I'll Sing You Two-O - Hardcover

Fraser, Anthea

3.84

158 ratings by Goodreads

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 031214623X ISBN 13: 9780312146238

Publisher: St Martins Pr, 1996

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When two bodies are found in an abandoned van outside of Monica Tovey's house, Detective Chief Inspector Webb is called in to solve the murders before Monica herself becomes the next victim

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From Kirkus Reviews:

The White twins of Shillingham---young, blond, and identical---are window washers by trade, football hooligans and small-time thieves on the side. Their bodies are discovered in the back of their beat-up van, covered by a tarp, keys in the ignition. Monica Tovey had heard the van sputter to a stop late at night on her quiet street and had seen in the streetlight the face of a man walking away. In his 12th case, Detective Chief Inspector David Webb heads the investigation (The Gospel Makers, 1996, etc.) and after single, 40-ish Monica gets a series of mysterious phone calls, keeps her under watch as she goes about her business-- running Randall Tovey, the upscale women's shop founded by her grandfather, and serving as a town magistrate. Webb and his team carefully explore the twins' background and the businesses they serviced, one of which is the art gallery owned by Harry Marlow. Harry had once been engaged to Monica's sister Eloise, who'd jilted him for marriage to wine dealer Justin Teal. Now, years later, Harry, married to Claudia, and the Teals are best friends--or are they? Red herrings are strewn across the scene with abandon, but in the end Webb's artistic interests and some long-standing residents' complaints come together to solve the puzzle. Diminished a bit by a not very convincing killer, but, still, a competent, civilized police procedural, enhanced by sensitive probing of snarled relationships and a nicely drawn small-town ambiance. -- Copyright �1996, Kirkus Associates, LP. All rights reserved.

From Publishers Weekly:

Titled after an old English folksong, the latest in the Inspector Webb series (after The Gospel Makers) has Webb investigating the deaths of two young men, twins, whose bodies are found in an abandoned van outside the house of Monica Tovey, a magistrate. Tovey is particularly upset because, after hearing the vehicle sputter to a stop outside her door one night, she peeked out the window and saw the driver, who in the streetlamp's light stared back at her. If this is the killer, she fears for her safety. Delving into the twins' lives, Webb learns they were a pair of football-mad window washers, who committed a little petty theft on the side?the sort whose penchant for trouble could have made them any number of enemies. The case becomes more elusive, however, when the mysterious driver calls Tovey and convinces her that he is guilty only of stealing the abandoned van, not of murder. Webb, as in previous books, must literally go back to the drawing board, where his skill as an artist frees him to record his impressions and home in on the murderer. Fraser's rendering of an English community is again impeccable, enabling a reader not only to take pleasure in the mystery itself, which involves a very unlikely killer, but also to feel part of the life of a small, worried town.
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