MYSTERY

Quick and the Dead: An Alex Quick Mystery

by Susan Moody
Severn House. Jun. 2016. 240p. ISBN 9780727885883. $28.95; ebk. ISBN 9781780107516. M
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OrangeReviewStarA former detective inspector, Alex Quick left the police force after her marriage broke up and she suffered a miscarriage. She has since pulled herself out of a major depression and written several glossy art books with her business partner, art historian Helena Drummond. When Helena fails to show at an important publisher meeting, Alex goes to Helena's house and finds a body that is not her associate. Where is Helena? As Alex investigates, she realizes that she doesn't know her colleague at all. Moody, the author of the "Penny Wanawake" and "Cassie Swann" books, launches a suspenseful new crime series, introducing an intelligent female sleuth who draws on her previous policing skills.
VERDICT Aficionados of British crime fiction can't get enough, and this fresh mystery will satisfy their cravings.
Reviewed by Robert Dugoni , May 01, 2016
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