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Film
director Adrian Stoll has been found dead in his camper van,
gassed as he slept, after an evening filming badgers in the
woods near his home. Gently starts to investigate and soon
discovers many suspects - his wife, her daughter, his cousin,
his mistress…
However, with many of these most enjoyable books I read it
is always Mr. Hunter's way with words that I carry away with
me when the final page has been turned. This time he focuses
his descriptive prowess on the beauty and attraction of trees
and woods. He mentions the place is drawn from life and it
certainly shows. You are there with him in those woods as
one of the suspects waxes lyrical about trees. The reader
is also led on quite a chase as the multitude of suspects
all have reasons to want the victim dead and I didn't guess
it. We get to see a character from an earlier book again some
years on, and after the rather claustrophobic settings for
the last two books, this one is set both in London and rural
Norfolk. As usual, there is plenty to enjoy, while the inimitable
Gently lets the suspects think they are in charge while of
course, the opposite is true. A series to treasure.
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