A Mysterious Review of …
Deadly Virtues by Jo Bannister.
Review summary: This is an exceptionally well-crafted mystery, headlined by two extraordinary leads, who are about as endearing as characters come. The murder mystery storyline is clever and deceptively simple, and plays to the strengths of both characters. It would be a crime, as it were, if these two did not make a return appearance. (Click here for text of full review.)
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Deadly Virtues
Jo Bannister
Minotaur Books (March 2013)
Publisher synopsis: The town of Norbold, England is famous for its low crime rate, thanks to the zero-tolerance policy of Chief Superintendent John Fountain. And Norbold's newest police recruit, Hazel Best, is happy to help keep it that way. But numbers never tell the whole story, do they?
Jerome Cardy knew he was going to die. He also knew that it would be made to appear like an accident. He might not be able to prevent it, but Jerome was determined to make sure that someone knew what was going to happen — even if that someone was a man with a concussion lying with his dog in a jail cell next to him.
After Jerome is found beaten to death by a fellow inmate in another cell, Ash is unable to forget Jerome's last awkward words to him: "I had a dog once. Othello. That was its name. Othello." Certain there is a hidden message in these words, Ash is determined to discover the truth. But it won't be easy — no one believes his account of that night. And Hazel Best must decide whether pursuing the truth is worth her career.
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