Hot
Pursuit
A
Gillian Adams Mystery
Nora
Kelly
Poisoned
Pen Press (Hardcover)
ISBN-10: 1-59058-014-1 (1590580141)
ISBN-13: 978-1-59058-014-1 (9781590580141)
Publication Date: April 2002
List Price: $24.95
Synopsis (from the publisher): Gillian Adams has moved to London to live with policeman Edward Gisborne, her lover of many years. Feeling displaced, she seeks out her old friend Charlotte, once a brilliant television producer. But Charlotte is sunk in despair, and her daughter Olivia, a young actress, is fleeing from a disturbed fan who may be a dangerous stalker. London, on the brink of the new millennium, boils with traffic, money and a record heat wave. After Charlotte is found dead, events gather towards an explosive climax as Olivia confronts her pursuer and the terrible sequel to a hidden past.
Review:
Hot
Pursuit, the exceptional
fifth mystery to feature Professor Gillian Adams, is marred only by the
somewhat absurd made-for-Hollywood conclusion. Had author Nora Kelly
ended the book some 30 pages earlier, it may have been one of the best
mysteries of the year.
While the pacing of Hot Pursuit
is rather slow and methodical, it's never dull or boring. Gillian's
recollections of her friendship with Charlotte are both touching and
relevant to the present. Charlotte's daughter Olivia, the stalker
Kevin, and Gillian's lover Edward are all realistically depicted and
believable. The individual tension experienced by these characters is
unified by the oppressive heat of the London summer.
This literate, absorbing mystery makes an awkward, ill-conceived turn
in its final pages that does little to add to the story and worse,
damages the entire effort.
Despite its flawed climatic finale, Hot
Pursuit
is definitely worth reading.
Special thanks to Poisoned Pen Press for providing an ARC of Hot Pursuit for this review.
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Poisoned Pen Press (Hardcover), April 2002
ISBN-10: 1-59058-014-1 (1590580141)
ISBN-13: 978-1-59058-014-1 (9781590580141)
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Location(s) referenced: London, England.
