Dangerous Games (Dci Charlie Woodend) - Softcover

Spencer, Sally

3.85

113 ratings by Goodreads

9781847510051: Dangerous Games (Dci Charlie Woodend)

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1847510051 ISBN 13: 9781847510051

Publisher: Severn House Paperbacks Ltd, 2007

View all copies of this ISBN edition:

Five little Englishmen, feeling quite secure, one went and lost his head, and then there were four. When Terry Pugh's headless body is found floating in the canal, DCI Woodend at first believes that Pugh had merely miscalculated the amount of rope he needed to hang himself. But why would Pugh commit suicide when he had a loving wife who was expecting their first baby, and was just about to start an exciting new job? Other disturbing questions soon follow in the first body's wake. Who was the mysterious stranger? Pugh was seen with, just before he died? What is the connection between him and the down-and-out who suffers a similar fate to his only twenty-four hours later? And how many more men are intended to die? As the investigation proceeds, Woodend and his team come to realize that the key to solving the crimes is hidden in the past and on an island far, far away.

"synopsis" may belong to another edition of this title.

Review:

"A solid, well-plotted British procedural that will entertain both fans of this fine series and procedural addicts in general" Booklist on Sins of the Fathers "Don't forget Woodend when you're compiling those lists of best British coppers: he belongs in the same league with Rebus, Resnick, Harpur and Iles, Morse, et al" Booklist on A Long Time Dead "Spencer continues to display her mastery of the British procedural, and this one, with its tense, twisted plot, surprising conclusion, and well-drawn characters, is one of her best" Booklist Starred Review on Stone Killer"

Synopsis:

This is the new Inspector Woodend mystery. A man in his late twenties is found hanging from a bridge, though his injuries indicate he was dead before the hanging. A second man is found hanged from a crane. It's now up to Detective Chief Inspector Charlie Woodend to find a common link between the two. Soon, it becomes clear that the men did their military service together in Cyprus and a couple of dozen other men from Whitebridge. When a third ex-soldier disappears, Detective Sergeant Monika Paniatowski is sent to Cyprus. There she uncovers a long-buried tale involving a local girl and a stolen Land Rover. Back in Whitebridge, Woodend is determined to solve the case before another ex-soldier is found hanged...

"About this title" may belong to another edition of this title.