| Title | : | Flirting with Murder (Detective Jim Ashworth, #3) |
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| ISBN | : | - |
| Language | : | English |
| Format Type | : | Kindle Edition |
| Number of Pages | : | 302 |
| Publication | : | First published April 3, 1995 |
IS THERE A SERIAL KILLER ON THE LOOSE?
Chief Inspector Jim Ashworth is brought in to investigate and he immediately notes the similarities between the two cases: both women were beaten to death. Both were unemployed and both may have been straying from their new husbands.
Meanwhile Ashworth – a married man and father – has fallen for the ripe charms of resident pathologist, the delectable Dr Gwen Anthony. And Gwen thinks that her husband knows what’s going on.
Can Ashworth catch the killer before another woman pays the price? Or will his personal issues get in the way?
Flirting with Murder (Detective Jim Ashworth, #3) Reviews
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Third book in the DCI Jim Ashworth series. Ashworth investigates the murders of two women.
Typical Battison in that he doesn't waste too much time with description, he just gets on with telling the story and hence it races along. Great atmosphere. If you take the time to read a few of Battison's books, get to know the characters, the more you can enjoy this underappreciated writer.
[May 2021. My reviews were briefer when I originally reviewed this! I’m a big fan of the late Brian Battison and it’s good to see his books being re-printed. Good characters, no extraneous information, fast pace. This one has been given a different title – Flirting With Murder] -
See the review on the second book of the series. I was wishing the murderer would knock off Gwen. And a few others.
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Okay, but to much unneeded drama
I’m getting bored I writing reviews, but if anything they help me remind me of my tights on a series.
As for The Jim Ashworth series is is okay. I have a hard time liking the two characters Ashworth and Bedford aka Holly.
In this book there is a growing admiration for Ashworth then, it gets totally rude and dissect full and then on a dime does a 180.
Yes, one can claim emotions are fragile, but a cop in a position of Bedford and erratic behaviors is not someone I see as rising through the ranks without it being an issue
Ashworth, I don’t know something about his character rubs me wrong. Maybe it is infidelity. Yes, it came at a moment of weakness perhaps, but Marriage vows and be faithful in marriage is something very sacred to me.
But all that aside, the series is worthy of continuing. I hope the characters mature. -
This series just keeps getting better and better
Jim is called in when a woman's body is found, followed by a second the next day. Both women had been having affairs and it looks as if they were murdered by the same person.
This is the best book in the series so far. The characters are stronger than ever and the story well written. Full of twists and turns this book is hard to put down.
Highly recommended. -
I actually enjoyed this book in spite of the lack of political correctness and the appalling spiralling out of control by Holly who is driven by her desires and yet despises Dr Anthony and her boss for their sole indiscretion! Makes no sense at all. The plot however was much better.
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A really good story, it tied my stomach in knots and the twists and turns are brilliant.
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Another great instalment. Enjoying seeing the characters develop more and a deep and twisted plot makes for a hard to put down book
