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The Celtic Dagger (2012)

by Jill Paterson(Favorite Author)

3.59 of 5 Votes: 1

ISBN

0987395505 (ISBN13: 9780987395504)

languge

English

genre

Fiction

publisher

Jill Henderson

series

Alistair Fitzjohn

review 1: James Wearing has never worked out why he and his brother, Alex have never gotten along, but after their latest argument, James is left feeling a little uneasy. James is expected in Melbourne for a conference in two days time, but decides to take an earlier flight.Not long after he arrives, James catches up with Claudio Perona, a friend and colleague from Centre for Classics and Archaeology at the University of Melbourne. It's later that afternoon whilst in Claudio's office that, James gets a phone call from Miles Bennett. Miles tells James that the three artefacts that they borrowed through the Australian Museum for the open day were missing. The missing pieces were A Celtic dagger, a gold torque and a ring. James had no idea where the artefacts could be. Miles hadn't spo... moreken to, Alex yet so they were hoping he may have them for some reason. Later in the day, James receives another phone call this time from Detective Chief Inspector Fitzjohn from the New South Wales Police informing him that his brother, Alex has died under suspicious circumstances. James travels back to Sydney hoping to find out exactly what happened to his brother. What James didn't see coming was that he was to become one of the suspects. It was now up to James to do a bit of investigating himself and try to work out who and why someone would want to kill, Alex. But the secrets that James was about to discover about his brother may put, James's life in danger. Would the police be able to find the killer before there is another victim? This is the first book I've read by Aussie author Jill Paterson and I'm looking forward to the rest of the series. This murder mystery had my attention right from the start all the way to the end which I very much enjoyed. Recommended.
review 2: James Wearing flew to Melbourne from Sydney after the dinner at the University concluded. He had a paper to present two days later, and decided to go earlier after another uncomfortable argument with his brother Alex. They had been at odds their whole lives, and James always found Alex’s behaviour strange, but just could not get on with him. He was starting to feel he should move from Sydney and working with his brother, as since his wife Louise had died in a car accident two years earlier, the memories were always there…perhaps he needed to make a complete break, and start afresh.When he received a telephone call from Miles, the museum’s co-ordinator, about the artifacts which had been lent to the University the day before, to say they were missing, James was shocked. The three pieces, including a celtic dagger, were all priceless; James was sure they would turn up somewhere. But the next phone call was the worst – Detective Chief Inspector Alistair Fitzjohn from Sydney called to advise him of his brother’s murder sometime during the night after the dinner.On James’ arrival back in Sydney, he was shocked to discover Fitzjohn regarded him as a suspect in Alex’s murder. So deciding to try a little investigating himself to clear his name, he found himself getting deeper and deeper into a web of secrets that he had trouble understanding. His brother’s life was obviously not as it had seemed; suddenly the dangers that were pressing in on him were real.With the involvement of blackmail, affairs, greed, jealousy and theft among other things, the twists and turns were swift and gripping. DCI Fitzjohn and his sidekick Detective Betts were kept busy but was James still on their suspect list? And would the killer strike again? I really enjoyed this, my second Fitzjohn mystery by Aussie author Jill Paterson. I actually read book 2 first, and loved it. This one didn’t disappoint, and I’ll be looking out for more in the Fitzjohn series, hopefully not too far away! less

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