A long time dead

Format:

Book

Title:

A long time dead

Author:

Spencer, Sally.

ISBN:

9780727863638

9780727891686

Edition:

1st world ed.

Publication Information:

New York : Severn House, 2006.

Physical Description:

233 pages ; 23 cm

Number in series:

General Note:

"A Chief Inspector Woodend novel"--Cover.

Summary:

When Captain Robert Kineally went missing from Haverton American Army base in Devon in 1944, it was generally assumed he had lost his nerve and deserted. But now, twenty years after the War ended, a body found on the near-derelict base seems to tell an entirely different story. DCI Charlie Woodend has strong reasons for not wanting the case. As a sergeant on secondment to the Americans, he served at Haverton himself; he left Haverton only a few days before the murder, so he is personally involved. However, he is given the case, and it is soon plain that while the British Government expects one outcome, the American Government will be happy with nothing less than the opposite.

Corporate Subject:

United States. Army -- Barracks and quarters -- Fiction.

United States. Army. (OCoLC)fst00533532

Subject(s):

United States. Army -- Barracks and quarters -- Fiction.

Woodend, Charlie (Fictitious character) -- Fiction.

Police -- England -- Fiction.

Murder -- Investigation -- Fiction.

Geographic Term:

England.

Genre:

Detective and mystery stories.

Detective and mystery fiction.

Fiction.

Mystery stories.

Holds:

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The latest Detective Chief Inspector Woodend mystery

When Captain Robert Kineally went missing from Haverton American Army base in Devon in 1944, it was generally assumed he had lost his nerve and deserted. But now, twenty years after the War ended, a body found on the near-derelict base seems to tell an entirely different story. DCI Charlie Woodend has strong reasons for not wanting the case.

As a sergeant on secondment to the Americans, he served at Haverton himself, left it only a few days before the murder, and he is personally involved. However, he is given the case, and it is soon plain that while the British Government expects one outcome, the American Government will be happy with nothing less than the opposite.

Author Notes

Professor Spivey is the McLaurin Shivers Professor of Chemical Engineering at Louisiana State University and Director of the DOE Energy Frontier Research Center at LSU. Professor Spivey's research interests include the application of the principles of heterogeneous catalysis to catalytic combustion, control of sulfur and nitrogen oxides from combustion processes, acid/base catalysis (e.g., for condensation reactions), hydrocarbon synthesis, and the study of catalyst deactivation.

Reviews (1)

Booklist Review

Chief Inspector Charlie Woodend's latest case takes him back to World War II, when he was dogsbody for a particularly unpleasant officer, Douglas Coutes. Decades later, Coutes is a government minister, and Charlie is a chief inspector. But their paths never cross until Coutes calls Charlie to say he's been accused of murder and to ask for Charlie's help. The case is complicated by the fact that the murder took place in 1944; a further twist is that the victim was the brother of an influential American politician. The U.S. flies in an FBI team to assist on the case, and they're quick to poke fun at Charlie's plodding technique. But the FBI seems exceptionally eager to close the case, and when they confirm Coutes' innocence in a few days with little evidence, Charlie smells a rat. This is an outstanding British police procedural, and it may just be the best yet in this popular and inventive series. Don't forget Woodend when you're compiling those lists of best British coppers: he belongs in the same league with Rebus, Resnick, Harpur and Iles, Morse, et al. --Emily Melton Copyright 2006 Booklist