HomeGroupsTalkMoreZeitgeist
Search Site
This site uses cookies to deliver our services, improve performance, for analytics, and (if not signed in) for advertising. By using LibraryThing you acknowledge that you have read and understand our Terms of Service and Privacy Policy. Your use of the site and services is subject to these policies and terms.

Results from Google Books

Click on a thumbnail to go to Google Books.

A restless evil by Ann Granger
Loading...

A restless evil (edition 2002)

by Ann Granger

Series: Mitchell & Markby (14)

MembersReviewsPopularityAverage ratingMentions
1875144,515 (3.68)2
It sends a shiver down Detective Superintendent Alan Markby's spine when he hears that a rambler has stumbled on human bones in Stovey Woods in the heart of the Cotswolds. Twenty-two years ago, as a fresh-faced young inspector, he had a rare failure in the hunt for a brutal serial rapist preying on local women. After the third rape, the attacker went to ground, never to be heard of again. Now, with a new investigation prompted by the grisly remains, the trail could be warm once more. But almost at once Markby is confronted with another body and and a thoroughly up-to-date murder. Could the two be connected? It seems that some of the village residents would be just as happy to let sleeping dogs lie and secrets - both old and new - stay hidden...… (more)
Member:ZenDogs
Title:A restless evil
Authors:Ann Granger
Info:New York : St. Martin's Minotaur, 2002.
Collections:Your library, Read but unowned
Rating:***1/2
Tags:mystery, British

Work Information

A Restless Evil by Ann Granger

None
Loading...

Sign up for LibraryThing to find out whether you'll like this book.

No current Talk conversations about this book.

» See also 2 mentions

English (4)  Dutch (1)  All languages (5)
Showing 4 of 4
Mitchell & Markby 14
  SueJBeard | Jan 8, 2023 |
The mystery was interesting although the reveals were not surprising. Village characters are well-drawn and the Lower Stovey community dwindling into oblivion a common tale in these days of urbanization. Granger did not serve her readers well, when she closed with a reveal that I expected but she didn't capitalize in a way that was satisfying. My being disappointed knocked off a second star. ( )
  SandyAMcPherson | Sep 10, 2022 |
A comfortingly English whodunnit. ( )
  dwlegg | Jan 20, 2022 |
I usually love Mitchell and Markby stories, but this book is not Ms. Granger's best in this series. In this book Meredith and Alan are house hunting, and they end up in a pokey little village called Upper Stovey. Not much goes on in this backward little village, but while they are there someone discovers human bones in Stovey Woods. Markby has been in Upper Stovey before. Twenty-two years ago he was hunting a serial rapist who was nicknamed The Potato Man. They did not find the perpetrator then, but Alan hopes that the discovery of these old bones will give him a lead on this old case. But before he and his team get too far with the bones, another much fresher corpse turns up in this village. Markby hopes that the two cases (the old and the new) are connected thus giving him a line on solving a case that has haunted him for 22 years. I felt though that the tension wasn't maintained in the book and I found myself losing interest at times. This is quite contrary to most Mitchell and Markby stories, so therefore a disappointment to me.This is a great series though, and I fully expect the next book to be back on form. ( )
  Romonko | Jul 23, 2014 |
Showing 4 of 4
no reviews | add a review

Belongs to Series

You must log in to edit Common Knowledge data.
For more help see the Common Knowledge help page.
Canonical title
Original title
Alternative titles
Original publication date
People/Characters
Important places
Important events
Related movies
Epigraph
Dedication
First words
Quotations
Last words
Disambiguation notice
Publisher's editors
Blurbers
Original language
Canonical DDC/MDS
Canonical LCC

References to this work on external resources.

Wikipedia in English

None

It sends a shiver down Detective Superintendent Alan Markby's spine when he hears that a rambler has stumbled on human bones in Stovey Woods in the heart of the Cotswolds. Twenty-two years ago, as a fresh-faced young inspector, he had a rare failure in the hunt for a brutal serial rapist preying on local women. After the third rape, the attacker went to ground, never to be heard of again. Now, with a new investigation prompted by the grisly remains, the trail could be warm once more. But almost at once Markby is confronted with another body and and a thoroughly up-to-date murder. Could the two be connected? It seems that some of the village residents would be just as happy to let sleeping dogs lie and secrets - both old and new - stay hidden...

No library descriptions found.

Book description
Haiku summary

Current Discussions

None

Popular covers

Quick Links

Rating

Average: (3.68)
0.5
1
1.5
2 1
2.5 1
3 12
3.5 3
4 9
4.5 1
5 6

Is this you?

Become a LibraryThing Author.

 

About | Contact | Privacy/Terms | Help/FAQs | Blog | Store | APIs | TinyCat | Legacy Libraries | Early Reviewers | Common Knowledge | 203,292,700 books! | Top bar: Always visible