Watermarked The body of the dead woman has been in the Severn for some time slowly drifting downstream until lodging in the exposed roots of a willow What remains is not a pretty sight The river has washed away
The body of the dead woman has been in the Severn for some time, slowly drifting downstream until lodging in the exposed roots of a willow What remains is not a pretty sight The river has washed away much of the forensic evidence There is enough left, however, to suggest to Superintendent Lambert and Detective Sergeant Bert Hook that she did not meet her death by acci The body of the dead woman has been in the Severn for some time, slowly drifting downstream until lodging in the exposed roots of a willow What remains is not a pretty sight The river has washed away much of the forensic evidence There is enough left, however, to suggest to Superintendent Lambert and Detective Sergeant Bert Hook that she did not meet her death by accident and that she was killed elsewhere before being dumped into the river Slowly and patiently, they build up a picture of a woman of contradictions a woman who harboured secret passions Their investigation leads them to each of the key figures in her life her husband, daughter, estranged son, business manager Each have secrets of their own to hide and putative alibis that declare them incapable of committing the act of murder during the time frame indicated by the coroner Yet beneath the surface of each of these individuals bubbles resentment and anger, passion and pride, that could easily have led them to not only wish Laura Pritchard dead, but to act on that desire As Lambert and Hook chase down leads and probe into the backgrounds of their suspects, the killer watches and waits, ready to strike again Watermarked is an intense thriller with many twists and turns that keep you guessing Praise for J.M Gregson Lambert and Hook gritty realism and hard to solve mysteries Booklist the series is recommended for its gritty realism and hard to solve mysteries Booklist Well done, suspenseful and engaging Library journal For Morse fans grieving the recent demise of their hero Gregson makes an agreeable successor Booklist compelling characters who deserve the attention of procedural fans Booklist James Michael Gregson taught for twenty seven years in schools, colleges and universities before concentrating on full time writing He has written books on subjects as diverse as golf and Shakespeare His other crime novels include Stranglehold and Body Politic and he is much in demand as a lecturer and public speaker Most of his detective novels are set in his adopted county of Gloucestershire, in the attractive country of the Forest of Dean and the southern Cotswolds.
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A woman's body is found floating down the River Severn. The body has been on the water for several days so it is not a pretty sight. Lambert and Hook must first identify the body and then interview the woman's nearest and dearest and see who might have wanted her dead. Identifying her is fairly easy as a woman fitting her description has been reported missing. Her daughter doesn't seem too upset and her husband is in Spain on a golfing holiday. No one seems to have wanted her dead apart from her [...]
4 and 1 / 2 starsThe Severn is the longest river in England, flowing for 210 miles. In this river, a body is found. The body is that of a woman. The cause is murder. The pathologist believes that the woman has been in the river for about a week. Of course, the forensic evidence is badly compromised by predators and the water by the time the body is found.Superintendent John Lambert and Detective Sergeant Bert Hook are assigned the case. The woman is identified as Laura Pritchard. Lambert and Hoo [...]
The body of a woman is found in the Severn river. The coroner determines she didn't die by accident. Lambert and Hook and their team start to learn about the woman in question. The more they learn, the more they discover many who hate her. Can they figure out which one did it?Well-written story. Enjoyable.
I received this arc from Netgalley. This was a pretty good read. It kept me guessing whodunit. Moves along at a fairly, steady pace. I will be reading more books by this author.
Not a real thrilling mystery for me. The cops had a few suspects of who killed this women by strangulation and also her gardener later on. Of course most of the family were suspects because they all had reason to do it - for her money. But when they finally find out who killed these two people , it actually wasn't for the money if was for other reasons. , which come out at the ending of the story