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In their ninth case, the male-female team of English detectives, Lloyd and Hill, investigates the murder of an abusive farmer who stood to inherit a fortune if he sired a male, a bargain that won him the enmity of many.
thor Jill McGown has a dazzling way with words, creating characters and stories both rich and dark, complex and powerful. Now, in her new ingeniously plotted novel of suspense, honest greed is the basis for a thoroughly bizarre marriage . . . and vicious murder.
East Midlands farmer Bernard Bailey, a violent man with a brutal temper, stands to pocket a hefty inheritance if he fathers a male child. After destroying one wife to achieve this end, Bailey turns his next marriage into a twisted business arrangement. If his new spouse produces a son, she will be paid handsomely for her trouble. But the real trouble is just beginning.
After six months of receiving highly publicized death threats, and having a state-of-the-art security system installed on his property, Bailey becomes just another statistic--a bloodied corpse discarded on his secluded farm. This gruesome homicide launches Detective Chief Inspector Lloyd and Detective Inspector Judy Hill into one of the most unusual inv
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Librería: MURDER BY THE BOOK, Warwick, RI, Estados Unidos de America
Hard Cover. Condición: Fine. Estado de la sobrecubierta: Near Fine. 1st American Edition. First American Edition, July 1998, with complete number line beginning with 1. Fine in fine dust jacket, not price clipped, with protective mylar cover. A Detective Chief Inspector Lloyd (like Morse, he never uses his first name) and Detective Inspector Judy Hill title. Acclaimed author Jill McGown has a dazzling way with words, creating characters and stories both rich and dark, complex and powerful. Now, in her new ingeniously plotted novel of suspense, honest greed is the basis for a thoroughly bizarre marriage . . . and vicious murder. East Midlands farmer Bernard Bailey, a violent man with a brutal temper, stands to pocket a hefty inheritance if he fathers a male child. After destroying one wife to achieve this end, Bailey turns his next marriage into a twisted business arrangement. If his new spouse produces a son, she will be paid handsomely for her trouble. But the real trouble is just beginning. After six months of receiving highly publicized death threats, and having a state-of-the-art security system installed on his property, Bailey becomes just another statistic--a bloodied corpse discarded on his secluded farm. This gruesome homicide launches Detective Chief Inspector Lloyd and Detective Inspector Judy Hill into one of the most unusual investigations of their careers. The question is not "Who stands to gain from his death?" but "Why wasn't the monster killed sooner?" For Bailey aroused strong, murderous passions in just about everyone in Bartonshire, from the abused daughter of his first marriage to his second wife's clandestine lover. But beneath the obvious lies a labyrinth of deceit--and the shocking truth lies deeper still. Book. Nº de ref. del artículo: 019509
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