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    A Very Private Murder: The engrossing Yorkshire crime series
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    A Very Private Murder: The engrossing Yorkshire crime series

    By Stuart Pawson

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    About this ebook

    DI Charlie Priest is on holiday, or meant to be at least, when he gets a call from his colleagues at Heckley about the opening of a local shopping and conference centre. Amid the paparazzi flash bulbs, minor royalty and preening local officials, someone by-passed security and have succeeded in making the Heckley force look stupid. But all too soon, that seemingly trivial incident leads Charlie into a murder investigation.
    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherAllison & Busby
    Release dateMar 7, 2011
    ISBN9780749010669
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    A Very Private Murder: The engrossing Yorkshire crime series
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    Stuart Pawson

    STUART PAWSON had a career as a mining engineer, followed by a spell working for the probation service, before he became a full-time writer. He died in 2016.

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    • 5/5
      Another cracking Charlie Priest story. Someone has defaced a plaque before a new shopping mall is officially opened in Heckley by a local celebrity causing red-faces all round. Charlie is assigned the case which seems minor until the mayor who was present turns up shot dead in his house. Clever plotting and engaging characters keep you engrossed until the end.
    • 4/5
      Another enjoyable novel from Stuart Pawson though I do feel that he is starting to lose momentum. His protagonist Detective Inspector Charlie priest must be nearing retirement now, and perhaps that would be no bad thing.As always, the plot is well constructed, and the characters plausible but i am starting to wonder whether I really care any more. perhaps I have just read too many of his books within too short a period - if i read them a year or so apart, as they were published perhaps i might summon more enthusiasm.