The conversations are well nuanced, the text read clearly and well paced. This is further brought to life by Jane Oppenheimer's narration. The characters are all beautifully portrayed and the emotional chaos of an anticipated holiday and reunion of friends totally disrupted is perfectly observed, with excellent, natural and, sometimes, humerous dialogue. Then another murder victim is found at a local hotel, Stan and his other surviving friends instantly become suspects and Emily jumps into police mode, to the annoyance of the local inspector - well, for the reader, at least, it's going to be a memorable holiday. But everything starts to go wrong when one of their number, a priest, turns up not at their prearranged dinner but dead, rolled up in an old carpet. They are also meeting up with old college friends: the four men of the couples had once been known as the Fractious Four. Retired Michigan police officer, Emily Remington, and her history professor husband, Stan, have inherited a ten years old camper van and intend to put it to good use, enjoying a fun holiday without hotel bills.
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