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Butcher Beyond (A Chief Inspector Woodend Mystery Book 12) Kindle Edition

by Sally Spencer (Author) Format: Kindle Edition
4.3 out of 5 stars 64 ratings
DCI Woodend's first foreign holiday, in General Franco's Spain, ends abruptly when he sees a fellow guest plunge mysteriously from his hotel balcony to the rocky beach below

With the help of Paco Ruiz a former policeman, living in disgrace since the Spanish Civil War Woodend embarks on an unofficial investigation which provides more questions than answers. Why was the dead man travelling under a false passport? Who are the men he was seen to associate with, but now deny all knowledge of him? Why does the local police chief seem determined to lead him up a blind alley?

And who is responsible for the three more deaths which quickly follow on from the first? It soon becomes plain to Woodend that the roots of the case stretch back thirty years and that if he is ever to solve it, he must confront history itself.
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  1. Book 12 of 20
    Chief Inspector Woodend Mysteries
  2. Print length
    265 pages
  3. Language
    English
  4. Publisher
    Severn House
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  6. Publication date
    August 12, 2013
  7. File size
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British detective Charlie Woodend takes a holiday in 1960s Spain, where the iron rule of Generalissimo Franco continues to inspire fear and loathing. But what was supposed to be a pleasure trip turns into a busman's holiday when the guest in the next hotel room, also British, plunges to his death off the balcony. After rushing to investigate, Woodend is "detained for questioning" by the malevolent Captain Lopez of the Guardia Civil. Once released, Woodend learns that the British government wants him to work with Lopez to investigate the case. Helped by a former Spanish cop turned private investigator, Woodend eventually discovers a tragic story that began with a catastrophic event during the war. A solid addition to an entertaining period procedural series. Emily Melton
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"Good plot and dependable prose" ― Library Journal

"A solid addition to an entertaining period procedural" ― Booklist

"Whether he's sipping una cerveza or downing a pint of best bitter, dogged Woodend's a treat for fans of truth-and-justice detection" ― Kirkus Reviews

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  • ASIN ‏ : ‎ B00DN8GOJC
  • Publisher ‏ : ‎ Severn House
  • Accessibility ‏ : ‎ Learn more
  • Publication date ‏ : ‎ August 12, 2013
  • Language ‏ : ‎ English
  • File size ‏ : ‎ 550 KB
  • Screen Reader ‏ : ‎ Supported
  • Enhanced typesetting ‏ : ‎ Enabled
  • X-Ray ‏ : ‎ Not Enabled
  • Word Wise ‏ : ‎ Enabled
  • Print length ‏ : ‎ 265 pages
  • ISBN-13 ‏ : ‎ 978-1448301058
  • Page Flip ‏ : ‎ Enabled
  • Book 12 of 20 ‏ : ‎ Chief Inspector Woodend Mysteries
  • Customer Reviews:
    4.3 out of 5 stars 64 ratings

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Sally Spencer

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Sally Spencer is a pen name, first adopted when the author (actually called Alan Rustage) was writing sagas and it was almost obligatory that a woman's name appeared on the cover (other authors like Emma Blair and Mary Jane Staples are also men). However, Alan uses James Garcia Woods as his pen name for the mysteries set against the backdrop of the Spanish Civil War.

Before becoming a full-time writer, he was a teacher. In 1978-79 he was working in Iran and witnessed the fall of the Shah. He got used to having rifles - and, one occasion, a rocket launcher - pointed at him by both soldiers and revolutionaries, but he was never entirely comfortable with it.

He lived in Madrid for over twenty years, and still considers it the most interesting and exciting city he has ever visited, but for the last few years he has opted for a quieter life in the seaside town of Calpe, on the Costa Blanca.

His first series of books were historical sagas set in Cheshire (where he grew up) and London. They were very popular with his English readers, but his American readers find the dialect something of a strain.

He has written twenty books featuring DCI Woodend (a character based partly on a furniture dealer he used to play dominoes with) and thirteen (so far!) about Woodend's protegé Monika Paniatowski. His DI Blackstone books are set in Victorian/Edwardian London, New York and Russia, and the DI Ruiz books have as their backdrop the Spanish Civil War.

Alan is a competitive games player who likes bridge and pub quizzes. It is only by enforcing iron discipline that he doesn't play video games all the time.

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    5.0 out of 5 stars Excellent
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    A most interesting account of a murder set in Franco Spain. As usual the twists and turns of the story make for s great read.
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