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When young mother Debbie Fearnside goes missing, police interest is minimal. Then DCI Andrew Fenwick notices a curious set of coincidences with the case of Kate Johnstone, it becomes clear they have been murdered, revenge for a long-forgotten death.
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Sometimes I thought i was enjoying it but overall, not so much. Won't be continuing the series ( )
  daaft | Aug 13, 2022 |
In a London suburb, a woman was meticulously trapped, kidnapped and killed. DCI Andrew Fenwick, just back from leave to care for and then bury his mentally ill wife, is looking into old cases to ease in his return to work. Then another woman in the same suburb is brutally murdered. There are no miraculous revelations here - just hard, gritty detective work. It provides a good story. And, is the first of a series featuring Fenwick. ( )
  susandennis | Jun 5, 2020 |
Requiem Mass by Elizabrth Corley
Andrew Fenwick series Book #1
3.5 ★'s

What's It About?
When young mother Debbie Fearnside goes missing, police interest is minimal. Then DCI Andrew Fenwick notices a curious set of coincidences with the case of murder victim Kate Johnstone. It becomes clear they have both been murdered, revenge for a long-forgotten death.

What I Think?
It doesn't carry much of a surprise. It is the first book in the series and I know they can sometimes be a bit awkward but there was just some points that were a bit fuzzy and not cleared up very well. I have read the second book and found that it's plot was more tightly construed. I still need to post the review for it but I will give this series the chance that I feel it deserves. ( )
1 vote Carol420 | Jul 1, 2017 |
Requiem Mass by Elizabeth Corley was a mass of contradictions for me. I quite liked the story but had to overlook some parts that stretched my imagination to the breaking point. I also liked the characters, especially the main one, DCI Andrew Fenwick, and would be interested in continuing to read about his life. The book was long for a mystery, being over 400 pages, but it read quickly and certainly kept my attention. The story is about revenge and was quite the thriller.

A few things however, that I found hard to believe made it difficult to take the book seriously. Obviously set in the days before computers were widely used in crime investigations, there were still many items that were difficult to swallow. For example, at one point the investigative team were interviewing current and ex-school teachers and pupils and no one remembered or brought up the tragic falling-from-the-cliffs death of a schoolgirl (a close friend of the current victim) even though it happened twenty years ago. I also found that the elaborately detailed plan that the killer used to abduct his first victim included more than a few incidents of sheer luck, such as his intended victim reading the classified ads and applying for the job that he was advertising. Also, the fact that the disappearance of this young wife and mother was not investigated further and was simply accepted as a voluntary disappearance even though her husband was loudly calling for a police investigation just struck me as wrong.

This is the first book in a series, and I do have the second on my shelves so I will continue on with the next one, but the stories will have to get tighter and the details a little more believable before I commit to the whole series. ( )
1 vote DeltaQueen50 | Oct 28, 2014 |
Hoofdinspecteur Andrew Fenwick keert na een lange afwezigheid terug op zijn werk en in plaats van terug te keren naar zijn eigen divisie wordt hij belast met het onderzoek naar een aantal autodiefstallen en de behandeling van klachten. Een van de klachten betreft de afhandeling van de verdwijning van Deborah Fearnside, die op een dag naar Londen is vertrokken en nooit meer naar huis is teruggekeerd. Fenwick ontdekt dingen die de verdwijning verdacht maken.

Katherine Johnstone is wiskunde lerares aan de Downside Scholengemeenschap en ook betrokken bij de leiding van het schoolorkest en het koor van de zesde klas. Op een regenachtige avond wordt zij gevonden bij de zijingang van het schoolgebouw. Zij blijkt te zijn vermoord, waarbij de moordenaar heel veel geweld heeft gebruikt.

Hoofdinspecteur Fenwick begint samen met brigadier Cooper aan het onderzoek. In de loop hiervan ontdekken zij dat er een relatie bestond tussen de twee vrouwen, zij behoorden tot een groep van vier leerlingen van de school die 20 jaar geleden een zeer hechte band met elkaar hadden. Langzaam maar zeker ontrafelt Fenwick een groot geheim dat de meisjes met elkaar deelden en dat maar beter geheim had kunnen blijven. Ook ontdekt Fenwick dat de moordenaar nog niet klaar is met zijn werk.

Requiem voor een zangeres is in 2011 in Nederland gepubliceerd terwijl het al in 1998 werd geschreven als eerste boek in een serie over hoofdinspecteur Fenwick. Twee latere titels zijn in Nederland eerder verschenen. Fenwick maakt in de serie een ontwikkeling door en zo ook een andere hoofdpersonage, brigadier Louise Nightingale. Door een andere volgorde te lezen gaat veel van die ontwikkeling verloren.

De schrijfstijl van Elizabeth Corley is plezierig. Zij bouwt het verhaal goed op en door steeds stukjes informatie over wat er 20 jaar geleden is gebeurd, prijs te geven neemt de spanning toe en wordt het boek ook verslavender om te lezen. Helaas zijn er ook een aantal passages die te breed worden uitgesponnen en waar Corley zich verliest in te veel details. Op sommige momenten is het verhaal dan ook wat langdradig. Dat geldt gelukkig niet voor de ontknoping ; die is heel goed en scherp geschreven en erg spannend.

Requiem voor een zangeres is een goede misdaadroman maar nog niet zo volwassen en uitgebalanceerd als de latere boeken over hoofdinspecteur Andrew Fenwick. ( )
  eagleye50 | Oct 16, 2012 |
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