All Quiet on Arrival (A Brock and Poole Mystery, 9)

a Brock And Poole Mystery - When Police Are Called To A House In Chelsea, To Investigate Complaints Of A Noisy Party, All Is Quiet – But Flames Are Seen Coming From The House A Short While Later. The Fire Brigade Discover The Body Of Mrs Diana Barton, Who Has Been Stabbed To Death In A Frenzied Attack. Dci Brock And Ds Poole Investigate, And They Soon Discover That The Party Was Less Than Respectable, And That Diana Barton’s Death Is Just The First . . . publishers Weekly det. Chief Insp. Harry Brock And Det. Sgt. Dave Poole Investigate The Deaths Of James And Diana Barton, A Wealthy London Couple Who Are Murdered One Week Apart, In Ison's Overplotted 10th Brock And Poole Mystery (after 2009's Breach Of Privilege). After Diana's Body Is Discovered In The Aftermath Of A Fire In Her Chelsea House Where A Sex Party Is Held While James Is Out Of The Country, Brock And Poole Uncover The Many Extramarital Affairs That She Had Had Before Her Murder. As The Number Of Suspects, Including Diana's Australian Daughter-in-law, Increase To Complicating Effect, The Characters Lose Their Distinction And The Plot Becomes Increasingly Bogged Down In Repetitive Dialogue. Diana's Ex-husband, Former Lovers, And A Con Man In Australia All Become Part Of A Case That Reaches A Climax Over A Disputed Inheritance Of Several Million Pounds. Weak Characterizations, Including Those Of Brock And Poole, Diminish A Story That Fails Under The Weight Of Lackluster Writing. (nov.) Brock and Poole are assigned to investigate the murder of a woman found in the aftermath of a house fire and they discover that, far from the reserved housewife she seemed, the deceased was a promiscuous woman who had made certain that the party held at the house earlier turned into a sexual orgy