From Publishers Weekly
At the start of British author Curzon's assured 11th Mike Yeadings police procedural (after 2004's
A Meeting of Minds), antagonistic members of the Dellar family have put aside past grievances to celebrate patriarch Carlton Dellar's 80th birthday when a fire breaks out late at night and destroys Carlton's Thames Valley house, critically injuring his nephew. While the fire inspectors sort through the ashes and rubble to determine the conflagration's cause, Det. Supt. Mike Yeadings and Sgt. Rosemary Zyczynski inquire into the whereabouts of Carlton's missing twin sister, who was the house's only unaccounted-for resident. Sifting through the minds and hearts of the Dellars, the detective duo unearth long hidden secrets that lead to a surprising conclusion to this expertly plotted mystery of greed and revenge.
Copyright © Reed Business Information, a division of Reed Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.
--This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.
From Booklist
Someone seems to have it in for the Dellar family. First, Michael, husband to Kate and father to twins Jessica and Eddie, is murdered. Then the Dellar family estate is burned to the ground, Eddie is beaten, Jessica is kidnapped, and family matriarch Claudia is viciously attacked. Time to call in Superintendent Mike Yeadings of the Thames Valley CID, who takes a close look at what turns out to be a completely dysfunctional family. This slow-starting story soon gathers momentum and speeds toward a dramatic climax, revealing the complex and ultimately tragic truth. Conventional mystery fare but deftly written from a genre veteran and boasting a challengingly convoluted plot and a cast of darkly wacky characters.
Emily MeltonCopyright © American Library Association. All rights reserved
--This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.
