DEAD ENDS - Softcover

Ann C. Fallon

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9780671751340: DEAD ENDS
Softcover
ISBN 10: 0671751344 ISBN 13: 9780671751340
Publisher: Pocket, 1992

Synopsis

Summoned to Cromlech Lodge to draw up a will for the inn's handsome owner, widower Kevin Conlon, Dublin solicitor James Fleming finds himself caught in the middle when Conlon is accused of murder. Original.

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Something has gone awry at Ireland's Cromlech Lodge. James Fleming, a Dublin solicitor and occasional sleuth, just happens to be staying at the inn to draw up a will for the owner when an overweight and unappealing guest topples down the main staircase and dies on the dining room floor. What follows this unfortunate demise is a cerebral mystery story that turns bloody only in the final pages. As he investigates, Fleming discovers a diary kept by a woman who lived at the lodge during its previous incarnation as a "home for the bewildered." Even some corny writing--Fleming knows that he must locate the murderer by identifying the person with a "lusting to kill" in his or her heart--doesn't slow down this well-paced story. The upscale setting with its creepy past provides atmosphere, although Fallon ( Where Death Lies ) sometimes relies on stereotypes to bolster lesser characters such as Fleming's confidant, who lives with a patient wife and a brood of children and thinks mostly of his next glass of ale.
Copyright 1992 Reed Business Information, Inc.

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Publisher
Pocket
Publication date
1992
Language
English
ISBN 10 
0671751344
ISBN 13 
9780671751340
Binding
Paperback
Number of pages
256
Rating
  • 3.43 out of 5 stars
    35 ratings by Goodreads