Death In The Village

This is a page turning book which is decently written and well plotted. There’s enough murder to satisfy anyone including one particularly gory death. The characters are well drawn although most are not sympathetic. My reservation is that the ending is wrapped up too quickly leaving much of the moti......more

Compton village would seem to be home of a serial killer, or is there more than one murderer. What secrets are exposed. DCI Keith Tremayne and DS Clare Yarwood investigate. But how many will die before the end. An entertaining modern mystery......more

Intriguing story A convoluted case where suspects abound. A typical village with a mixture of people covering most of human frailties. Tremayne and Clare had very unusual reactions from a group of inhabitants, who were outspoken about the sins of other people. An interesting tale.......more

DI Tremayne is edging ever closer to accepting the inevitability of retirement, as his body gets creakier, and technology plays an ever-greater role in policing. Tremayne is an old-fashioned police officer, wearing out shoe leather tracking down evidence. Looking for evidence electronically, and fil......more

Village secrets lead to duplicity A woman hanging in a barn brings DI Keith Tremayne and Sergeant Clare Underwood to Compton and a closely knit group of people with many secrets. The hanging woman was a fire and brimstone homophobe who was the instigator of rumors and innuendo. The more they did onto......more