Hard Going

by Cynthia Harrod-Eagles Narrated by Terry Wale

Overview

The late Mr Lionel Bygood, who looks, to all intents and purposes, like an old-fashioned sort of gentleman, has been bashed in the head with a bronze statue, in what Doc Cameron describes as “our old friend the Frenzied Attack”. It soon emerges that Mr Bygood was a philanthropist, well-known locally for giving help and advice to all who needed it, from all walks of life. But with all signs pointing to the victim knowing his killer, Bill Slider and his team find themselves embroiled in an investigation that provides scant evidence or possible motive, but all too many suspects...

Editorial Reviews

Booklist Starred Review

As usual, a tour de force of character-driven crime writing from genre master Harrod-Eagles

From the Publisher

As usual, a tour de force of character-driven crime writing from genre master Harrod-Eagles”
Booklist Starred Review of Hard Going

“Harrod-Eagles continues to entertain with this well-plotted, gracefully written procedural series.”
Publishers Weekly on Hard Going

Kirkus Reviews

2014-01-09
London detectives search for the murderer of a neighborhood philanthropist. Retired solicitor Lionel Bygod had just begun to write out a check in the elegant reception room of his Shepherd's Bush flat when someone bashed in the back of his head with a bronze statuette. DI Bill Slider and his subordinates interview Bygod's acquaintances, who assure them that the victim was a quiet, well-mannered man who loved the theater, was active in volunteer work and helped people in the area, especially those down on their luck. Bygod was a moderately wealthy man with no known next of kin and no will. What could have driven someone to kill him? Maybe the unpopular defense case that brought him nothing but harassment and drove him into retirement. Besides searching for the most vocal of Bygod's persecutors as a possible suspect, Slider also grills Angela Kroll, Bygod's housekeeper, who has a key to the flat and a husband deeply in debt. A mystery woman from Bygod's Oxford days and a missing photograph make Slider question whether the victim was really the honest and generous man he seemed. And who was the intended payee of the check that Bygod never finished writing? Levelheaded DI Slider (Blood Never Dies, 2012, etc.) returns in a satisfying balance of bullpen banter, lively characterization and thorough detection. Although Harrod-Eagles (Kate's Progress, 2013, etc.) tips her hand earlier than she might have, a poignant ending more than makes up for this minor lapse.

Product Details

BN ID:	2940173603869
Publisher:	Soundings, Limited
Publication date:	07/01/2014
Series:	Bill Slider Series , #16
Edition description:	Unabridged

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