Aftermath

by Peter Turnbull

Overview

The latest Hennessey and Yellich mystery

When five corpses in various states of decomposition are found chained to the walls of a kitchen garden, Hennessey and Yellich quickly begin their investigation. The recently deceased owner of the house was housebound for the last twenty-five years, and so would have had no idea of the appalling crimes taking place yards away. At first, there doesn't seem to be much to go on, the victims appear to have little in common, but Hennessey and Yellich know that the dead must hold the clues they need . . .

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781780101941
Publisher:	Severn House
Publication date:	09/12/2012
Series:	A Hennessey and Yellich Mystery , #21
Sold by:	Barnes & Noble
Format:	eBook
Pages:	192
File size:	383 KB

About the Author

Peter Turnbull is the author of the acclaimed Hennessey and Yellich novels and the new Harry Vicary series. He lives in Yorkshire, England.

Editorial Reviews

Those with a hankering for a solid police procedural with no distracting subplots will welcome this gripping entry in British author Turnbull's long-running series featuring George Hennessey and Somerled Yellich (Deliver Us from Evil, etc.). When solicitor John Seers inspects the kitchen garden of a vacant mansion while taking inventory, he discovers five mostly skeletal human bodies. Each of the victims was restrained—gagged as well as chained by the wrists behind the back and by the ankle to a large concrete block. The Yorkshire police have a tall order to identify the victims and find out who systematically left them to die a cruel death. True to form, the members of Hennessey's team doggedly search for a common thread uniting the five. While characterization isn't one of the books strong points, the unpredictable story line builds to a surprising closing twist. (Feb.)

Publishers Weekly

"Turnbull's Hennessey and Yellich books may be less well-known than some British police procedurals, ut readers who enjoy the genre will find them well worth exploring. Turnbull's writing is smooth, soothing, and low-key. A solid entry in an always reliable series"

Booklist

"Turnbull’s Hennessey and Yellich books may be less well-known than some British police procedurals, but readers who enjoy the genre will find them well worth exploring. Turnbull’s writing is smooth, soothing, and low-key. A solid entry in an always reliable series"

Booklist

While inventorying a large estate in Yorkshire, England, an attorney finds a walled kitchen garden with several decomposed corpses chained to the wall. DCI George Hennessey (Deliver Us from Evil) has his hands full with this case. No one handles a police procedural better than Turnbull, throwing a case of murder with no clues, no motive, and no suspects at his team of officers to investigate. VERDICT Fans of Sally Spencer and Cynthia Harrod-Eagles will enjoy this one.

Library Journal

A harvest of bodies found in the kitchen garden of an estate leads to a whopper of a case for the crew at Micklegate Bar.

Bromyards was the place to work in the tiny village of Milking Nook, on the road between Driffield and York. Mr. Housecarl was kind to his employees and the villagers alike, helping the former with money for emergencies and allowing the latter to poach freely on his land. But as he aged, the landowner withdrew, laying off his staff one by one and ending his days in a single room, living on Meals on Wheels. No wonder that after his death, Housecarl's solicitor finds nearly all the doors of Bromyards stuck shut. But when he tries the door to the walled kitchen garden, it swings open freely, revealing a horrifying sight: at least five bodies in various stages of decomposition. DCI George Hennessey (Deliver Us from Evil, 2010, etc.) assists medical examiner Louise D'Acre in establishing the ages of the corpses and pretty soon matches them with a list of missing women. But Commander Sharkey, trotting out the old chestnut about Johnny Taighe, who died of a stroke after being assigned to senior math, confines Hennessey to his desk. So it's up to Hennessey's mates—Yellich, Webster, Ventnor and Pharoah—to discover how the dead women were connected in life.

Painting domestic details with a pastry brush rather than a spatula, Turnbull delivers a red-meat procedural sure to please the most demanding pound-the-pavement fan.

Kirkus Reviews