Open And Closed
Add to Wishlist
Open And Closed

Open And Closed

by Mat Coward

Product Details

ISBN-13: 9781440163227
Publisher: iUniverse, Incorporated
Publication date: 07/23/2009
Pages: 252
Product dimensions: 5.50(w) x 8.50(h) x 0.57(d)

About the Author

Mat Coward lives in Somerset, Britain. Ellery Queen's Mystery Magazine called him "One of the funniest writers in the history of crime fiction." As well as the Packham and Mitchell novels, he writes short stories which have been broadcast on BBC Radio, published in scores of anthologies and magazines around the world, and nominated for the Dagger and Edgar awards.

Customer Reviews

Average Review

Write a Review

Share This Item

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

See All Customer Reviews

Open and Closed 5 out of 5 based on 0 ratings. 2 reviews.
PKMAZ More than 1 year ago
Worth the read - I loved the book and enjoyed the characters and the plot. Mat Coward writes with such humor I often find myself laughing out loud. I've bought every book I found featuring DI Don Packham and Frank Mitchell along with a book of his short stories. Rapidly becoming one of my very favorites, his writing style is refreshing and not to be missed.
harstan More than 1 year ago
Though only a few years old, the relatively popular North London's Bath Street Library is closing because the party in power changed and wants to eradicate any progressive traces initiated by their predecessors. The Libraries Open for Everyone protests the closing with a sit-in. However, someone murders one of the eight protestors, popular activist octogenarian Bert ¿Bolshi¿ Rosen, who was carrying a handgun as if he expected trouble, but obviously never used it when he was strangled to death with a ligature by someone who knew him one of the magnificent seven protesters.................. Cowden CID DC Frank Mitchell and his superior DI Don Packham head the investigation into the locked door mystery. They struggle with why Bert the Bolshi was packing a gun, but hope to eliminate suspects by accounting for their time even bathroom breaks. They interrogate the seven suspects beginning with the branch librarian Dot Estevez, but finding the guilty party remains difficult to find as no one has the opportunity and the motive is even murkier............... Though the who-done-it never takes center stage, the cast make for an amusing tale. Readers will appreciate the sardonic wit of the DI and the wary acceptance by his direct employee. The seven suspects are an eccentric lot while the victim adds to the overall feel of a zany group starring ironically in a cozy. Mat Coward writes a fun British police procedural.......... Harriet Klausner