Not So Innocent - Hardcover

Laura-lee-guhrke

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0739430688 ISBN 13: 9780739430682

Publisher: Sonnet, published by Pocket, 2002

Synopsis

This novel takes place in a historical time period we usually read little of, the end of the 19th century. And its hero is a regular every day guy with no noble possibilities held in the wings. I really enjoyed the book and read it rather quickly for me. Mick Dunbar is a high-ranking detective with Scotland Yards. He has just turned 36 and is sensitive about his age as his co-workers kid him constantly about it. He has a way with the women, of course, and has yet to meet his perfect woman but has every intention to marry her and have a family once he finds her. He is very handsome - few heroes are ever portrayed in any other manner - and is a straight talking man who knows how to speak truthfully - even if it is not what one wants to hear. However, his speech is always noteworthy and it is a treat when you read his lines. I guess he has that gift of saying a lot with few words therefore; you listen well to what he says. Sophie Haversham has a gift of foresight that she would prefer to not possess. She first meets Mick at Scotland Yard where she has gone to report a death she has foreseen in a dream. She is very shocked to see that very man in her dreams - the one that is intended to die - as she stares at Mick. Mick believes she is some sort of crazy woman and dismisses her. Later that night when he is shot at, in precisely the location Sophie had told him he would be shot, he believes that she may not be crazy. Instead, he presumes that she is either the would-be murderer or closely connected to him. He begins to methodically interrogate her and ruthlessly opens every aspect of her life in order to find the identity of one who means to see him dead.

About this edition

• Publisher: Sonnet, published by Pocket
• Publication date: 2002
• ISBN 10: 0739430688
• ISBN 13: 9780739430682
• Binding: Hardcover