Rooted in Evil (Campbell & Carter Mystery 5)

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What to expect

Rooted in Evil by Ann Granger is set in the Cotswold village of Weston Saint Ambrose and features Inspector Jess Campbell and Superintendent Ian Carter in their fifth murder mystery.

When the body of a man, with his brains blown out, is found in a Cotswold wood it looks like suicide. But looks can be deceptive and it doesn't take long for the police to identify that there's more to the case than meets the eye.

People's stories don't add up and when Superintendent Ian Carter and Inspector Jess Campbell start probing it becomes clear that the dead man had ruffled more than a few feathers in this close-knit community. His stepsister had been bailing him out of his financial troubles - much against her husband's wishes - but, with his money worries still mounting, the victim had become a desperate man...

As Jess and Ian dig deeper and deeper into the case, a cover-up is exposed and bitter resentment rises to the surface to reveal a killer.

(P)2017 Headline Publishing Group Limited

Critics Review

  • Characterisation, as ever with Granger, is sharp and astringent

    The Times
  • The plot is neat and ingenious, the characters rounded and touchingly credible … a pleasure to read

    Ham and High
  • The reader can expect a treat. Lively, different and fun

    Yorkshire Post
  • She is on to another winner

    Birmingham Post

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