From Publishers Weekly
This engrossing launch of a series from Creasy Award winner Taylor (The Second Midnight) introduces Jill Francis, a heartsick London journalist visiting Philip, a former colleague, and his wife, Charlotte, in the postwar English countryside. In Lydmouth, Jill is caught up in a local police case involving the town ne'er-do-well's discovery of an old wooden box containing an infant's bones, a scrap of yellowed newsprint and a brooch. New CID Inspector Richard Thornhill questions Charlotte, whose family owns the newspaper the fragment matches, and Major Harcutt, who is compiling a history of Lydmouth. Then Harcutt is slain, leaving the ne'er-do-well as prime suspect in everyone's minds until Jill, who has been helping the major's daughter cope with her father's death, stumbles on the truth. Taylor subtly weaves the threads of this thoughtful, melancholy tale until they become an interlaced whole before the reader's eyes.
Copyright 1995 Reed Business Information, Inc.
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From Library Journal
In this new series by Taylor (Blood Relation, LJ 2/1/91), the protagonists fall easily into the "stranger arrives in town" category. Both Detective Inspector Richard Thornhill and ex-journalist Jill Francis chose the village of Lydmouth as an escape; now, they both become involved in a mystery dating back to the Victorian era when a group of laborers discovered the bones of an infant in a former cesspool. As newcomers in town, Thornhill and Francis tread lightly, both with each other and with the natives. Colorful characters, a fascinating story line, and short, pithy paragraphs should make this a popular choice.
Copyright 1995 Reed Business Information, Inc.
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