Set in war-weary 1944 London, Wilson's second thriller featuring Scotland Yard Det. Insp. Ted Stratton falls short of the high standard set by its predecessor, The Innocent Spy, which won the CWA Ellis Peters Historical Award. When Stratton looks into the suspicious death of Dr. Reynolds, whose fatal head wounds might have resulted from foul play or a falling bomb, the inspector discoversthat Reynolds may have been fooling around with the nurses at his hospital, and that the physician may have been negligent in the handling of several patients who ended up dying. Wilson alternates between Stratton's perspective and that of a psychopath who infiltrates the staff of Reynolds's hospital by posing as a doctor, James Dacre, despite the absence of any medical training. Dacre manages to avoid being found out for an unrealistic length of time, but that improbability is dwarfed by the over-the-top ending that vitiates almost all the emotional force of the novel's opening. (Mar.)
After almost five years of conflict, London's exhausted inhabitants are living in a world of dereliction. War-weary DI Ted Stratton is no exception, but he cannot help being drawn in by his latest case. Called on to investigate when a doctor is found dead in Fitzrovia's Middlesex Hospital, Stratton soon realizes that someone involved is not who they appear to be. Meanwhile Jenny, Ted's wife, is working at the local Rest Centre. When a bombed-out woman appears at the centre, declaring that the man claiming to be her husband is an imposter, Jenny thinks that it must be due to shock. The reality, however, is far more dangerous... Ultimately, for Stratton and Jenny perhaps there is only one thing they can trust: their fear.
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An Empty Death
After almost five years of conflict, London's exhausted inhabitants are living in a world of dereliction. War-weary DI Ted Stratton is no exception, but he cannot help being drawn in by his latest case. Called on to investigate when a doctor is found dead in Fitzrovia's Middlesex Hospital, Stratton soon realizes that someone involved is not who they appear to be. Meanwhile Jenny, Ted's wife, is working at the local Rest Centre. When a bombed-out woman appears at the centre, declaring that the man claiming to be her husband is an imposter, Jenny thinks that it must be due to shock. The reality, however, is far more dangerous... Ultimately, for Stratton and Jenny perhaps there is only one thing they can trust: their fear.
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BN ID: | 2940170421312 |
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Publisher: | Isis Publishing Ltd |
Publication date: | 11/01/2009 |
Series: | Ted Stratton |
Edition description: | Unabridged |
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