Night and Silence

by Aline Templeton

Book Overview

When David marries Tessa he feels life is starting all over again. He gets a transfer to a small police station in mid Wales, leaving behind the stresses of inner-London policing, his previous... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 034075057X
• ISBN13: 9780340750575
• Release Date: January 2000
• Publisher: New English Library
• Length: 288 Pages
• Weight: 0.50 lbs.
• Dimensions: 7.0" x 0.8" x 4.4"

Customer Reviews

3.5 Stars is more accurate.

Tessa Cordiner and her policeman husband David have moved to an idyllic rural village in Wales. But the idyllic life soon turns to terror. The body of a dog is found that police feel may have been practice for a human killing. A young woman is found murdered and left naked on a hilltop. And Tessa feels she is being watched and threatened Templeton did an excellent job of conveying the discomfort of moving into a very small, insular community, particularly where the native residents speak a different language. There felt to be a lack of cohesion to the plot; the bits just didn't seem to tie together. I had a hard time connecting with the characters, including the protagonist. The suspense was good--I think it could have been stronger---and I didn't see the killer until almost the end. This was good, but not my favorite of her books.