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Chief Inspector Alec Stainton tries to cage the killer of a stringent animal rights activist before the murderer strikes another member of the activist's group
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In the fifth Chief Inspector Alec Stainton mystery, Murray ( Fetch Out No Shroud ) marshals a cast of wretched, unsympathetic characters and moves them along at a lackluster pace. Members of CAMEX (Campaign Against Medical Experimentation) are being harassed: one is investigated for abusing her young son; another, a schoolteacher, is anonymously accused of molesting his female students. Then Kate Randall, CAMEX leader, is bludgeoned to death. Inspector Stainton and his colleagues must determine whether Kate's murder was another warning to her group or resulted from mistaken identity--on the night of her death she wore a black cap that made her look like another woman. A subplot involves the inspector's rocky romance with a doctor who describes herself as "illogical and unreasonable; moody; cursed by the moon; full of faith, and of doubt; demanding. " Murray's female characters are typically hormone-addled, weepy and deferential to stoic males throughout--in short, they are stereotypical and outdated. They, as well as the halting narrative, make this a mystery to miss.
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- PublisherSt. Martin's
- Publication date1991
- ISBN 10 0002323567
- ISBN 13 9780002323567
- BindingHardcover
- Edition number1
- Number of pages256
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Fatal Opinions
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The Crime Club, an imprint of HarperCollins Publishers, London, 1991
ISBN 10: 0002323567
ISBN 13: 9780002323567
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Hard Cover. Condition: Fair. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. First Edition. Red/gilt cloth hardback in protected illustrated DJ - protective covering wrinkled. 253pp. Fep missing. A few "dog-ears". This is a withdrawn library book stamped to that effect. Sound content. Fair. Seller Inventory # 8173
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Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. No Jacket. Former library book; May have limited writing in cover pages. Pages are unmarked. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less 1. Seller Inventory # G0002323567I4N10
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