Shadow Play

This one, #20, was not as interesting as the others. A man is found dead in a triangle of industrial waste land being leased to a Mr Sampson who tinkers about with old cars. The man was well dressed and clearly well off although his pockets had been stripped of any identifying objects. There were no......more

DID Bill Slider, Sgt. Atherton and the Shepherd's Bush team tackle the case of an unidentified body found in a muddy car repair shop. The Bill Slider series is fine example of the British police procedural. Stepping into one of these books is a bit like coming home. The characters feel like old frie......more

3.5 STARS When a murder victim is found in the area of a car shop, Bill Slider and is team is called in to investigate. The man is well dressed, but has no identification on him. Eli Simpson, the man who found the body does not know who he was. When a girlfriend of sorts shows up with a name, she also......more

Don't you just love to begin reading a book and feel that you've slipped right into it in a comfortable, natural way? That's what it's like for me with a Detective Chief Inspector Bill Slider book from Cynthia Harrod-Eagles. This time a dead body has been found outside a motor repair business that i......more

3, 5 stars Had I known that Shadow Play was the book#20 in the series, I would have never requested it - I prefer to read my series from the very beginning and in the right order. Besides, I’ve recently made some negative experience with the sequels that were parts of a series and shouldn’t be read a......more