A WILLING VICTIM

Written by Laura Wilson

Review written by Keith Miles

Keith Miles is probably best recognised by readers under the pen name of Edward Marston. He writes several well-received historical mysteries spanning the 11th century through to the 19th century. His website is www.edwardmarston.com


A WILLING VICTIM
Quercus
RRP: £18.99
Released: 24th April 2012
Hbk

In his latest outing, DI Ted Stratton comes with a lot of baggage – guilt over his wife’s death, remorse over the mistakes he made in his last case (featured in A Capital Crime) embarrassment over his sex life, unease about his soldier son’s departure to Suez and reservations about other members of his family.

When Jeremy Lloyd is stabbed to death in a Soho flat, he leaves behind evidence of an obsessive interest in esoteric religion. Taking charge of the case, Stratton follows the trail to Suffolk where a Foundation for Spiritual Understanding occupies a supposedly haunted house.

The one bonus is that Stratton is able to team up with his old friend, the former DS Ballard, now promoted to the rank of DI. Both men decide that the Foundation is decidedly weird and full of willing victims of their leader, the pontificating Theodore Roth. Each of them is disturbed by an encounter with Mary Milburn, a woman of unashamed sexual potency, now renamed Ananda by Roth because it’s the Sanskrit word for ‘bliss’. Bizarrely, her twelve-year old son has been proclaimed a spiritual icon and the fruit of an immaculate conception.

When a woman is murdered in the woods, the detectives soon realise that the crimes are related and that the killer is almost certainly a member of the Foundation. As the investigation continues, Stratton and Ballard both have unwelcome surprises in their private lives. They also have to accommodate a series of amazing revelations about the various suspects.

A Willing Victim is a complex, richly-textured novel, beautifully written and asking serious questions about the nature of belief and wilful self-deception. Set in 1956, it uses period detail subtly and accurately. Laura Wilson knows that drivers always started their car by pulling out the choke in the 1950’s. She also knows how to craft an outstanding crime novel and produce a hugely satisfying read.

Many thanks, Laura – more, please.

abortion pills abortion pill abortion pill buy online
website infidelity why men cheat
spyware for mobile phones spy app for android free free phone spy app
android text monitoring app mobile phone spy spyware android phone
i told my husband i cheated trailblz.com i want my husband to cheat
walgreens printable coupon prescription discount walgreens coupon code for photos
cheat read infidelity signs
free printable viagra coupons click free discount prescription card
free cialis coupon read cialis free sample coupons
buscopan hund buscopan buscopan preis
tadalafil 20mg tablets mazsoft.com tadalafil 20 mg
viagra ersatz charamin.jp viagra generika
cialis discount mcmurray.biz cheap cialis
voltaren wirkstoff voltaren dispers voltaren nebenwirkungen
the abortion pill arborawning.com non surgical abortion pill
rezeptfreie potenzmittel apotheke viagra kaufen apotheke osterreich potenzmittel rezeptfrei
post abortion pill abortion pill cost abortion pill procedures
voltaren nedir hieple.net voltaren ampul
abortion price how much does an abortion pill cost abortion pill price
second trimester abortion achi-kochi.com spontaneous abortion pill
herbal abortion pill how much are abortions abortion pill information
buy abortion pill cost of abortion pill abortion pill quotes
feldene precio news.hostnetindia.com feldene flas
how long does naltrexone work myjustliving.com injection for alcohol craving
shot for alcohol cravings click naltrxone
cefuroxim kinder cefuroxim makrolid cefuroxim alkohol


Home
Book Reviews
Features
Interviews
News
Columns
Authors
Blog
About Us
Contact Us

Privacy Policy | Contact Shots Editor

THIS WEBSITE IS © SHOTS COLLECTIVE. NOT TO BE REPRODUCED ELECTRONICALLY EITHER WHOLLY OR IN PART WITHOUT PRIOR PERMISSION OF THE EDITOR.