An Unsafe Pair of Hands eBook Chris Dolley
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"I gave up sleep so that I could read to the surprising and satisfying ending. I laughed out loud in public in response to the quirky plot twists. An Unsafe Pair of Hands by Chris Dolley is a masterful addition to the British mystery genre." -- Barth Siemens
Peter Shand is the 'safe pair of hands' - a high-flying police administrator seconded to a quiet rural CID team to gain the operational experience he needs for promotion. On his second day he's thrust into a high-profile murder case. A woman's body is discovered in an old stone circle - with another woman buried alive beneath her.
The pressure on Shand is enormous. The media is clamoring for answers, but everything about the case is baffling. Then a local journalist singles out Shand as the reason for the lack of progress, and goads him at a press conference. Shand responds by inventing a lead, and keeps on lying - to the press, his boss, his team - telling himself that he'll solve the case before anyone finds out.
And then another murder occurs. And had there been a third?
Shand begins to doubt his ability. He's desperate, increasingly unpredictable, pursued by an amorous psychic, and somehow gaining a reputation for arresting livestock.
Which will break first? The case, or Shand?
Chris Dolley is a New York Times bestselling author.
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"This mystery is so much fun. The humor is delightful and the plot is complex enough to keep you turning pages to the end... This is by far one of the best summer reads of 2011." -- Jensview
"One of the best I've read in years." -- Laura Belgrave
"I loved this book." -- Bookworm
"This is a very good read. You will want to be sure to have a day off or a quiet weekend ahead of you, because this book is very hard to put down once you get started reading it." -- Kathleen Kempa
"I literally struggled to put the book down, only doing so hours after I should have been asleep." -- Aeries
An Unsafe Pair of Hands eBook Chris Dolley
Peter Shand was one of the most annoying protagonists of any book I've read lately. He spends most of his time jumping to conclusions based on almost no evidence. It seems as if he has no training at all in the most basics of police investigation. He also has such little control over his emotions that it's a wonder he can hold any type of job, let alone a police inspector. I found that most of the characters were stereotypes- the conniving rich incomers, the rural folksy farmer, the manipulative journalist, the bumbling police chief. I'm not sure if the author was trying to be funny, but if he was it fell flat. I read to the end skipping most of the pages just to see who dunnit and why dunnit, but I kept glancing down at the percentage read in the corner of my Kindle to see how much longer I need to torture myself by reading this totally unsatisfying and unbelievable story.Product details
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An Unsafe Pair of Hands eBook Chris Dolley Reviews
Personally I am tired of angst-ridden flawed investigators who are on the verge of divorce. The mystery seems quite interesting but I can't stick around for the degradation that the detective is going to put himself through trying to pull this out of the Hat. Gave it up.
I laughed out loud several times whilst reading this book. Parts of the plot were somewhat improbable, but nevertheless enjoyable. A good mixture of characters without them being too Agatha Christie-ish. I doubt if too many readers were able to guess the ending.
One criticism, all too common, I'm afraid, is the misuse of apostrophes throughout the book.
I would like to have given three and a half stars.
Hoping for a sequel.
This is a real detective story with a step by step unfolding mystery. Very well written with a lot of our main investigative officer demonstrating continual self-doubt and more than a small amount of confusion. There is no obvious path to the unraveling of this mystery, as initial suspects seem to not quite fit. The story starts out with an immediate attention getter, very unusual. We have humor throughout in the thoughts of our detective. I found this book very entertaining and the answer to the mystery was well kept until the very end.
I began to read this author’s steampunk Wooster and Jeeves stories. Being a Wodehouse addict, I enjoyed the similarities in writing style. This book, however, is in a very different style - some humor, yes, okay - quite a bit of humor. But this is a bona fide detective story. Lots of plot twists, etc. more Agatha Christie than Wodehouse, or maybe a little P. D. James. Thoroughly enjoyed it.
This clever mystery is our hero's experiences while trying to advance his career as a previously desk-centered teaching detective by doing field work. He is assigned to a little village occupied by peculiar long time residents and invasive commuters. The unusual crime consists of a woman's corpse laid out on top of a buried living woman. There is constant tension between the hero, the crime scene team who consider him a bozo, and the local newspaper man who views the cop shop as corrupt. Our hero follows many, many blind leads and gains friendship of a couple of the rank and file colleagues. The story is riveting with an appropriate touch of humor. The book is not over-edited, but remains a first rate read.I did the audible version. Hurrah for Chris Dolley!
Set in a small, town a couple of hours out of London, this is part cozy mystery and part police procedural. Lots of red herrings and a quick wrap up at the end -- not much to lead a reader to the solution before the main character, who is quite flawed. And I found those flaws distracting, although I expect the author intended them to be comic relief. Detective Shand is portrayed as a bit of a "sad sack," whose marriage appears to be on the rocks just as he is assigned to his first case, a murder. He seems desperate to solve the case and regain his wife's love and respect. He does solve the case, but the marriage issues are not resolved. Perhaps that will be a continuing thread in successive books. My gut feeling was that he needs to "man up," meet the marriage issues head on and move on. Otherwise, the character becomes weaker and somewhat pathetic.
Peter Shand was in his current position because he needed some hands on experience as an investigator. Until now all of his police work had involved administrative evaluation of cases handled by other CID officers. While he was excellent at what he did it did not prepare him for what would happen when the quiet rural patch he had been sent to would become the center of a media frenzy when a woman's body is found in the center of a stone circle with another woman buried alive beneath her.
He also finds that far from peaceful, the village has a simmering underbelly where incomers are fighting with villagers for control, where the weapons are Parish Counsel elections, livestock, and local legends.
The book was quite fun as poor Peter struggles to get his feet under him as he deals with a local psychic, a malicious reporter, and another murder.
The only problem I had was with the narrator. While he wasn't terrible in the sense that you could clearly understand his voice except when he came up with some very peculiar pronunciations of "denouement" and "assuage". He had a middle of the road US accent except when he assayed some truly dreadful local accents-- I had no idea what part of the UK he was aiming for with these. Given the book was set in England this was distracting and did the book a disfavor.
Luckily this was a whispersynced audible deal because I would have been really annoyed if I had paid more than a couple of dollars for the narration.
Peter Shand was one of the most annoying protagonists of any book I've read lately. He spends most of his time jumping to conclusions based on almost no evidence. It seems as if he has no training at all in the most basics of police investigation. He also has such little control over his emotions that it's a wonder he can hold any type of job, let alone a police inspector. I found that most of the characters were stereotypes- the conniving rich incomers, the rural folksy farmer, the manipulative journalist, the bumbling police chief. I'm not sure if the author was trying to be funny, but if he was it fell flat. I read to the end skipping most of the pages just to see who dunnit and why dunnit, but I kept glancing down at the percentage read in the corner of my to see how much longer I need to torture myself by reading this totally unsatisfying and unbelievable story.
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