A Day in the Death of Dorothea Cassidy

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 . . .

“"Nobody does unsettling undercurrents better than Ann Cleeves." --Val McDermid, author, A Place of Execution”

Cleeves is quietly carving out a reputation as the new Queen of Crime Sunday Mirror
A fine writer Sunday Telegraph
Ann Cleeves is a skilful technician, keeping our interest alive and building slowly up to the denouement. Her easy use of language and clever story construction make her one of the best natural writers of detective fiction Daily Express
Nobody does unsettling undercurrents better than Ann Cleeves Val McDermid
Ann Cleeves has an enviable talent . . . I love these books CrimeSquad

Ann Cleeves is the author behind ITV's Vera and BBC One's Shetland. She has written over thirty novels, and is the creator of detectives Vera Stanhope and Jimmy Perez - characters loved both on screen and in print. Her books have sold millions of copies worldwide.

For vicar's wife Dorothea Cassidy, Thursday was always special because it was her day off. But one day in June was to be more special than any other. It was the day that Dorothea Cassidy was strangled.But who would murder this beautiful, caring woman? As the small town of Otterbridge prepares for its summer carnival, Inspector Stephen Ramsay must piece together her last few hours and figure out which of her parishioners, or perhaps even a member of her own family, could possibly have wanted her dead. A Day in the Death of Dorothea Cassidy is the third novel in the 'Inspector Ramsay' series by bestselling author Ann Cleeves.'Perceptive, convincing, quietly compelling' The Times 'Nobody does unsettling undercurrents better than Ann Cleeves' Val McDermid

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