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"There's a strong sense of time and place . . . Readers of Charles Todd's historical mysteries or crime novels set in academia may appreciate the ambience"
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Dry Bones "Like the lime-mortared shaft that sets the plot in motion, Spencer's puzzle shows workmanship and beyond, since every piece must fit just so before the secret can be revealed"
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Dry Bones "Spencer scores another top-notch hit with this new series, which features her usual skillful writing, clever plotting, and intriguing characters"
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The Shivering Turn "The narrative entwines the fun of a literary puzzle with slam-bang action . . . Anglophiles will find much to like"
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The Shivering Turn
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Sally Spencer worked as a teacher both in England and Iran - where she witnessed the fall of the Shah. She now lives on the Costa Blanca with her partner, one rescue cat, two rescue dogs and innumerable fruit trees. Having once been an almost fanatical mahjong player, she is now obsessed with duplicate bridge. As well as the Jennie Redhead mysteries, Spencer is also the author of the successful DCI Monika Paniatowski series, the Chief Inspector Woodend mysteries and the Inspector Blackstone series.
Riassunto
Oxford, 1975. Three years ago, world-renowned anthropologist Grace Stockton was slain in a brutal, unprovoked attack which left the police baffled. But Grace's daughter refuses to accept that the trail has run cold. Determined to find out who killed her mother, she knows just the woman for the job: private investigator Jennie Redhead.
