Detective Inspector Rafferty is having a bad week - two pensioner suicides already and he can't help feeling trouble comes in threes. Also niggling in his mind is the fact that Llewellyn, his sergeant, has bought a 'bargain' suit from Rafferty's mother. Sure to be stolen goods, the suit is bound to drop Rafferty in it when the holier-than-thou Llewellyn wears it on his wedding day. The third victim - for Rafferty's premonition turns out to be true - knew full well that he was hated by most of the office. But did he really deserve to be poisoned? Bizarre, quirky and ingenious, Absolute Poison injects a dose of skull and crossbones into the office world of nine to five.
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It seemed that no one at Aimhurst and Sons liked Clive Barstaple, who had been hired some months earlier to "streamline" (read fire the majority of the existing employees) after a successful takeover. It's true that Barstaple was mean and small-minded, but surely he didn't deserve to die a torturous death by poisoning. Inspector Rafferty and his erudite compatriot, Sergeant Llewellyn, have plenty of suspects. Nearly every employee had a reason to hate Barstaple, but not every employee was clever enough to figure out how to dose him with deadly poison. As Rafferty and Llewellyn follow up leads, they begin to unravel a strange, ugly story. When the office gossip, one Amy Glossop, is murdered, the case breaks open. And even though he's pleased to have the case solved, Rafferty's pride is slightly dented because it is Sergeant Llewellyn who finally unscrambles the clues. An ingeniously constructed plot, deft dialogue, well-drawn characters, and a few humorous touches make this an enjoyably intriguing read and a nice addition to the Rafferty-Llewellyn series. Emily Melton
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Geraldine Evans born in London of Irish parents, now lives in the South of England. She has had a variety of jobs and spent several years helping to run a vehicle-repair workshop. There, among other things, she tackled tax returns, the intricacies of which she believes were an excellent apprenticeship for the brain-teasing work necessary in writing a whodunnit.
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Humour and intrigue.
Mar 24 2013
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An enjoyable and riveting read. Geraldine Evans gets better and better. She uses humour to good effect, especially with Rafferty and his family. A good read all round.
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like the Morse series
Nov 27 2012
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The books are well written and the stories/mysteries are fine. I tried it because the blurb said it was a "critically acclaimed series". but I find the characters of Rafferty and his sergeant cold and unappealing- not fleshed out. Also Rafferty is scared of his mother and his boss- why doesn't he quit? The books remind me of the Lewis series on PBS Masterpiece Mystery but not as good.
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