2001) 72 copies
Flawed (1600) 70 copies
Requiem For a Dealer (1854) 64 copies
Closer Still (2008) 63 copies
A Bleeding of Innocents (1993) 59 copies
The Hireling's Tale (1763) 56 copies
The Depths of Solitude (2004) 55 copies
Reflections (2003) 53 copies
Liars All (2009) 51 copies
Breaking Faith (1703) 50 copies
Burning Desires (1995) 50 copies
Changelings (2002) 50 copies
True Witness (2002) 50 copies
Lazarus Hotel (1997) 42 copies
Perfect Sins (1885) 42 copies
Death in High Places (2011) 41 copies
Sins of the Heart (1994) 41 copies
Desperate Measures (1656) 41 copies
Broken Lines (1998) 41 copies
The Primrose Convention (1997) 27 copies
Tinderbox (2006) 27 copies
Fathers and Sins (2008) 25 copies
Other Countries (2017) 23 copies
Silent Footsteps (2019) 21 copies
Kindred Spirits (2018) 20 copies
The Fifth Cataract (2005) 15 copies
Striving With Gods (1984) 14 copies
Dangerous Pursuits (2020) 12 copies
Shards (1990) 11 copies
The Going Down Of The Sun (1989) 11 copies
The Primrose Switchback (1999) 11 copies
Gilgamesh (1989) 11 copies
The Matrix (1981) 8 copies
Death and Other Lovers (1991) 8 copies
Mason Codex (1988) 4 copies
Mosaic (1986) 3 copies
The Winter Plain (1982) 2 copies
Charisma 1 copy

Associated Works

More Murder, They Wrote (1999) — Contributor — 23 copies

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Ah, the stalker. Scary, annoyingw, puzzling.
An enjoyable mystery with interesting characters - not overly surprising in its outcome but well worth the journey to get there.
 
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Dabble58 | Nov 11, 2023 |
Liars All (2020) (BrodieFarrell #9) by Jo Bannister. I made the mistake of reading this book as it is the last of a series of books . So much of this story is a summing up of what had gone before. There is a half that is a separate case, very much apart from the “family” story that inhabits the other half. I’m not going to discuss it beyond saying it appears to wrap up an ongoing love/hate story,
The other part is a search for a missing item. A young man proposes to his girl at a restaurant, giving her a beautiful necklace with a one of a kind sapphire in it. As they leave the place they are ruthlessly run down and the killer leaps out and steals the jewels.
The young man dies and his never-to-be bride is left dependent on a wheel chair. The killer/thief is caught a few days later, tried and sent to prison. Police can not locate the jewels. The prisoner’s mother, feeling terrible over the whole thing, enlists the “Looking For Something” agency to find it. Daniel Hood, temporarily running the shop, takes the case but is hopelessly out of his depth. But he is persistent, and asks questions among the wrong people. He is given a beating which convinces the police Daniel is onto something. Of course this beating only motivates Daniel all the more.
I enjoyed this book and the diligence of Daniel Hood, but the other half, the portion that I wasn’t already read into, caused me many distractions. The ending of that half made me feel bad for all involved, but again, this was my first Jo Bannister (an excellent writer) novel. I suggest that if you haven’t read the others in this series, you do so in order and perhaps you will get more enjoyment from the whole thing than I did with just this one.
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TomDonaghey | 2 other reviews | Jan 26, 2023 |
Why did Rachid Iqbal arrive in Enlgand via Turkey to attack TV historian Oliver Ford. Which DC Hazel Best mainly managed to stop. Hazel's friends - Gabriel Ash and Saturday - grow concerned about her relationship with Ford.
I have not read any of the previous books in the series which didn't present too much of a problem but I didn't really find the plot or characters interesting enough to want to read more.
A NetGalley Book
 
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Vesper1931 | 1 other review | Jul 29, 2021 |
investigator is used to find man who is then kidnapped and tortured, sets out to discover why, convoluted plot involving kidnap of child
 
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ritaer | 3 other reviews | Jul 6, 2021 |

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