Inspector Barnaby: Written in Blood (Paperback)

from diana.hauser

WRITTEN IN BLOOD: Inspector Barnaby #4 by Caroline Graham. The Inspector Barnaby series is written against a very detailed backdrop of British village life. The locations, the plots, the characters are British to the extreme, and are reminiscent of a 'golden age' of mystery by writers like Agatha...

from Hanneri

A man is killed, most brutally. No one seems to have a reason, except a famous author who comes to his writing group the same night as the murder. Barnaby has to figure it out. Of course, it ends up being someone whom the reader would never suspect but the clues had been left there all along.

from weisser4

Not your average book club in this lovely little village. Oh no, these avid readers are authors as well, or seem to think of themselves as such. After inviting the well known, Max Jennings, to come speak to and with the group, the groups fearless leader is found murdered. Gerald had not wanted Je...

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These books are not an easy read. Several characters, not just the baddie, are irredeemably stupid or evil or both; even the good guys are ambiguous. Which is reality, yes, but not quite what I had in mind.

from kmajort

OK. This series is not as long-lived with me as many.... I could stop, satisfied, after Death of a Hollow Man (especially since I'm so addicted to the tv show!)