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    The Prodigal Son

    By Colleen McCullough

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    Potent poisons and deadly rivalries in this glamorous thriller.

    Jim and Millie Hunter have it all: good looks, brilliant minds, and a meteoric rise to fame.

    Dr Jim Hunter is a genius biochemist, and author of a smash-hit science book that is propelling him to the top. His wife Millie, is a blonde bombshell and fellow scientist, researching rare poisons derived from puffer fish.

    They seem to have it all, but others in their academic circle have got the knives out, jealous of their success – and their inter-racial relationship arouses prejudice.

    So when a double murder is perpetrated, using poison stolen from Millie’s research lab, Captain Carmine Delmonico of Holloman Police must race to find the killer before they can claim their next victim.

    The pool of suspects is small, but nobody is talking.
    Have two men died to safeguard the publication of Jim’s book – or do rivalries and betrayals run deeper than that?

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherHarperCollins UK
    Release dateNov 22, 2012
    ISBN9780007487660
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    The Prodigal Son
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    Colleen McCullough

    Colleen McCullough is the author of The Thorn Birds, Tim, An Indecent Obsession, A Creed for the Third Millennium, The Ladies of Missalonghi, The First Man in Rome, The Grass Crown, Fortune's Favorites, Caesar's Women, Caesar, and other novels. She lives with her husband on Norfolk Island in the South Pacific.

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    • 4/5
      When I hear the name Colleen McCullough, I automatically think of The Thorn Birds. I read it when I was a teenager and it is still one of my favorite novels. When the publisher suggested that I read her new novel, The Prodigal Son, I was surprised. I had no idea that she had written a mystery series. For me, Colleen McCullough began and ended with The Thorn Birds. Well, no more…I have become a fan of her Carmine Delmonico mysteries.

      The Prodigal Son is the fourth in the Carmine Delmonico series. I haven’t read the first three installations which may explain why I did find it difficult to keep track of the large cast of characters. The first of the novel dragged a bit for me but the second half really took off and I had a hard time putting the book down before I had finished it.

      My daughter has started making friendship bracelets. You know the kind where you have a number of thin threads that you interweave together to form designs. The threads get tangled up and you have to spend time constantly separating them (at least we do!). Well, that is exactly what the second half of this book felt like to me. McCullough built so many layers to this mystery that I was intrigued to the very end. I have virtual whiplash from bouncing back and forth between my own accusations of characters. Even now, having finished the book, I still have my doubts about a few of them.

      This was a hard one for me to get into but I ended up thoroughly enjoying it. I could recommend it as a stand alone novel to any mystery fans but think it might be even more enjoyable when read as part of the entire series.

      *I received this book from the publisher in exchange for an honest review.
    • 4/5
      A surprise ending which made the book much more interesting,