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Death in the Family
 
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Death in the Family (Mass Market Paperback)


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When Dean Fletcher fell for a blonde nymphet named Kayleigh Scott, he managed to ruin his life. Kayleigh had told him she was eighteen. In truth, she was not quite thirteen—and poor Dean was soon off to prison, a convicted sex offender, still smitten with his adolescent lover.

Now he’s finally free again, only to be ensnared by two crimes that have Chief Detective Inspector Lloyd pulling out what’s left of his hair. One is an infant kidnapping; the other is the murder of Kayleigh’s mother on the very eve of the family’s sudden move to Australia. Lloyd thinks he hears the ring of truth in Dean’s declarations of innocence. But with his partner Judy out on maternity leave, he’ll have to pick his way alone through this minefield of birth, death, murder, and domestic evil.


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“AN INTRICATE, CONVINCING WEB OF FAMILY INTRIGUE THAT ENDURES TO THE FINAL PAGES.”
—Mystery Scene

“McGown’s expertly crafted, fast-moving plot contains enough red herrings to keep even the most astute readers on their toes. . . . This is a stellar must-read, bound to delight existing fans and send newcomers seeking the rest of the series.”
—Publishers Weekly (starred review)

“Complex . . . Intense . . . Engrossing . . . McGown conjures up an abundant array of suspects, all with credible motives. Their lives intertwine in clever and often ironic ways, and the author’s writing style smoothly shifts the point of view between these characters.”
—The Mystery Review

“Both fans and mystery lovers just looking for a good read will savor McGown’s rich, detailed character studies and dead-on dialogue.”
—Booklist

“McGown weaves one of her most tangled webs until a climactic revelation bares the ugly truth in a single masterstroke.”
—Kirkus Reviews
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2.0étoiles sur 5 Definately Not a Thriller, Jui 14 2003
Par Linda One "Lol925" (Burleson, Texas United States) - Voir tous mes commentaires
This is the first Jill McGown hard-bound book I've bought and it will be the last. Her books have always been enthralling, but I had to force myself to finish this book. Characters, at times, said things that made absolutely no sense so the writing was not tight and clean. By the end, I was just glad the story was over and I could go on to something else. A minor aggravation was two grammatical mistakes Lloyd makes in his speech in the first half of the book when he is supposed to be a stickler for using English correctly.

In this novel, Judy has had her baby and there is endless information on the new relationship between Lloyd, Judy and the baby. Yes, their relationship has always been a strong part of her novels, but in this novel, there is more drama than mystery. In fact, the mystery is extremely shortlived. A less-than-sympathetic victim is murdered and Lloyd misses the obvious so many times it makes the reader wonder if he is really a moron who has only been successful in the past because Judy was working with him. McGown totally vindicates every single suspect so that if you don't guess who the murderer is, YOU are a moron. It is so painfully obvious who the murderer is that it is trying to have to keep reading about Lloyd floundering around, never even considering the actual murderer as a suspect.

The only surprise is the motive behind the murder, but by the time one gets to the motivation behind the murder, it is of very little interest.

There is a subplot about a missing baby but the author unfairly withholds information from the reader and again Lloyd does not investigate that situation like a real cop. Lloyd continually theorizes about who could have done what to whom rather than proceeding with an investigation, and that gets tiring. It is one thing to theorize about motivation or how the murder was accomplished, but to theorize about something that he could be investigating is a waste of Lloyd's time and ours.

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