Playing with Fire
Kate O'Donnell Mystery
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April 28, 2014
It’s not easy for a pretty young woman to get past both the entrenched sexism of the early 1960s and the hidebound British newspaper industry, as shown in Hall’s action-filled fourth mystery featuring photographer Kate O’Donnell (after 2013’s Dressed to Kill). Kate gets a freelance gig working with Carter Price, a national crime reporter who has heard rumors of a major heist being planned. Meanwhile, Kate’s sometime boyfriend, Det. Sgt. Harry Barnard, looks into a case involving a mutilated body found on a construction site in London’s West End. Harry is also under scrutiny because of his association with Ray Robertson, a childhood pal turned gangster. The plucky Kate won’t quit even when things get dangerous. The tension builds as the different plot lines come together, but Hall never loses control over the varying threads. She also does a terrific job of explaining the inner working of the press at a time when newspapers still mattered.
June 1, 2014
The year is 1963, and London's West End is rebuilding dramatically. Gutsy photographer Kate O'Donnell is working with a newspaper crime reporter in her fourth entry (after Dressed To Kill), making her especially vulnerable to gangster violence in the area.
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November 15, 2018
London, 1964. A young woman dies in a fall from a high window. Murder or tragic accident? That's what Detective Sergeant Harry Barnard needs to determine. Meanwhile, photographer Kate O'Donnell, Harry's love interest, is concerned that one of her friends has vanished without a trace. Can Kate and Harry navigate the world of the swinging sixties and solve these mysteries? The seventh installment in the O'Donnell series blends plot and milieu into a satisfying mixture: come for the story, stay for the precisely detailed environment and its people. The author is perhaps better known for her Ackroyd-and-Thackeray crime novels, but this newer series is a keeper, too.(Reprinted with permission of Booklist, copyright 2018, American Library Association.)
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