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Murder in Adland

Detective Inspector Skelgill Investigates Book 1

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Murder in Adland

By: Bruce Beckham
Narrated by: Jonathan Keeble
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Meet maverick British detective DI Skelgill... "mad, bad and just a little bit cozy."

WHEN A HIGH-FLYING ADMAN is stabbed to death on a company weekend in the English Lake District, local detective Daniel Skelgill finds himself wrenched from his rural Cumbrian comfort zone.

As the investigation unfolds, DI Skelgill is led a merry dance between London and Edinburgh, at every turn confronted by uncooperative suspects – colleagues, wife and lovers of the deceased – each of whom is possessed of motive and opportunity.

Is this a crime of passion, a professional hit, or a cleverly calculated killing borne out of greed and jealousy?

In this traditional-style whodunit, the case can only be solved by carefully piecing together the essential clues – but Skelgill is running out of time. The patience of his superiors wears thin, while the actions of an anonymous agent provocateur serve only to advance the moment when the killer must strike again.©2012 Bruce Beckham (P)2023 W. F. Howes Ltd Cosy Crime Fiction International Mystery & Crime Mystery Police Procedural Traditional Detectives Fiction Crime Detective
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I have read several of the newer DI Skelgill novels, which have original plots and vivid Lakeland settings. This - the first in the series - is an enjoyable introduction and explains how DS Emma Jones explodes into his hitherto comfortable existence. The narrator, in my view, captures Skelgill to a T (or should that be tea?).

Enjoyable murder mystery

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Sound plot and well-defined characters. A visiting house-party of young advertising executives are set at loggerheads by a shocking murder in their midst. The killer may be being blackmailed, and DI Daniel Skelgill must catch them before they strike again. An intriguing backstory in which ‘lone wolf’ Skelgill meets his match in rookie cop DS Emma Jones.

Great British detective story set in the Lake District

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Not a bad yarn although more description about the fishing and cricket than the murder!! characterisation ok but rather blurred but we'll read and rounded up not a favourite but ok

too much fishing and cricket!!

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Never knowing the whether the next move would be right and proper or not, leading to success!

The Distractions of the Plot.

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I listened to this because I like the narrator and the genre but the story lacked technical forensic detail that I would expect with a crime story and included unnecessary detail on fishing and cricket both of which I have no interest in. Characters lacked depth and I had no empathy with them. It was free as part of Plus catelogue and was 1st in a series, I won't bother with the rest

Great narrator, poor story

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