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A detective who's no angel despite his name . . .
Meet Detective Inspector Michael Angel. An old-school policeman who sometimes rubs his colleagues up the wrong way. He's got his flaws, but he never gives up on a case.
A murder. A swindle. And some very eccentric suspects.
Inspector Angel and his team are sent to investigate the death of a young woman in a car wreck. Her vehicle ploughed into a tree. She is found in the foetal position twenty yards from the crash. An empty whisky bottle is discovered nearby.
Inquiries indicate that she'd uncovered a high-profile swindle and her isolated cottage had been ransacked.
Meanwhile, Angel reluctantly gets involved with a recently married middle-aged couple who have bought a house haunted by the ghost of an alcoholic dentist and his family who died tragically in 1760.
The investigations become more mystifying and dangerous, as Angel races to find the explanation and stop more mayhem and murder.
A brilliantly absorbing mystery full of twists. Perfect for fans of R.D. Wingfield, Colin Dexter, Peter Robinson, Reginald Hill, and Agatha Christie.
THE DETECTIVE
Michael Angel is over fifty, married to Mary. They don't have any children. They are a devoted couple but the relationship sometimes breaks down due to his job or due to the problems of Mary's sister who lives in Edinburgh and imposes on their easygoing natures. Michael works at the small local police station and is devoted to defeating crime, murder, and dishonesty of any sort and has no personal ambition beyond being a good husband and a successful detective. He doesn't want promotion with all the routine office work and stress that goes with it. He is incorruptible but always short of money.
THE SETTING
Bromersley is a market town at the bottom of the Pennines surrounded by stone and hawthorn-edged fields grazed by cattle and sheep. It is cold as anywhere in the winter but its closeness to the mountains protects it from many gales and heavy falls of snow. The town's industry today includes the manufacture of ball bearings and whisky bottles, and a huge brewery produces Bromersley's best bitter, which is considered the finest beer for miles around. Wednesday is market day, and the town centre is host to the frequent cries of stall-holders hawking their wares while the enticing smells of cheeses, coffees, foreign spices and fish and chips tempt your taste buds as you wander through the stalls. The police always find it difficult to catch pilferers and pickpockets in such a crowd.
PRAISE FOR ROGER SILVERWOOD:
'Solid plotting, unpretentious writing,
thoroughly reliable entertainment
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Morning Star
'A cast of characters you really want to populate with familiar faces of actors you see each week on TV -
great fun. Angel is terrific
Books Monthly
'Once again Silverwood combines
a classic mystery plot with well-developed characters
Publishers Weekly