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A Day in the Death of Dorothea Cassidy
A Day in the Death of Dorothea Cassidy | Ann Cleeves
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A Day in the Death of Dorothea Cassidy is the third novel in the Inspector Ramsay series by Ann Cleeves, author of the Shetland and Vera Stanhope crime series. For Dorothea Cassidy Thursdays were special. Every week she would look forward to the one day she could call her own, and would plan to visit people she wanted to see as a welcome respite from the routine duties that being a vicar's wife entailed. But one Thursday in June was to be more special than any other. It was the day that Dorothea Cassidy was strangled. As the small town of Otterbridge prepares for its summer carnival, Inspector Stephen Ramsay begins a painstaking reconstruction of Dorothea's last hours. He soon discovers that she had taken on a number of deserving cases a sick and lonely old woman, a disturbed adolescent, a compulsive gambler, a single mother with a violent boyfriend and a child in care and even her close family have their secrets to hide. All these people are haunted, in one way or another, by Dorothea's goodness. But which of them could have possibly wanted her dead? It is not until a second body is discovered that Ramsay starts to understand how Dorothea lived and why she died. With the carnival festivities in full swing and dusk falling in Otterbridge, Ramsay's murder investigation reaches its chilling climax . . .
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claudiuo
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With not much time left in the month, I was able to finish this book which was my #DoubleSpin and with it also get my first #BookSpinBingo in a while.

I love Ann Cleeves' Vera and Shetland series, I've seen this book at the library and thought it was a standalone, only halfway through it I found out it is actually the third novel in the Inspector Ramsay series. I liked it a lot so now I need to find the first 2.

Thank you @TheAromaOfBooks!

TheAromaofBooks Yay bingo!!! 3y
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This is one of two series from Ann Cleeves‘ back-catalogue. I enjoyed it. It is more along the lines of a classic detective story than Shetland or Vera, which are more “thrillery” (new word 😜) in comparison. More simplistically written, without all of the detail of her two more popular series, Cleeves still lays the groundwork for the mystery quite well. I did not guess who the murderer was - something I can usually do. 4.0⭐️ #2019 📱🕵🏼‍♀️

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