Christine Morris Series by Maureen Jennings
Christine Morris #1
Does Your Mother Know?
Maureen Jennings
Christine Morris has been sent to Edinburgh to attend a conference on the latest in police methodology. There she is tracked down by the Northern Constabulary, Stornoway, Outer Hebrides, who inform her that her estranged mother has been involved in a vehicular homicide and has gone missing. Reluctantly, Christine agrees to fly up to Stornoway, where her mother was last seen. Her arrival is followed by the suspicious death of one of the islanders. What unfolds is a deepening involvement in the life of the community, an unexpected reconnection with her mother, and a nefarious plot against one of the young princes, who is planning a visit to the island.Set against the backdrop of a breathtaking landscape and a people who are fiercely proud of their traditional way of life, Does Your Mother Know? races along to a galloping finish in this complex tale of suspense.ReviewShe blends the professional and personal in deft, balanced fashion, brings her murderous plotting to a reasonable if not entirely unexpected conclusion, and along the way makes both the geography andthe people vividly real. ... Does Your Mother Know? is a page-turning introduction to Christine Morris in the 21st., Joan Barfoot, The London Free Press, October 7, 2006|"Jennings makes the most of Morris's conflicted history and current dilemma. As always, she's brilliant at the small details that give a setting life, and a dollop of potential romance with a handsome Scottish cop works nicely.", Margaret Cannon, The Globe and Mail, October 14, 2006|"... the writing is easy, light, wryly humorous. The action is quick-paced, the plot just complex enough.", Joanne Sasvari, The Calgary Herald, October 8, 2006|"Jennings' tale is a clever, progressively complex one.", Mike Gillespie, The Ottawa Citizen, October 8, 2006|"... the sense of place and how that setting is integrated into each character's soul is Jennings at her best.", The Hamilton Spectator, November 25, 2006 From the Inside FlapForensic profiler Christine Morris flies to Stornoway to investigate the disappearance of her estranged mother, who has been involved in a vehicular homicide.
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Christine Morris #2
The K Handshape
Maureen Jennings
Christine Morris is awakened early on a chill November morning by a phone call from one of her colleagues, forensic psychiatrist Dr. Leo Forgach. His daughter, Deirdre, is missing. Despite the fact that she and the doctor have never seen eye to eye, Christine agrees to help int he search for Deirdre -- only to discover her brutally strangled body in the lake. Heartbroken, Leo tells Christine that his daughter was deaf and had recently given birth to a child she had deliberately ensured would be deaf. As a militant suporter of the Deaf Culture, Deirdre wanted a deaf child to make a political statement. Although some people supported her stand, many did not -- including Deirdre's own father. Christine must use her new kills as a forensic profiler to discover the killer.
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