Das Buch wäre vielleicht auf Englisch besser gewesen, aber auch auf Deutsch war es sehr spannend. Die Stimmung kommt hervorragend rüber. Ich finde den Ansatz super, eine Story um das berühmte Aufnahmestudio der Beatles zu kreieren. Doch da hat mir noch ein wenig der Bezug zu diesen Jahrzehnt gefehlt. Aber ich kann es jedem empfehlen.
An unoccupied house which is for sale becomes a crime scene when a body is found in a freezer. This is just the first of a couple of bodies that DS Alexandra Cupidi has to deal with. They do not seem to be connected in any way, but the deeper she digs, the more apparent it becomes that all is somehow linked to the housing project September Homes which causes fierce protests among locals. One of them is the victim in the freezer, Vincent Gibbons, who had been observing badgers in the area and feared that the new houses would kill them or drive them away. Alex Cupidi’s daughter Zoë and their neighbour and ex policeman Bill South also protest against the destruction of the habitat, but quite soon, all three of them have to realise that powerful enemies are willing to do everything to stop them from interfering with the project.
The third instalment of the DS Alexandra Cupidi series so far is the best in my opinion. A single body with no obvious links to anything is the starting point of a highly complex murder investigation which expands from chapter to chapter. What I totally adored were the chapters the old badger is given a voice, thus, the topic of building houses without considering the impact on wildlife becomes a lot more important and interesting and one can only agree with the badger when it concludes, “People stink.”
The plot is perfectly crafted, first moving at a slower pace but then accelerating and also raising suspense. The connections between the different dots are all but obvious and it was a great fun puzzling over it. In the end, the case is solved without leaving any questions unanswered. What I liked most this time was how the characters developed, especially the relationship between Alexandra and her daughter. Bill also becomes more and more a close friend of the two while remaining a bit stubborn but he has the heart in the right place. Alexandra’s partner Jill also becomes more remarkable providing just glimpses of her past where a lot seems to remain to be uncovered.
A series which I absolutely adore and would like to read more of.
Nicht nur spannend, sondern auch lehrreich durch seine Rückblicke auf die Nordirland- Konflikte. Sympathischer Hauptprotagonist, der einem am Schluss fast leidtut.
I've been a magazine and newspaper journalist for many years, writing in the UK and the US. I became fascinated by close-up real-life narratives and wrote books about subjects young men in South Central Los Angeles, or people who'd joined religious cults. I've always thought the closer you look at people, the more strange and engaging they become. I hope something of that has transferred over to my fiction, a three-part crime series featuring Detective Sergeant Tozer and the woman who he is supposed to be supervising, Woman Police Constable Tozer. It's set in 1968, at a time when European culture was changing at a breakneck speed.London, Oktober 1968: Die Jungen, Wilden und Schönen haben die Macht ergriffen. Sie haben ihre eigenen Fernsehprogramme und Radiosender, ihre Boutiquen und eine eigene Sprache. Die Röcke werden kürzer, die Hosen enger. Im Abbey Road Studio entstehen die wahrscheinlich wichtigsten Alben aller Zeiten. Und vor dem Studio warten Hunderte junge Frauen darauf, dass SIE erscheinen: die Beatles.
Doch nur eine Straßenecke weiter zeigt sich ein anderes London. Die anonyme Leiche einer jungen Frau wird entdeckt. Der einzige Anhaltspunkt, den Detective Cathal Breen und seine Kollegin Helen Tozer haben: Sie muss ein Beatles-Fan gewesen sein. Ihre Ermittlungen führen die beiden vom Fan-Club der Fab Four zu einer Gerichtsverhandlung gegen John Lennon und zu George Harrisons Haus. Aber der wahre Grund, wieso das Mädchen sterben musste, ist viel tragischer, als sie es sich hätten träumen lassen.
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