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HISSING
OF THE SILENT LONELY ROOM by Paul Charles
£7.50
– 1 899 344 71 3
C-format (216mm x 135mm) paperback
£15 – 1 899 344 70 5
216mm x 135mm hardback
When a woman’s crumpled body is discovered
in a gas-filled flat in the Primrose Hill area of north London, it looks
like just another suicide. But Detective Inspector Christy Kennedy isn’t
so sure, especially when the dead woman is revealed as famous American
singer-songwriter, Esther Bluewood.
Kennedy and his regular team of DS James Irvine and DC Anne Coles piece
together the life and loves of Esther Bluewood and discover levels of
greed, love, jealousy and intrigue that surprise even them. Then, just
as the truth looks like emerging, one of the ‘suspects’ is murdered
in a bizarre fashion…
To make matters worse, Kennedy discovers that his own estranged girlfriend,
ann rea – always lower-case "a" and "r" –
was a confidante of Esther Bluewood and his investigation leads him reluctantly
to her door.
In this fifth Christy Kennedy mystery, the Camden Town detective finds
himself investigating a case heavy with sudden death and intrigue, that
comes with more twists and turns than the road from Kingsmarkham to St
Mary Mead. Part whodunnit, part howdunnit, part love story, it again features
a unique method of murder that has become Paul Charles’ trademark,
as well as characters that practically leap off the page.
‘If you enjoy Morse, you’ll enjoy Kennedy’
– Talking Music, BBC Radio Two
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