Thursday, December 18, 2008

Oxford menace by Veronica Stallwood


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Genre - Mystery


Kate Ivory is a novelist living in Oxford who has a habit of becoming involved in murder. A local scientific laboratory has become the target for demonstrations by an animal rights group. A small bomb is detonated causing a little damage; graffiti is scrawled on walls & one person receives a letter bomb. When Kerri, the young woman who received the letter bomb, is killed in a hit & run accident, Kate thinks it could be murder. The lab is under pressure from the pharmaceutical company funding its research to get results, & there are several people who suspected Kerri of being a spy for the animal rights group. Kate’s personal life is also complicated with her current boyfriend wanting commitment & her mother mysteriously planning a holiday. This is an atmospheric series of mysteries set in a beautiful city. Recommended for anyone missing Inspector Morse.

---- Reviewed by Lyn, Headquarters

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