A Good Death

Ironside, Elizabeth

ISBN 10: 1934609196 / ISBN 13: 9781934609194

Published by Felony & Mayhem Press, New York, 2008

About this Item

Paperback reprint of the fifth novel by Ironside. In fine unread condition.

Seller Inventory # 16777

Bibliographic Details

• Title: A Good Death
• Publisher: Felony & Mayhem Press, New York
• Publication Date: 2008
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1934609196
• ISBN 13: 9781934609194
• Binding: Soft cover
• Condition: New
• Seller catalogs:
  • British Authors

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Synopsis

It's 1944 and Theo Cazalle is returning to the family he left in Bonnemort, an estate deep in the French countryside, when he went off to fight with the Free French. Memories of Bonnemort have sustained him through four years of war, but when at last he comes home, he finds his world in tatters. The house has been abandoned, a family servant has been shot, Theo's wife has been accused of collaborating, and a Nazi officer has been found dead in front of Bonnemort's front gate. To save his sanity, Theo must restore order to Bonnemort, but first he must understand the disorder into which it has fallen. Is his wife a whore? A murderer? Or could there be another alternative?

Review

'Elizabeth Ironside's The Accomplice is her her third novel. Her first, A Very Private Enterprise, showed real promise; her second, Death in the Garden, was particularly enjoyable and with her third she joins those few mystery writers you unreservedly look forward to reading. . . .a thoroughly satisfying psychological thriller.' Harriet Waugh, Spectator

...a suspenseful mystery and a heartfelt tale...Ironside's landscapes are rich, though decimated, her characters intriguing. (Wales on Sunday on A GOOD DEATH)

A Good Death is that rare animal; a novel that is both engrossing, and also able to challenge established perceptions (Yorkshire Evening Post)

'A fine, stylish book to be savoured.' James Melville, Ham & High

'Superbly handled . . . a masterly example of classic crime fiction.' F. E. Pardoe, Birmingham Post

Elizabeth Ironside joins those few mystery writers you unreservedly look forward to reading. (Harriet Waugh, Spectator)

A fine, stylish book to be savoured. (James Melville, Ham & High)

'A spell-binding story of love, murder and deception.' Coventry Evening Telegraph

Ironside is one of the crime genre's unsung heroes, and she has produced yet another stylish, intricately plotted thriller. She manages to imbue her stories with enough colour and texture to lift them off the page: the reader once hooked, is held until the end (Yorkshire Post)

'Death in the Garden is a well-written, gripping yarn.' Dublin Sunday Independent