Love Story, With Murders by Harry Bingham

Love Story, With Murders by Harry Bingham

The second novel featuring recovering psychotic DC Fiona Griffiths opens with as intriguing a pair of murders as you could imagine. Firstly, part of a human leg is discovered in a woman's freezer, bagged up like a joint of pork. Other similarly gruesome discoveries follow throughout a cosy Cardiff suburb, with body parts turning up in kitchens, garages and potting sheds. And while the police are still literally putting the pieces together, concluding that they all belong to a teenage girl killed some ten years earlier, parts of another body suddenly start appearing, but this time discarded carelessly around the countryside clearly very shortly after the victim - a man - was killed. Mysteries don't come much more macabre or puzzling than this. Who were the two victims, and what connection could they have shared that would result in this bizarre double-discovery? But that's only half the story. The most gruesome moments are much more about Fiona and her curious mental state. There is a complex and very clever double mystery here, and what makes the story unique is the parallel unraveling of Fiona's own mystery, and it's her voice, established precisely in the first book but given even freer rein here, that makes it so compelling.

This compelling crime novel.. amply proves the freshness and flair that he [Bingham] has brought to the police procedural. Written with unexpected warmth and wry observation, it brings its gruesome story to life without turning the stomach. ..Surprisingly delicate, it weaves a sinuous, seductive spell and confirms we have a new crime talent to treasure. DAILY MAIL In Bingham's hands she [Fiona Griffiths] comes exuberantly to life and his tale of the investigation into the death of an exotic dancer... is richly enjoyable. DAILY TELEGRAPH Superbly compulsive! PETERBOROUGH EVENING TELEGRAPH They say there is nothing new under the sun... I have to say that in a lifetime of reading crime fiction I have never come across anyone quite like Fiona Griffiths... Read this book. Enjoy every syllable. Hold your breath, and tick off the weeks until the next one. CRIME FICTION LOVER There is a complex and very clever double mystery here, and what makes the story unique is the parallel unraveling of Fiona's own mystery, and it's her voice, established precisely in the first book but given even freer rein here, that makes it so compelling. TANGLED WEB DC Fiona Griffiths is ditsy, funny, stubborn and sharp... Bingham provides a spirited Welsh response to the Scottish domination of British crime fiction. -- Marcel Berlins TIMES LOVE STORY, WITH MURDERS boasts what must be the most startling protagonist in modern crime fiction... Brutal, freakish and totally original. SUNDAY TIMES

Harry Bingham is a successful author as well as running The Writers' Workshop, an editorial consultancy for first-time writers, and organising the York Festival of Writing. He lives near Oxford.

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ISBN 13	9781409140900
ISBN 10	1409140903
Title	Love Story, With Murders
Author	Harry Bingham
Condition	Unavailable
Binding Type	Paperback
Publisher	Orion Publishing Co
Year published	2013-06-20
Number of pages	448
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