More than Meets the Eye
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- $8.99
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- $8.99
Publisher Description
A heinous murder in a beautiful English garden makes for a “gripping . . . surprising” British crime procedural from the author of the Inspector Peach novels (Publishers Weekly).
Dennis Cooper leads an idyllic life as curator of the national historical site, Westbourne Park. What could be better than overseeing the spectacular flowering grounds, supervising its popular restaurant, and making sure the daily throngs of tourists leave happy? But when Gloucestershire’s Superintendent John Lambert and Detective Sergeant Bert Hook visit the serene landmark, there’s only one site they care to see: Dennis’s dead body in a pond at the edge of the gardens.
The suspects are growing wild: Dennis’s philandering wife and her lover; the restaurant’s nerve-fried staff; a new young intern from Glasgow; and a shady gardener with a violent temper. It’s clear someone held a grudge. Less clear is Dennis’s own shady past. And Lambert and Hook are determined to dig it up.
PUBLISHERS WEEKLY
In Gregson's gripping 25th Lambert and Hook mystery (after 2011's Die Happy), Det. Chief Supt. John Lambert and Det. Sgt. Bert Hook investigate the murder of Dennis Cooper, the curator of Westbourne Park, one of the great gardens of England, after the discovery of Cooper's strangled body in a remote part of the property. The surprising number of suspects includes Cooper's wife, who's carrying on an affair with an unscrupulous businessman; the head chef at Westbourne's cafe, who desperately wants to hide a repellent secret; a young apprentice gardener with a volatile temper; and a volunteer docent, whose past with Cooper bears looking into. Each person of interest, memorable in his or her own way, is interviewed by Lambert and Hook, who, with their subtle interplay, elicit much more than they realize. The interviews are so polite, so civilized in that British way, readers can't help feeling rewarded.
