YnysMon Posted March 13, 2020 Share Posted March 13, 2020 Has anyone else come across this crime novel by Alan Hunter? Written in the early 1960s. Although the author has given alternative names to the places on the Broads, the central location of this novel is clearly Potter Heigham, with the murder taking place near one of the bungalows north of the bridge. The victim is the owner of a successful boatyard there. I’m very much enjoying this read...am roughly half way through. I meant to do stuff today (non-working day), but so far have got completely distracted with reading. 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
vanessan Posted March 13, 2020 Share Posted March 13, 2020 This is one of the George Gently series of books. I have read a couple of the Gently books but don’t think I have heard of this one, I will search it out. I used to quite like the TV series, especially Martin Shaw in the title role. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
vanessan Posted March 13, 2020 Share Posted March 13, 2020 I have just looked Alan Hunter up on wiki. He was born in Hoveton and went to school in Wroxham. Then worked on his father’s farm near Norwich and enjoyed dinghy sailing on the Broads! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
vanessan Posted March 13, 2020 Share Posted March 13, 2020 Have you read any of David Blake’s yet Helen? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
YnysMon Posted March 13, 2020 Author Share Posted March 13, 2020 I read the first David Blake Broads book but gave up reading on the St Benet’s one half way through. I just found the description of a death too gruesome. The method of killing was just macabre. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
YnysMon Posted March 13, 2020 Author Share Posted March 13, 2020 I’m assuming that Alan Hunter lived in Brundall. All the books I’ve read so far have the postscript ‘Brundall’ and the year it was written. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MauriceMynah Posted March 13, 2020 Share Posted March 13, 2020 Yeah, I agree! Why couldn't they kill people nicely like they do nowadays? 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
YnysMon Posted March 13, 2020 Author Share Posted March 13, 2020 Yes, I know. But I’m reading for pleasure and relaxation. The great thing about reading is being able to pick and choose. Escapism! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
vanessan Posted March 13, 2020 Share Posted March 13, 2020 11 minutes ago, YnysMon said: I read the first David Blake Broads book but gave up reading on the St Benet’s one half way through. I just found the description of a death too gruesome. The method of killing was just macabre. Funny you should say that, I’m reading St Benet’s at the moment. It is rather gruesome but I need to know ‘who dunnit’! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
YnysMon Posted March 13, 2020 Author Share Posted March 13, 2020 I usually want to know whodunnit too...in this particular case I found myself really conflicted between that and not wanting to read any more. Ho hum. I still have the book. If you can promise me that it doesn’t get any worse I might actually go back to it. In the first book, did you find the setting of the murder in Wroxham a bit confusing? I thought he’d got his location a bit muddled. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
vanessan Posted March 13, 2020 Share Posted March 13, 2020 20 minutes ago, YnysMon said: I usually want to know whodunnit too...in this particular case I found myself really conflicted between that and not wanting to read any more. Ho hum. I still have the book. If you can promise me that it doesn’t get any worse I might actually go back to it. In the first book, did you find the setting of the murder in Wroxham a bit confusing? I thought he’d got his location a bit muddled. I did wonder if he might have been trying to muddy the waters a bit. I would think you are a follower of Chris Crowther too? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
YnysMon Posted March 13, 2020 Author Share Posted March 13, 2020 Yep! Managed to get a couple more books on a visit to the chandlery in Wroxham last month. Not read them yet. I might save them up for our next cruise. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
addicted Posted March 13, 2020 Share Posted March 13, 2020 I've read a lot of books by David Blake who writes crime novels set on the Broads mainly set in and around Wroxham., They're not bad, made all the more interesting of course because of being set in such familiar surrounding, with the protagonist police officer working out of Wroxham police station and actually living on a boat. Carole 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
vanessan Posted March 13, 2020 Share Posted March 13, 2020 11 minutes ago, addicted said: I've read a lot of books by David Blake who writes crime novels set on the Broads mainly set in and around Wroxham., They're not bad, made all the more interesting of course because of being set in such familiar surrounding, with the protagonist police officer working out of Wroxham police station and actually living on a boat. Carole Makes me smile, the number of police officers supposedly based at Wroxham police station. I suspect in reality it’s a two-man band! The stories do make Wroxham sound like a real den of iniquity. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
YnysMon Posted March 13, 2020 Author Share Posted March 13, 2020 Made me chuckle too. Seriously though, the idea of actual detectives based at Wroxham! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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