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CRIME IN THE CHOIR a fiercely addictive crime thriller (Detective Markham Crime Mystery and Suspense Book 1) by [CATHERINE MOLONEY]

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A FIERCELY ADDICTIVE CRIME THRILLER WITH BEAUTIFULLY DRAWN CHARACTERS.

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Please note this book was first published as A Walking Shadow.

Two skeletons are discovered in the grounds of St Mary's Choir School. This was not a centuries-old Christian burial. They are wearing modern-day clothes and there is evidence of foul play. Consecrated land has been sadistically violated.

Detective Inspector Gilbert Markham is a rising talent of the Bromgrove police force. He is on the trail of the murderer, when another life is brutally claimed. Who is the savage killer lurking in this innocent place?

DI Markham and his team are met with intense hostility when they step up their operation. Is this just local panic? Or are they about to stumble into a web of corruption which runs deeper than they could have ever anticipated?

DI MARKHAM FACES A RACE AGAINST TIME TO SAVE HIS GIRLFRIEND FROM BEING THE NEXT VICTIM.

WHAT READERS ARE SAYING ABOUT CRIME IN THE CHOIR:

“Gripped from the start!” Curly

“A beautifully crafted book coming to a resolute finish.” Rob

“Utterly believable characters, beautifully described.” Jacqueline

Perfect for fans of P.D. James, Ruth Rendell, Anne Cleeves or Angela Marsons.

DISCOVER A BRILLIANT NEW BRITISH CRIME MYSTERY SERIES.

THE DETECTIVES
DI GILBERT (‘GIL’) MARKHAM
DI Markham is a startlingly talented detective rising through the ranks of Bromgrove CID. He is distant and austere — the product of a profoundly difficult childhood — but has a natural magnetism which inspires loyalty. He clashes with his slippery boss, DCI Sidney, who prioritises the force’s public image.

DS GEORGE (‘NOAKESY’) NOAKES
DS Noakes is a slobbish, uncouth and outspoken Yorkshireman, an object of despair to his superiors. He is, however, also a man of hidden depths, with a sensitive streak and a secret flair for ballroom dancing. Markham sees through his philistinism and they form an unstoppable partnership.

DETECTIVE INSPECTOR GILBERT MARKHAM SERIES
Book 1: CRIME IN THE CHOIR
Book 2: CRIME IN THE SCHOOL
Book 3: CRIME IN THE CONVENT
Book 4: CRIME IN THE HOSPITAL
Book 5: CRIME IN THE BALLET
Book 6: CRIME IN THE GALLERY
Book 7: CRIME IN THE HEAT
Book 8: CRIME AT HOME
Book 9: CRIME IN THE BALLROOM
Book 10: CRIME IN THE BOOK CLUB
Book 11: CRIME IN THE COLLEGE
Book 12: CRIME IN THE KITCHEN
Book 13: CRIME IN THE SPA
Book 14: CRIME IN THE CRYPT
Book 15: CRIME IN OXFORD
Book 16: CRIME IN CARTON HALL
Book 17: CRIME IN RETIREMENT
Book 18: CRIME IN THE BOUTIQUE

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Detective Markham Crime Mystery and Suspense
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ASIN ‏ : ‎ B07RBBLMBL
Publisher ‏ : ‎ Joffe Books crime thriller and mysteries (30 April 2019)
Language ‏ : ‎ English
File size ‏ : ‎ 984 KB
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Print length ‏ : ‎ 230 pages

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CATHERINE MOLONEY

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Catherine Moloney is a Liverpool writer of Irish-American heritage. After graduating in Jurisprudence from Jesus College (University of Oxford), she was called to the Bar at Gray's Inn. Despite qualifying as a barrister, her first love was English; this led to a PhD in English Literature at Birkbeck College (University of London).

In her academic career, she lectured and published widely on the subject of tuberculosis and nineteenth-century literature, but somehow managed to avoid contracting galloping hypochondria and turned her attention to crime fiction.

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H. Cowan

A good storyline totaly spoiled by extensive use of religious words, phrases and antient words

Reviewed in the United Kingdom 🇬🇧 on 30 May 2019

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This book, if nothing else, has proved to me the value of the dictionary function in my Kindle. After reading 25% of the book I was ready to put in down and file it under "poor decision". As I am not a Church of England enthusiast I could not understand the technicalities of the how the church works and the old English words which still prevail in that organisation. Then there is the frequent, and in my opinion, totally uncessary use of religious quotes throughout the book. This is supposed to be a crime novel - not a religious text! They completely took away from the pace of the story and were a very annoying distraction.
However, not only were the religious phrases and words annoying, so to were the use of 16th and 167th century words which I have never heard of before and have no wish to hear again. It was almost as though the author was demonstrating that he had been to Oxbridge and learned lots of words that no one in the real world has ever heard of before.
Avoid this book unless you are an ardent CoE enthusiast!

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Mrs. J

A little slow at the start but accelarates to a gripping intensity

Reviewed in the United Kingdom 🇬🇧 on 13 May 2019

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Having just read reviews posted on the US Amazon which were less than complimentary, I found myself amazed. It just goes to show that there is a 'divide' of sorts between US and UK readers. I didn't find the language difficult and I didn't find the story gothic. Perhaps living in the UK helps the reader to 'get the picture' more about the kind of private school setting that's described in this story. Having read many crime novels that go into depths about the discovered bodies and the hows and whys and wherefores, demanding forensic evidence, causes of death etc, I did find this story rather light on some of those explanations, especially regarding the two cadavers found that started this whole investigation off, but which evolved into a whole scenario that was unexpected at first. I found that I rather took to the two detectives, Markham and Noakes; I liked their different personalities and the way that two very different men gelled so well together and had depths that weren't always obvious to the onlooker. I do find myself irked that in books and on television programmes, the senior officer over the two main detectives are always portrayed as being more concerned with how things appear to 'Joe Public' and to important people in the community than to winkling out the criminals - are they really like that, I wonder?
It is true that the book seems a little slow getting going, but once it did, I found I was totally absorbed in the story and was reluctant to put it down.
I've downloaded the next book!
Jeanette Taylor Ford, author

10 people found this helpful

H M Watkins

'Show-off' vocabulary spoils the flow of the story

Reviewed in the United Kingdom 🇬🇧 on 12 July 2021

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I read a lot of crime novels and am always looking for new authors. The story itself wasn't that bad, not exactly addictive as suggested on the cover, but a good yarn. However, the overuse of complex words to describe normal everyday things was distracting and unnecessary. It felt like the author needed to display her grasp of the 250 least used words in the English language. When vocabulary is essential to the story, in this case the religious words, I have no problem. But the constant stream of other ancient words which are just not in general use was irritating and spoilt the flow. It's supposed to be a gripping crime novel not a thesis. Thankfully I only purchased the first one in the series.

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jo

Murder in the choir school. Are more boys in danger?

Reviewed in the United Kingdom 🇬🇧 on 19 May 2019

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This is the first in a series of murder mysteries with Detective Inspector Gilbert Markham and Detective Sergeant Noakes. St Mary's Choir School is next to St Mary's Cathedral where renovation work is being done. Two bodies of boys are found but they aren't historical burials, they are more modern burials of murdered boys. Markham is called in to investigate and recognises that they are the bodies of two boys who had disappeared about twenty years ago.
In an unusual twist, Markham's girlfriend, Olivia Mullen, is offered a job as a teacher in the Choir School, so we are presented with both the detective angle and a participant's angle. All the characters are well-drawn and I particularly liked the character of the bluff and hearty Noakes who has a softer underside.
Yet again, a boy goes missing and Markham has to bring his investigation to a swift conclusion, despite having to fight against the official line of leaving some of the suspects out of the investigation. I enjoyed the story and I look forward to reading more in this series.

7 people found this helpful

Mr Kenneth

Dreadful!

Reviewed in the United Kingdom 🇬🇧 on 12 June 2020

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This has to be the worst debut novel I have ever had the misfortune of reading. In fact that is not quite true, I haven't read this novel. I have only read some of it. Actually, I have only read a little of it.
The story is so boring, why describe something in ten words, when you can use one hundred? Why bother using normal everyday language that the reader might understand when you can continually use archaic 16th century language which constantly has the reader checking the dictionary?
I could not make up my mind as to whether the author was trying to be clever or just belittle her readers, but whatever, this is not for me.
Please don't believe the tag line of "A fiercely addictive crime thriller" because it most certainly is not.

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