Murder in Mind

By Lyndon Stacey

Book Overview

Sophie Bradford is pretty blonde and an accomplished flirt. When her body is found dumped in a ditch on a lonely West Country road Jamie Mullin is the prime suspect. He was her latest boyfriend and they'd had a very public row just before she disappeared.

Jamie protests his innocence but soon spirals into a breakdown fuelled by frustration self-pity and drink and it is left to his friend Matt Shepherd to fight his corner. Can he find the truth behind what appears to be a motiveless murder?

As Matt begins to uncover some dark secrets - secrets that someone will kill to protect - he soon learns that loyalty at all costs carries a lethal price.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0099487098
• ISBN13: 9780099487098
• Release Date: March 2009
• Publisher: Random House UK
• Length: 420 Pages
• Weight: 0.64 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.1" x 4.3" x 6.9"

Customer Reviews

New Favorite Author

I love a good mystery novel and have been a long time fan of such authors as Dick Francis and Tony Hillerman. Now they must make room at the top of my favorite list to include Lyndon Stacy! I have a number of the books by Stacy and look forward with great anticipation to purchasing more.

Lyndon Stacey does it again.

Horse racing, murder and mayhem in the English countryside - what more could a person ask for.

INTRIGUING

This book is exceptionally well written, but could use a little editing, as it plods along at first. I would've given this five stars if the first chapters were pruned and tightened, and you got to the meat of the story faster. The second half picks up the pace and dives into a creative mystery that will capture and entertain far better than the first half. Undoubtedly future books will be crisper, and I have a feeling Stacey will develop into a top notch mystery writer. I guess with this one, you just need to relax and park your mind for a visit as the author weaves you in and out of the fabric of the story; characters, dogs, horses, farms, etc. It helps if you are a big fan of steeplechasing and jump jockeys. Stacey puts you right in the thick of it, square on the back of the horse as it negotiates terrifying jumps; describing falls in second-by-second hair raising descriptions. Only Dick Francis describes the back-of-the-racehorse experience quite this well. The mystery itself is intriguing, not to mention convoluted, and it's wise to keep careful track of everything, right up to the eerie, chase-in-the-dark ending. Not for the lazy minded!