A Species of Revenge - Hardcover

Eccles, Marjorie

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62 ratings by Goodreads

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ISBN 10: 0312193386 ISBN 13: 9780312193386

Publisher: St Martins Pr, 1998

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Superintendent Gil Mayo and his team encounter a group of townspeople with something to hide as they investigate two seemingly unrelated deaths and uncover the dark underside of the quiet, rural English town of Lavenstock.

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A man lies down face down in the mud and puddles of a Lavenstock allotment. He has no identification, only some car keys and Belgian francs in his pocket. Detective Inspector Abigail Moon, investigating the death, soon finds herself getting nowhere fast. The occupants of Ellington Close and other nearby houses, including the eccentric Kendrick twins and the recently widowed Dermot Voss and his children, can offer no help, being more preoccupied with their own problems.

When another murder traumatises the community, Superintendent Gil Mayo finds himself personally involved, and he has to face some serious questions: Could any of these people, many of whom he has met, be capable of such a brutal crime? And can there really be 'two' murderers loose in Lavenstock?

Another intricate and absorbing puzzle featuring Gil Mayo and Abigail Moon.

MARJORIE ECCLES was born in Yorkshire and spent her childhood there and on the Northumbrian coast. Later, she lived for many years in the Midlands, where her crime novels are set.
A graduate of the Open University, and a former committee member of the Crime Writers' Association, she has written fifteen novels, as well as short stories for broadcasting and serials. 'A Species of Revenge' is her ninth crime novel to feature Detective Superintendendent Gil Mayo.

PRAISE FOR MARJORIE ECCLES:

'An Accidental Shroud'
"Neatly put together, with sound plot, well written...this is a good example of the regional police novel".
T.J. Binyon, 'Evening Standard'

'Late of this Parish'
"Superior police procedural...well put together and written in an easy style with believable characters".
Susanna Yager, 'Sunday Telegraph'

'More Deaths Than One'
"Eccles's police procedrals are superior specimens, with well-developed relationships among other police officers". 'Publishers Weekly'

'Requiem for a Dove'
"Tidy plot, excellent scenes of West Midlands working life".
Felicia Lamb, 'Mail on Sunday'

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