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The Dead Of Winter (2009)

by Rennie Airth(Favorite Author)

3.79 of 5 Votes: 4

ISBN

0670020931 (ISBN13: 9780670020935)

languge

English

genre

Fiction

publisher

Viking Adult

series

John Madden

review 1: Another decade has passed and we now find John Madden 20 years past the first book a farmer with a son off to war. Sinclair is sticking around until the war ends and new men can come to the Yard. This time a farm hand of John's is murdered in London on a weekend trip to visit an aunt and many old dark stories come to light. John takes a special interest in seeing the case resolved as he feels a sense of responsibility for the dead girl, but as usual a dark twisty criminal is at the heart of the novel. Somehow the book taking 3 books to get 20 years ahead doesn't lose reader attention even though you read it for the characters missing huge swathes of life is not a problem. Wonderful writing.
review 2: A man is killed while England is fully involved in World... more War II. But this one seems to be killed by a mass murderer. As the investigation continues, John Madden is brought back from the farm to help the investigation. Through good sleuthing and luck they are able to find the murderer, but not before he has killed again and threatens John Madden himself. The most interesting part is this is when the police were just starting to realize that some people really had no feelings about others and enjoyed killing and tried to figure out how to combat that. less

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