Discover millions of ebooks, audiobooks, and so much more with a free trial

Only $11.99/month after trial. Cancel anytime.

Body Line
Body Line
Body Line
Ebook339 pages5 hours

Body Line

Rating: 4 out of 5 stars

4/5

()

Read preview

About this ebook

The brand-new Bill Slider Mystery

David Rogers was a doctor, handsome, charming and rich. He lived the lifestyle of a consultant, expensive clothes, top restaurants, exclusive clubs, until someone killed him in the hallway of his lovely million-plus-pound house. But when Bill Slider and his firm are thrown into the mystery, they soon discover that nothing is as it seems, for though David's girlfriends are plenty, none of them can tell Slider anything about where he worked or what exactly he did . . .
LanguageEnglish
PublisherSevern House
Release dateJul 1, 2011
ISBN9781780100029
Body Line
Author

Cynthia Harrod-Eagles

Cynthia Harrod-Eagles was born and educated in Shepherd's Bush, London and had a variety of jobs in the commercial world, starting as a junior cashier at Woolworth's and working her way down to Pensions Officer at the BBC. She won the Young Writer's Award in 1973, and became a full-time writer in 1978. She is the author of many successful novels, including the Morland Dynasty series.

Read more from Cynthia Harrod Eagles

Related to Body Line

Titles in the series (11)

View More

Related ebooks

Police Procedural For You

View More

Related articles

Related categories

Reviews for Body Line

Rating: 3.794117705882353 out of 5 stars
4/5

34 ratings5 reviews

What did you think?

Tap to rate

Review must be at least 10 words

  • Rating: 4 out of 5 stars
    4/5
    Another good one. I enjoyed the slow discovery of the murder victim's various secrets, and the plot was convoluted but coherent. Joanna has become a bit saintly and now seems to spend all her time looking after Slider's older children uncomplainingly, with the help of his even more saintly father.
  • Rating: 5 out of 5 stars
    5/5
    Another cracking Bill Slider crime story which I found impossible to put down. Even three-quarters of the way through, I had no idea why the victim had been murdered and only a vague idea who might have been responsible. Bill Slider's team is full of strong, believable characters who have been developed through the series who you care about and can visualise. The dialogue is humorous and witty and many of the locations real. I was amazed to discover one of Bill Slider's team visiting the Cock in Sarratt only a week after I'd been there myself!The plot is extremely clever and has some common threads with at least one other of her Bill Slider stories I've read, in that a body is found about which few people seem to know anything concrete and they have hidden secrets which slowly emerge, piece by piece. In this case an apparently affluent medical consultant is found dead with a single shot in the back of his head in his own house, but with little paperwork to show who he really was, where he worked, who his relatives were and Bill and his team have to painstakingly try to build up a picture of the man to work out who would want to kill him - quite a challenge!Highly recommended.
  • Rating: 3 out of 5 stars
    3/5
    Another book from a great series. I worked out the plot early on but still enjoy reading about the characters and their way of working.
  • Rating: 5 out of 5 stars
    5/5
    This 13th in the Bill Slider series is another winner. Ms. Harrod-Eagles could hold a book-writing seminar on how to write good, solid police procedurals. This book is inclusive enough for new people to the Slider series to read and enjoy on its own. But why would you want to do that and miss out on the excellent characters and tight plotting of this series? These books are a real treat from beginning to end. I love Bill Slider. He's an every man's copper, and sharp as they come. There's lots of light humour in the books as well, and the best example is all the "tongue-in-cheek" chapter titles in every book. And of course, there is Slider's boss Porson. He's the guy that gets all the tried and true sayings wrong with continual malapropisms, and it drives Slider and his firm to distraction, but it's amazingly funny. The puzzle in this particular book is difficult to figure out and Slider and his team have to do a lot of digging to get to the bottom of things. But with solid police work and with Slider's intelligence, they do finally get somewhere but not before the whole thing turns into an international incident. If you like British police procedurals, do not miss this book, or more importantly, this series.
  • Rating: 4 out of 5 stars
    4/5
    Love the characters and humor.

Book preview

Body Line - Cynthia Harrod-Eagles

 xabook_preview_excerpt.html}۶F/s{zfe-YH.KT$$ i$pha;O%H9YJH\;"}U}<?|Y>pOCUW 3.\rT)=TcfoPU1UUӏ'. xQuu X1Ըs:&k[1ubuMWsTWLNS_G {#nC}K7q_*lkVŨ|? 5_6q?e\|LS[|꒦Ok \s˦Ncm͈-?_v0V||Meٮ=6' x=GC4p-O2dV&r2+=b)M^?p vkυm܍MF6n$~piva!qSVp Y m{7t7!޵cئKp44[ה~L}.#.ahax[c1?U4m~z /,6:1bŽBv_}(ɼ(uȩ 0ӎSN}UO 3n)}r̹GWe=֦K!u>!Mŕs9cEW1 k934&`eR]&i:otqފp.RE@n{Ghߛ WUIJno'uY >ILR[a5_LS҅?Z+GITo&F!`Csh Q~hZ\3ľW!>6=}b^[ņ=؞LO/*}59lOvFCgp\mn0sX0G@pFX6x$En\~;ۮeb)`_vzkx7hrKS&lW^9>þrv0C&" -8]ry}T߷i8帝2S8msF. l0NX>qo< ̑0jiٶxHx_<MCMV(Y:k- U3aFu1C:'mg St5vason^& )ȴjxg>@;^.̃~47URśOT@OڂpVjAJ 9&оcOAa/koDDm^H[kH_L(mlc&pC֝+ 1C^a m>fq1a*PƇ6.4z *K-^2Ҋ,m?'?y}+`6ZMsۦt2,ӌKlf%VP^U4"F! ".Vƀ-2ݹ~*'œO2wfMs" lV{kϽ y;$ Gm\L7 @)*OzƽÈ5BP}TylR'y@==>ON H M,̀P.!aK)-6<ޥ8 lH q*%Tr؍О} 限i2lNRc"oONJ02e`N {">cz )!s:L`=XSY X^( sE")w2'~jS.BwQۘBWwS;6T+86Gޅ*ݮpo$[l J wp.3 .kog%bNz=C ha< /iSOD<+%5&,ԶFvFŹz07f seACqق"mx Tp.$@vH+ϐjZ}mq h4RRf﫟eq<,MDoXL%!-ksO06BNv+9ݥGkTRK([ؓ1/Daq1 ]굾X|&L'SchZY1q Rd z[fTTd|gkBh1iTdtvHO5MiNa4!Zu|ӎ ٤rB;ҢfBb;81P @˴O()9B-Dɐar\ZT+e L|p"A4YwY /4/I=F&u6VRnx$8sAפ쭋&c!=[cS}G2As8`G wie܄ Ft&\ A.;5  45TsQe`7aI) !vJy={Ncad(_#\ưЈH5³nv.CdYӋ@\8*HRKLp ,3CesA*)+!8jqoRޓineA0JD#Y<(3u i`kMm J^ȮXX`Ñ6oٯˬGC@rÆߍ3EIVH.Mw,zPݤύ2HDL))6c,BmN G`CFBC:/d?3=$>مXq=(%?*^l~3 ga˸7^A2ԗ=  Ifei=sx;㐍ȡZȲ|RT]"Xӯa9S#0(K]7yGDL6f,YcCh)4ԲyLCl^'IS*W<:YL G,ۡ="vzl>75eb|4yR1at]X-WWm_ڂyzIVqd|ZXdYw!J7q&VR ff;bxk6O> ~pt:2Wbj OhƤ6!)Qe^ϦA? ih݃aɦ$n$ʘ6K ̐$Jt#<o\#:l/ eWdfë^,5=16-0&NAҙTmv!fmf4 2X9vseF`nîwԷg?;ZlِzfHY X#pbQNb7Fiċ!E-O"i92z=2g4 6"ڤE$\+'rCZ\s4kbr"3]f*Dͅf5>e,cerxq/S;i٠DzNZ:iU䥞ꏮx>?AQ1O.\Z3b!"H>i]c߰Hl=ղUbtg>fh}3J @uױy^9E<Ҏk[K!3˜ഝ*nIUTLJˊ`+ `1T/s ڀkSO.Ϡn[hx܅;(\u<[(\Ӽ4zh)X!{@?I+\͉ DbylLԳ9^df$ˎ 9ib_Y;1RYՂf3kβ=8OctgU!T[-(WBG6-Gˋ5@wdI{䭰76G*.f02vћc5,Q|pVv =Yƫ8li@h=yF N*A(zAA| 5q蟉4 Ard"SI fW͖BfW.7CA?)ٛS|ʞ4ZA[_Fܼ]׷Qx E;RzbnP*W'FC9Fw;$Cɂ RzN}dY$^+HC5\0#H} +!x)sX dxنauƿ32t2g˭W;_(-ٛ`}HcN=$;c[yTsd"N e3 3_тΥs/:2m8wG8swebJsMނLB(sMdD3{pW3 f>yyq+Z-Z?ɅW7@C("òXlږ݃eO}N_NP=|R#|;tVPH`+jފbks' s3K+bf܈ 7_\ mb'"h| 0{B(R%7λ?J"38G  K267Khė2źඨ~m2`0t@~J@u9Cvd) o2ٓ!0W+At{ ]`C8LW>!2vCi}Jz)Rj.Vq5Kk,-\/sqI1BZ*SyaNw-+a@.TSFŌЁ[M.*O-ٙ/eaJbԗfx`)\:՟SXU?U6R:|͏(^ \u)/nʣ﬚@UDbs_-'BYаӖ/U{~>QcYH\?3qeDcyNk5%x*rG@/TG7͹N$aJOnɩyl+<J u>-C5EyrǪRqFb jq =Z F* ;,؛e=rZ%7B/#΍Ȋdg=< -YgcU2х;+Dnb]L|T PzgY;∲ۋB!2& ֯KJoݍ2뚾ʬm},*hM(OU@M=O"^8Xk/i 7q}ΐx~ePo#@mzZ{q̮(Œ:ns`YWfu3'%=vV"B,AApFm(nBGo7Ji/aaֽe0Hr^*@,?beKkf|w_J2qU)6gx$8~d[VN(}wjާ4NDIj.INJDnK&_qKڥӺi OZFU̾mQsFE7u)hU4Г^ OȎ=o Zpα?j^%ªk-sޔCR#e-/V )71lRlZ'@XxY\qw5+*(3Ԃv\MUxj.z9aV3@[—>hk]*dq2 ;=2BtYYc'츔tT [u5F웝5 B#5sj|0 ۢtqxdօ7kutϮY9*# s5uX9A)؅\ɋ}ZI*H a,,$;siUh]Lꈎ.c %ܧ|*ʝ{xBG. jXkov\j0Z^ӻWCJDUauMdk(f?b6 WXtM)NIw*(c_􈋞ơ9uMha-{v UZX:r:MKj;?{peAyi1hUNDhP#2ш? A==ͦ!MK0QBv⣣B.!pRtkT߁"T`ܖёz VeCdB '*d]396M4Xc$HFWrfRie-Q!+*v qTU[C;ZdZ?}jw ެ:܅Y΍GMa9y ĒE`!j24g90a@b u]p'n\#w];z(rEiǞ Q`ϙV*z.~>@g:xSaJJݎ[qEBIms>Z>- aE اT|Ib29׃&XBx/ckYjz<{Mmۜ҉uE[d;OGqDp/4ݩag+2|uWtmߋ~&+ﳅq<Ț#C8s'q370C}a7=-fpŒ:mS{5&TWGݕܗR#s{,)ji4^-]K.w/W6:5W(i>Rd W;#ѫވH`N ?,P+]l92:״,Taخ󷬡lߞX5W\?+څ-Lt '?=degxDX^1hvcC!|k6G)XK#+H|L*sf|\*]"H\Cޒ[:,>U{sf.J8}y?#jW'4D"ГU'-s_<̰jf%qxq5&;YUAj :HV/xq>`DУF+r5U3jg̗-zyJV9;*L4Fp-r;LTo5Yؒ6L3j_3"U 1NgYTr+EZ;iiy54lk9YLe1OuKφ8hb.fqV^$,8q+TԒJKTI8&Kl=e[ioi}啫xִt[m9N/ ^U7*/pLhPվ5F3'aqTjZ졂\ciڴȋ.XdxZTZ,2{t&Rv‘o~l> ,qc/H)cc\&?1 Xߔ3qU!uB#js:.:3 'J55JJ6u\#"+]vGYJs<:pX RԌ7%+)"`6&oSl^oĮYi=0&#ݞΪ M"E!ʞTɠK=T(!b4 *]uŽ'7<)9@z ?z;YrdI2< Wm@l ;7 6`ZdƎ |uӢp))N8qepkSZnA 5z9[Tpg8sa'9gW gd59!mmVf{9.ŝC]qHC\HӐ;ZU-Ψ'0SVq0%Y` 4u,7k7A?=a_Sl88\GCH n3t8vF{w*S xk|jc&ԑܼg95Uhp-1`/s7uST_)h&2k312$dtQf6A:1 OKm﫯trZA9tip^~O`wx3Imeqb >.'}rVK!]uw-JAjbQ¼$ˣW`T}P&Ⱦ =製שIEe빇Flc.tUxPocV|3ߚ!gMv묿hCy=&9 (O7ӘO֫eBʒO~vی:LR9Wռيcaga(Xԥ-9Af?ҪsLljxTF9qҞ7/G5$|Y&>2){7 ® *YQJH&xP:9%NGT57Yrc>W簎lzOvj[l\sWåJ_K%iJ5qSx͔MvLaym+N@](>-)\82ttݴ*J?3%2{#4 UI0igy^[=_K}6Qԡad_'L |wnR/ n#Bƒ<x%C.i}csԳ֛ezFDH&n`"6a`fd7עt -VZգvR2>uMJ۩ݤK|/Y[d.2zFfs -XA^:Xi "o
Enjoying the preview?
Page 1 of 1