Scene of Crime: A Christmas Murder Mystery by Jill McGown Paperback Book

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A festive whodunnit, Scene of Crime is a Christmas murder mystery set around a local am-dram society. From Jill McGown, critically-acclaimed author of Murder at the Old Vicarage.

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It's Christmas at the theatre - and murder is afoot. Scene of Crime is a festive whodunnit from Jill McGown, author of Murder at the Old Vicarage.It's the season to murder . . .It's three days before Christmas and the Malworth Amateur Dramatic Society's rehearsals of Cinderella, scripted by local GP Carl Bignall, are struggling thanks to a flu epidemic.But, as rehearsals finally get under way at the Riverside Theatre, the police across town enter Carl's house - and discover the body of his wife, Estelle . . .Why was Carl so late for rehearsal? Why is the Bignalls' neighbour so reluctant to tell the truth about what he witnessed? And why is Dr Denis Leeward, Carl's partner, sitting in his car, slightly bruised and in a state of guilty panic?All Detective Chief Inspector Lloyd knows for sure, as he takes charge of the investigation, is that one of them is a murderer . . .'One of the generation of crime writers who shifted the genre firmly into the contemporary world. Although she held fast to the traditional skill of well-crafted plots, she brought a modern perspective to characters and situations, creating a series of thoughtful and engaging police procedurals' - Val McDermid

Author Biography

Jill McGown was born in Campbeltown, on the peninsula of Kintyre, in Argyll, but moved to Corby, Northamptonshire, with her family when she was ten, where she lived until her death in 2007. Coincidentally, at Corby Grammar School in the early sixties, her Latin teacher was Colin Dexter, long before Inspector Morse was policing Oxford.Jill is best known for her mystery series featuring Chief Inspector Lloyd and Sergeant Judy Hill, the first of which, A Perfect Match, was published in 1983. Murder at the Old Vicarage, originally published as Redemption, is the second Lloyd and Hill book of the thirteen novels in the series. She adopted the classic traditions of the genre, but brought a modern twist through her characters and situations, and many of her peers believe her work deserves to be better known.

Review

McGown can be relied on to produce a first-rate puzzle * Sunday Telegraph *One of the most seriously underrated crime novelists around * The Times *McGown teases to the absolute, agonizing limit * Sunday Times *An expertly crafted whodunit . . . Once again McGown has delivered outstanding entertainment * Publishers Weekly *

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Scene of Crime is a seasonal festive murder mystery from Jill McGown, the critically acclaimed author of Murder at the Old Vicarage

Details ISBN1035029707 Author Jill McGown Pages 240 Publisher Pan Macmillan Year 2024 ISBN-13 9781035029709 Format Paperback Imprint Pan Books Subtitle A Christmas Murder Mystery Place of Publication London Country of Publication United Kingdom DEWEY 823.914 Audience General ISBN-10 1035029707 Publication Date 2024-10-17 UK Release Date 2024-10-17 AU Release Date 2025-02-24 NZ Release Date 2025-02-24 We've got this

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