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Gives Colin Dexter a run for his money among the dreaming spires... Stallwood has fought her way to the top of the tree in British crime writing with some arrestingly written thrillers (THE TIMES)

OXFORD SHIFT:
'Gives Colin Dexter a run for his money among the dreaming spires... Stallwood has fought her way to the top of the tree in British crime writing with some arrestingly written thrillers' The Times
'This is the best novel yet in this series' Good Book Guide
'Enjoyable' Gerald Kaufman, Scotsman

Enjoyable (Gerald Kaufman, SCOTSMAN)

THE RAINBOW SIGN:
'A haunting and atmospheric piece...Stallwood has fought her way to the top of the tree in British crime writing with some arrestingly writen thrillers' The Times
'The Rainbow Sign is a thriller that can't be faulted... Breath-taking descriptions of a desert country eclipsed only by Stallwood's insight into people's minds. The plot, sensed rather than seen, unfolds page by page, alluring and tantalising' Shots
'An elegiac mystery' Scotsman
'A breakthrough novel...A deceptive and atmospheric tale of British crime' Time Out

This is the best novel yet in this series (GOOD BOOK GUIDE)

Previous:
'Veronica Stallwood has come up with another first-class page-turner' Oxford Mail
'Stallwood is in the top rank of crime writers' Daily Telegraph
'Not only plausible, but in my view, absolutely compelling' Scotsman
'Novelist Kate Ivory snoops with intelligence, wit and some nice insights' The Times
'One of the cleverest of the year's crop [with] a flesh-and-brains heroine' Observer

Joyce Fielding is missing. She walked out one afternoon into the streets of Oxford and disappeared without a word. And now, Kate Ivory has been hired to find her. Joyce is a sober, respectable widow in her sixties and there is nothing at first glance to explain her disappearance, so Kate consults her own mother, the irrepressible Roz, to help solve the puzzle. It isn't long before Kate, following Joyce's trail, discovers a dead body. The police may think that Joyce is a murderer and Kate an interfering amateur, but Kate realises that Joyce has unwittingly walked into danger, and that the hunt for the missing grandmother is a race against time...