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The Dead Sit Round in a Ring
by
David Lawrence
It is part of the DS Stella Mooney #1 series and is a detective mystery in a hardcover edition that was published by Minotaur Books on May 10, 2004 and has 448 pages.
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Other books by this author which I have reviewed include Cold Kill, Down into Darkness
First in the DS Stella Mooney detective mystery set in London.
My Take
The story is set in current-day London with Detective Stella Mooney at a crisis point in her life.
In this initial tale, Stella is investigating the deaths of four people sitting together in the living room one of whom seems to have wandered in already dead. The original three are fairly easy to suss out it’s the fourth who presents a problem and leads Stella into a deeper and more intense investigation based on her own gut instincts. One of those whom she meets in this investigation triggers a reaction to a deeply traumatic case Stella worked four cases before.
It’s a rare thing finding a modern-day English mystery series based on a woman copper, and Lawrence has created some strong, very realistic characters with true-to-life backgrounds AND reactions. It’s gonna be an interesting ride reading through this series!
It’s alternate title is The Circle of the Dead.
