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The Head is Dead (Poppy Fields Murder Mystery) by Tanya Landman (view source)
Revision as of 18:12, 23 November 2009
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Meet, once again, Poppy Fields. When tasked to create a murder mystery experience for a school fete she is only surprised to find the headmistress - a newly employed battleaxe that no-one seems to like - a real-life victim of an assassin. And there is only a school field full of suspects. Can she and her best friend, brainbox George, solve the day and make the staff room a safer place to be? And where does the invisible sheepdog come in?!
If this were real life I would think the police could do a lot worse than just spy on Poppy and George, for once again she has the greatest knack for falling into murder investigations. It's a slight pity that the pattern of proceedings has a similarity with [[Dying to be Famous (Poppy Fields Murder Mystery) by Tanya Landman|Dying to be Famous]] - first (expected) death, some problem forming, a second (unexpected) death, some problem solving, then peril for our young heroes.
And I have to sit proud and say I knew the culprit from the start, and could follow the clues - once again of the so so clever, but obvious once you know the truth variety - given me. If you're not so fortunate you still have a tight, well-crafted thriller, whatever your age. Once again the taut story-telling, with its driving predictive stings, as opposed to sheer cliffhangers, and tightly-realised world, allows for a very good mystery for the target audience.