On This Page
Description
An outstanding series' NEW YORK TIMES BOOK REVIEW A Bill Slider Mystery The lot of the working copper is getting harder: new regulations, regular rousting by the top brass, a budget tighter than a Victoria corset and a DC who thinks he's in a John Le Carré novel makes it a trying time for Detective inspector Bill Slider. Then when a noted womanizer dies in mysterious fire in a sleazy motel and the whole of his murky past comes to light, Slider begins to question whether this was suicide... show more or murder. And that's not the only thing Slider is questioning. As soon as he's solved the motel mystery, Bill is going to have to put his own house in order... Praise for the Bill Slider series: 'Slider and his creator are real discoveries' Daily Mail 'Sharp, witty and well-plotted' Times 'Harrod-Eagles and her detective hero form a class act. The style is fast, funny and furious - the plotting crisply devious' Irish Times show lessTags
Recommendations
Member Reviews
Bill Slider's team are faced with investigated a grisly hotel death in a fire, which at first sight appears a possible suicide but Bill's suspicions seem confirmed when other related suspicious deaths are identified. As usual a complex plot with many well-drawn characters keeps you guessing to the end.
Far too complicated and the conclusion was unconvincing.
Ratings
Members
- Recently Added By
Author Information
120+ Works 5,791 Members
Cynthia Harrod-Eagles was born in London in 1948. She attended the University of Edinburgh and University College London, where she studied English, history and philosophy. She wrote her first novel while in college and won the Young Writers' Award for The Waiting Game in 1972, but did not become a full-time writer until 1979 with the start of the show more Morland Dynasty series. In 1993, she won the RNA Novel of the Year Award for Emily, the third volume of the Kirov Trilogy. She also writes the Bill Slider Mystery series and under the pen names Elizabeth Bennett and Emma Woodhouse. (Bowker Author Biography) show less
Series
Work Relationships
Is contained in
Common Knowledge
- Canonical title
- Death Watch
- Original publication date
- 1992
- People/Characters
- Bill Slider
Classifications
Statistics
- Members
- 103
- Popularity
- 307,029
- Reviews
- 2
- Rating
- (3.38)
- Languages
- English
- Media
- Paper, Audiobook, Ebook
- ISBNs
- 9
- ASINs
- 2
