Aftermath (A Hennessey and Yellich Mystery)
Jul 03, Tricia rated it liked it. Like Dark Secrets, I found the book easy and comfortable, but there wer many similarities to the first I read, evrn to Inspector Hennesey arriving home to find his sons car parked out front. One perpetrator in both books had winkle-picker shoes. However, I did enjoy the book even though I might have chosen a different one.
May 23, Beth rated it really liked it. All of the books follow a pattern. A minor character comes across a body, the police are called in, Detective Chief Inspector George Hennessey and Detective Sergeant Somerled Yellich are placed in charge of investigating the murder, and within days, the case is resolved. Turnbull begins each chapter with a time and date so the reader gets the impression that the pages reflect real time.
Turnbull is unique in that Hennessey and Yellich are not pulled into other crimes; there are no distractions for the police on the case so there are no distractions for the reader either. AFTERMATH begins with the discovery of skeletons in a deserted kitchen garden at Bromyards, an estate that has fallen into acute disrepair as the owner withdraws further and further away from the larger world.
By the time Nicholas Housecarl dies at the age of ninety-five, he has reduced his world to a bedroom and a bathroom on an upper floor. Numerous bodies, in various states of decomposition, have been chained together.
All have been gagged, all are naked, and all were alive at the moment when their wrists were chained to that of another human who arrived alive and died in the tangle of weeds. As the bodies are examined in the mortuary, something else becomes apparent — there is no means by which a cause of death can be determined. Initially, the police can find no connection between the victims. They are of both genders and their ages vary widely. But when discovered, the connection is unique, It is not something I have come across in another series.
Peter Turnbull writes, unfailingly, books that will capture the reader. The main characters are likable, decent people, who could live next door. There is no overt violence; it all happens off page. Just take one on the next visit to the library, and a fan will be born Mar 16, Ruth rated it did not like it Shelves: This may be because I have started in the middle of the series but Perhaps it is also because I have read many a crime novel but I felt that I was taking a police detective course No statement was left unexplained and it made the plot soooooo tedious.
I couldn't bear to read one more page. Sorry, not recommended at all.
Sep 13, Valerie rated it liked it. Never read the previous books, but picked this up anyways without knowing it's part of a series. Nice little mystery story about finding a serial killer. Reading this was like watching one of the tv shows about serial killers.
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Interesting read with mainly dialogue made it easy to get it over with. Sep 18, Greg rated it liked it Shelves: Product details File Size: December 21, Sold by: Share your thoughts with other customers. Write a customer review. Showing of 2 reviews.
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Top Reviews Most recent Top Reviews. There was a problem filtering reviews right now. Please try again later. Didn't really like it. The whole book just seemed to go from one set of characters that possibly might have killed these women to the next set. The character desriptions were good. Maybe because it was in England, I 'm not sure.
I will say the ending was a surprise, but the book just didn't flow easily to read. An interesting book as it followed the search for information and deductions for the perpetrators of a series of killings. It also showed how this was made more difficult by the widespread locations of the crimes.
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Hennessey got a dog, walks to the pub for a pint of bitter British for a certain kind of beer that is known to have a bitter taste , and reads military history books. By the time Nicholas Housecarl dies at the age of ninety-five, he has reduced his world to a bedroom and a bathroom on an upper floor. George Hennessey, a Chief Inspector, is working on a case trying to find a missing middle aged couple named Max and Amanda. Want to Read saving…. ComiXology Thousands of Digital Comics. Thanks for telling us about the problem. Short and easy to read but forgettable.
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