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Victor Holyoak made his millions by selling state-of-the-art security systems. In the end, even the most sophisticated devices were no protection against the intruder who murdered him in his own factory. The millionnaire's death shocked the townsfolk of Stansfield. But was there something they didn't know about their deceased benefactor? Chief Inspector Lloyd was convinced he had seen Victor somewhere before. Was his memory playing tricks again? Or did the murky past hold the clues to a show more murder that seemed to come under the heading of unfinished business? show lessTags
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#6 Lloyd/Hill British police procedural mystery. I had a heck of a time getting into this book and very nearly didn’t finish it. I couldn’t believe it, as I’ve absolutely loved all the previous ones in the series, but this one felt terribly slow, draggy, and kept bopping back and forth between present time and 15 years previously—looking at crimes and murder cases during both time frames, obviously—and how the one from the past affected the present-day situation. It just was NOT interesting to me—aside from Lloyd and Hill, I couldn’t give a hill of beans about any of the main characters or their stupid lives, and wished they’d all be killed off! LOL I admit to skimming the last quarter of this book just to get it over show more with…I have not given a book this low of a grade in ages—I think it may be partially that I marked down just because I expected the usual stellar performance from McGown and didn’t get it! show less
Excellent plotting in this Lloyd and Hill mystery.
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Author Jill McGown was born in Cambeltown, Scotland on August 9, 1947. Her first novel, A Perfect Match, was published in 1983. Since then she has written over fifteen novels. Jill McGown died April 6, 2007. (Bowker Author Biography)
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