Kingdom of Silence

Lee Wood

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After a U.S. marshal and her prisoner are gunned down outside of London’s Heathrow Airport before the prisoner can testify against her boyfriend, the head of a violent animal-rights group, Leeds Detective Sergeant Keen Dunliffe doesn’t seem like the right man for the case. But with an American federal agent dead and homegrown terrorists on the loose, Keen’s undercover experience and knowledge of Yorkshire—the terrorists’ backyard—come into play.

He’s ordered to head up a sting operation with Rachel Colver, an inexperienced police constable, who may have personal ties that will help her infiltrate the animal-rights group. However, Keen is worried about a plan that puts Rachel in obvious peril. The two hunker down and start working the case from the inside—while at the same time the most widespread outbreak of hoof-and-mouth disease ever to strike the English countryside is decimating livestock.

Brutal extremists and police politics collide in a plot involving murder, intimidation, smuggling, and blackmail—with lethal consequences—in Kingdom of Silence, the second mystery in Lee Wood’s richly imagined and superbly nuanced series featuring DS Keen Dunliffe.

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Praise for Kingdom of Lies

“It's a royal pleasure.… Not a boring moment. Wood has success in her sights. As well as a gripping mystery, it’s a provocative meditation on the nature and ramifications of deceit. Anglophiles and mystery lovers will find it just their cuppa.”
--Richmond Times-Dispatch

“Wood keeps the reader guessing as the mix of sexual shenanigans, forgeries, family secrets, and police corruption swirls and eddies. May the likable Dunliffe and the plucky Waltham, wary of their mutual attraction, soon return for more crime-solving adventure.”
---Publishers Weekly

“A promising new series. Wood, a noted science-fiction author, branches out into mystery with an action-packed story sure to please British procedural fans."
---Booklist

“[Wood] appears to have the start of a successful mystery series on her capable hands.”
---Chicago Tribune


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K.B.  rated it  
Jun 24, 2010
Kingdom of Silence is Lee Wood's second mystery featuring Keen Dunliffe. As with Kingdom of Lies, the plot is very intricate.There are some plot threads that aren't officially resolved--you're left to infer who did what--but I can't say that it works against the book. However, the story of Dunliffe ...more
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LEE WOOD is the acclaimed author of three science-fiction novels, including Looking for the Mahdi. Born in Connecticut, she now lives in New Zealand.

 

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Kingdom of Silence
Lee Wood

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St. Martin's Press
Minotaur Books
February 2009
Hardcover
ISBN: 9780312340315
ISBN10: 0312340311
5 1/2 x 8 1/4 inches, 288 pages
$25.95
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