| Title | : | The Man in the Pink Suit (Yorkshire Murder Mysteries #3) |
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| ISBN | : | - |
| Language | : | English |
| Format Type | : | Kindle Edition |
| Number of Pages | : | 204 |
| Publication | : | First published March 1, 2005 |
Detective Inspector Michael Angel is called in to unravel another nerve-jangling mystery in his quirky, unique way. But what is the truth? Was Jones hypnotized, drugged, or is he simply a liar?
Perfect for fans of R.D. Wingfield, Colin Dexter, Peter Robinson, Reginald Hill, and Agatha Christie.
THE DETECTIVE
Michael Angel is over fifty, married to Mary. They don’t have any children. They are a devoted couple but the relationship sometimes breaks down due to his job or due to the problems of Mary’s sister who lives in Edinburgh and imposes on their easygoing natures. Michael works at the small local police station and is devoted to defeating crime, murder, and dishonesty of any sort and has no personal ambition beyond being a good husband and a successful detective. He doesn’t want promotion with all the routine office work and stress that goes with it. He is incorruptible but always short of money. He is always at odds with his immediate chief, Detective Superintendent Horace Harker, who is lazy, a hypochondriac and not a bit interested in assisting Angel in serious police work.
THE SETTING
Bromersley is a market town at the bottom of the Pennines surrounded by stone and hawthorn-edged fields grazed by cattle and sheep. It is cold as anywhere in the winter but its closeness to the mountains protects it from many gales and heavy falls of snow. The town’s industry today includes the manufacture of ball bearings and whisky bottles, and a huge brewery produces Bromersley’s best bitter, which is considered the finest beer for miles around. Wednesday is market day, and the town centre is host to the frequent cries of stall-holders hawking their wares while the enticing smells of cheeses, coffees, foreign spices and fish and chips tempt your taste buds as you wander through the stalls. The police always find it difficult to catch pilferers and pickpockets in such a crowd. Bromersley folk are easy to befriend but many of the old people are stubborn and still buy their fruit and veg in pounds and ounces, not kilos and grams.
MICHAEL ANGEL SERIES
Book 1: THE MISSING NURSE
Book 2: THE MISSING WIFE
Book 3: THE MAN IN THE PINK SUIT
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The Man in the Pink Suit (Yorkshire Murder Mysteries #3) Reviews
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Everyone saw the popular television man in pink suit has shot computer giant Charles Tabor. And he had every reason to. He was caught on the CCTV footages, his dress has been found complete with his suede shoes. The gun has been recovered from under the seat of his own car and ballistics confirm the killing shot was made from that antique gun.
It's a pretty solid case but Detective Michael Angel isn't quite happy about the reaction of the man in pink suit. Why doesn't he react like he should? Why does he behave like it's a piece on tele?
Charles Tabor was a crooked man, he might have killed some people to rise to his position. He certainly doesn't have just one enemy.
Silverwood has once again has excelled in keeping us guessing as to whether DI Angel would be right in proving us right. A special mention for the wonderful characterization of Indian-Amercian Cadet Ahmed Ahaz, one who fears and loves his boss in equal measures. -
What a ridiculous portrayal of the police. With no evidence except statements that the man wore a pink suit, and there happens to be a man who wears a pink suit in town, a person is arrested and then charged. Then the police do as the media says when they wanted an interview - not likely. And this is only by page 49. Goodness knows what other ridiculous situations the police are going to be put in during the rest of the story! Don't normally make comments so early in a book, but this one is so silly, it beyond belief. It's certainly going to need to improve to get me to change my one star!
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Plot ok but........
I was disappointed in the first two of Th series and thought the third might be an improvement. It isnt! The story is good with a twist at the end which was kept
from the reader until the very end. This made it a bit rushed. Not sure Angel really follows procedure. Works through intuition rather than fact. -
The plot could have lead to a much better book, although conclusions/actions made by the police are not very well supported. I have to say, they really need someone better at editing at the publishing house. I've counted more than ten serious editing errors, as I did in previous books by the same author.
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Quite fun!
Almost did not read this based on prior book in the series but fortunately I changed my mind. This book was very enjoyable and while clues were peppered liberally throughout, the solution was not overly apparent. -
The best so far!
This is my favorite case of Inspector Angel's so far. Lots of likely criminals, good character definitions, twists and turns, just lovely. -
Nope, can’t say I enjoyed this one bit.
Felt like it was dragged out far to much.
Found it quite boring TBH -
British police mystery..good characters
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Still a fan
Several plots that all tie together at the end. Of the supporting characters, Ahmed is my favorite. Always wanting to please Angel. -
The books have some great mysteries, but jumping around to other cases and other characters messes with the original story.
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Easy read, plenty of mystery with elements of humour. Strong likeable main character.
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This is the third book in the series about Inspector Angel & they just get better & better. You feel like you're wearing a very comfortable, well worn pair of slippers!! You slide into the wise & witty life of Michael Angel. A man who outsmarts the baddies, constantly quips one liner insults to his work mates and manage to solve a couple of crimes with time for a cup of tea! (Obviously not made by him.)
Inspector angel is the epitome of old fashioned policing, polite, a gentleman, but he doesn't rest until the jobs done!
I LOVE HIM!! -
A good-natured romp, with lots of twists, turns and sub-plots, culminating in the traditional ‘Inspector reveals all’ scenario. Inspector Angel still reminds me of Frost- the annoying habits, demands on his team, instinctive intelligence, bad habits. Perhaps it is just the stereotype of an English investigator in an industrial town.
I appreciate the eccentric characters and the refusal to take the easy way out in a solution. -
The reason I have given this book only 2 stars is not that I didn't enjoy it, but that to me, the red herring of the pink suit was obvious from the first and I just wanted to shake Inspector Angel and his men when they took so long to figure it out. Not my favourite of the three books by Roger Silverwood that I have read.
