Reviews for Picture of Innocence

The average rating for Picture of Innocence based on 2 reviews is 4 stars.

Review # 1 was written on 2015-11-04 00:00:00 anthony abbott Bernard Bailey is probably the most unpopular man in the area and when he starts receiving death threats after a spate of vandalism on his farm no on is too surprised when he is found dead one morning. His refusal to sell part of his land to a property developer for an access road to a new estate of houses has polarised the community. Many people want him to sell, which he is stubbornly refusing to do. The alternative to putting the access road across his land is to cut down an area of woodland and this would not be a popular move. But surely no one would kill him because he won't sell a piece of land? Once DCI Lloyd and DI Judy Hill start investigating they find that half the county had reasons to hate Bailey and even they think the murderer probably did everyone a favour. This is a well written and well plotted murder mystery with plenty of clues and plenty of red herrings to keep the reader guessing. I thought I'd worked out early on who the murderer was but I turned out to be completely wrong. I like the series characters - Lloyd and Hill themselves and the irrepressible Freddie the pathologist with his macabre jokes. If you're looking for well written and carefully plotted crime stories then you could find this series to your liking. The books can be read as standalone novels or as part of a series.

Review # 2 was written on 2018-08-31 00:00:00 Robert Lagomarsino "East Midlands farmer Bernard Bailey, a violent man with a brutal temper, stands to packet a hefty inheritance if he fathers a male child. After destroying one wife to achieve this end, Bailey turn his next marriage into a twisted business arrangement. If his new spouse produces a son, she will be paid handsomely for her trouble. But the real trouble is just beginning. "After six month of receiving highly publicized death threats, Bailey becomes just another statistic -- a bloodied corpse discarded on his secluded farm. But the unusual question for Detective Chief Inspector Lloyd and Detective Inspector Judy Hill is, Why wasn't the monster killed sooner? For Bailey aroused murderous passions in just about everyone, from the abused daughter of his first marriage to his second wife's clandestine lover. Beneath the obvious lies a labyrinth of deceit -- and the shocking truth lies deeper still ..." ~~back cover