![]() ![]() Sometimes I feel like a stuck record, but at well over 500 pages this novel is ridiculously over-long – repetitive and padded to the point where I several times considered abandoning it. When a body is found on the land, it will be up to Inspector Vera Stanhope and her right-hand man Joe Ashworth to work out motives and opportunity, and to connect the dots between the murder and Bella’s suicide… ![]() Grace is the complete opposite – introverted, quiet, clearly unhappy. Anne is an extrovert, and has had a string of affairs, most recently with the man who wants to turn the land into a quarry. The other two women on the team are strangers to Rachael and to each other. She knows Bella loves her life in this harsh landscape so when she arrives only to find Bella dead, hanged in the barn, she finds it hard to accept the official verdict of suicide. Rachael is the leader of the team, and knows the area well – her friend Bella lives on the neighbouring farm. Three women are staying at Baikie’s Cottage to carry out an environmental impact study on land which is earmarked to be turned into a quarry. Is there an editor in the house? □ □ □ ![]()
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