Body Of Opinion - Softcover

Staynes & Storey

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0552134708 ISBN 13: 9780552134705

Publisher: Corgi, 1989

Synopsis

SOME GUESTS DON'T KNOW WHEN TO LEAVE...

The party at the Manor had been a smash, and rock star Ken Cryer was feeling, well pleased... until he found golden Alix Hamilton in his bed. Despite her seductive pose, Alix didn't fancy Ken, or anyone else. She was dead—shot twice, with two different guns, in a room Cryer had specifically locked against intruders.

For Superintendent Robert Bone, these were only the first complications in a case that would include champagne corks that masked the sound of gunfire, a missing, suspect, a stolen religious artifact, an orphaned cat, and the unexpected assistance of one very pretty biology teacher. But it would take a second body to lead Bone, at last, to the unrepentant murderer...

About this title

From Publishers Weekly

Stacey, a name adopted by the British authors of Goodbye, Nanny Gray and A Knife at the Opera , here offers a third novel featuring the endearing Superintendent Bone. A widower settled in a country town with his daughter Charlotte (Cha), Bone enjoys the company of good friends as he recovers from the tragic loss of his wife and launches an investigation into a murder at the mansion of rock star Ken Cryer. During a party, one of Cryer's numerous guests shot Alix Hamilton, a seductive "woman" later revealed to be transvestite Alex Hervey. Also involved is the theft of a priceless religious object, possibly--Bone theorizes--by a born-again fanatic outraged by Cryer's ownership of a sacred symbol. Tracking suspects, the superintendent stumbles on second murder victim, slain to avenge cruel tricks played by Alex in his female role. Bone solves these cases in his own quiet way in a mystery that doubles as a touching tale of Bone's discovery of new love.
Copyright 1989 Reed Business Information, Inc.

From Library Journal

Chief inhabitant of this traditional British mystery Detective Robert Bone ( A Knife at the Opera ) chases the killer of beautiful Alix Hamilton (a.k.a. Alex Hervey, cross-dresser), shot to death at a rock star's party. A representative host of suspects is questioned, while Bone, a widower, slowly falls victim to the charms of a school teacher. Scenes of rock pandemonium and cheerful, cat-induced domesticity alternate with an otherwise dry-toned, extremely pared down, and narrowly focused plot. Slightly uncomfortable, and short, but for most collections.
Copyright 1990 Reed Business Information, Inc.

Edition details

• Publisher: Corgi
• Publication date: 1989
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0552134708
• ISBN 13: 9780552134705
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 224