A Furnace Far Too Hot (Audible Audio Edition) Keith McCarthy Seán Barrett Isis Publishing Ltd Books
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When policewoman Eva Perry goes deep undercover to help bring a vicious local crime ring to justice, both she and her boss - Chief Detective Inspector Beverley Wharton - know there are huge risks involved. A series of unexplained and bizarre suicides forces Beverley into close contact with her former lover, the renegade forensic pathologist John Eisenmenger, who is already investigating the sudden suicide of his colleague Daisy Pemberton.
Eisenmenger conducts autopsies on the victims and discovers all their deaths are linked by their earrings. When he convinces Beverley to pursue the trail of the earrings, they become enmeshed in a frightening web of mental manipulation that brings them to the edge of being the instruments of their own violent deaths.
A Furnace Far Too Hot (Audible Audio Edition) Keith McCarthy Seán Barrett Isis Publishing Ltd Books
I've thoroughly enjoyed the Eisenmenger/Flemming series, except for book 9, which I declined, as it is 2-1/2 times the cost of the other nine books and has the poorest rating. The quality of McCarthy's writing is excellent, although I have found the occasional factual error.Product details
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A Furnace Far Too Hot (Audible Audio Edition) Keith McCarthy Seán Barrett Isis Publishing Ltd Books Reviews
Complex, spooky, unguessable initially; many of the elements I most like about this series are here in rich detail. The book is well worth a read. My sadness, perhaps, lies with the portrayal of male/female relationships, though there's a twist in this novel. I can't wait to read the newest in the series!
This is the second book by Keith McCarthy that I have read and only the second in the Eisenmenger-Flemming series (there are more books that pre-date this book). These books are not stand alone and should not be read as a stand alone as I have done. This is the reason why it took me a while to get into the story again.
I enjoy Keith McCarhty's writing style and the characters that he writes about. Sometimes I liked the characters and sometimes I didn't. Some parts of the book was a bit slow but all in all an enjoyable read.
I really think that I should start this series at the beginning to get to know the characters a bit more. I would recommend this book if you have read the previous ones in the series.
Thank you to Netgalley and Endeavour Press for the copy
John Eisenmenger is a locum histopathologist in "an underfunded, undermanned district general hospital" in Melbury, England. After suffering a series of grievous losses, he lives a solitary existence in a dingy and soulless flat. In spite of his unhappiness and unresolved guilt, he is a consummate professional who has an uncanny ability to extract a dead body's secrets. Some of his colleagues—who range from nasty and arrogant to peculiar and lazy--consider him "an oddball, withdrawn and uncommunicative." One exception is Dr. Daisy Pemberton, an African-American woman who is smart, eager to succeed, and impressed with John's knowledge and experience.
"A Furnace Far Too Hot," by Keith McCarthy, is compelling but also bizarre and grisly. Not content to write a straightforward police procedural or medical mystery, McCarthy pushes the envelope by creating a macabre plot that is the stuff of nightmares. A series of suicides seem to be relatively straightforward, but certain anomalies suggest foul play. Meanwhile, Eisenmenger's former lover, DCI Beverly Wharton, is worried about Eva Parry, a constable who has gone undercover to gather evidence against a vicious hoodlum.
Beverly stands out for her ruthlessness, selfishness, stubbornness, and refusal to be intimidated by her overbearing boss, DS Tom Cutting. The detective superintendent is aptly named, since he is an acerbic bully. When a case goes sour, Cutting is careful to lay the blame at Beverly's door. The first half of the book is riveting; we wonder what drove each victim to kill herself in such a painful and torturous manner. McCarthy introduces other themes that, although alluded to briefly, still pack a wallop. Among them are the challenges of caring for a demented parent, elder abuse, the tragedy of mental illness, and the viciousness of racism. It is disappointing that the final chapters of "A Furnace Far Too Hot" grow increasingly implausible and contrived. McCarthy wraps up this edgy, intense, and unsettling thriller with a dark and violent conclusion.
I have to say that I was pleasantly surprised to see the newest addition to Keith McCarthy’s John Eisenmenger series, since it was four years ago that he published the last novel in the series, The Taste of Wormwood. As a reviewer of book series, I am constantly updating the review that I have completed for an author with information on the latest addition to their series. It is simple enough to find this information for mainstream authors such as Patricia Cornwell, Tess Gerritsen and the likes, but can be difficult when it involves indie and more obscure authors such as Keith McCarthy. Since it had been four years since the last book in the series was released, I wasn’t actively looking for any additions to the John Eisenmenger series. Recently, I just happened to come across one of those email advertisements that are constantly being sent to me which, more often than not, I delete without looking at it. This time, however, I did look at the email and, lo and behold, I see A Furnance Far Too Hot being advertised. If it weren’t for that email, I would have totally missed it. Though it does give me a certain uncomfortable feeling that seem to know that I might want to read this novel (this is especially true since I have been reviewing a number of cyber-thrillers recently), I still appreciate that I got the email.
John Eisenmenger is a forensic pathologist which means that he is the one that does the autopsies. Throughout the series, Eisenmenger has been trying to run away from his occupation for which he is naturally adept mainly because it causes him too much grief in his personal life. Problem is that he keeps coming back. Once again Eisenmenger is dragged back into forensic pathology in A Furnace Far Too Hot when during a temporary position as a regular pathologist at a hospital, he is asked to give advice on an unusual autopsy of a suicide victim. It doesn’t take long before Eisenmenger runs into too many coincidental incidences to realize that this suicide has a more sinister aura behind it which eventually leads him to Inspector Beverley Wharton.
Wharton is an interesting character. She is a strikingly attractive cop, and being attractive and female in a male dominated occupation has its drawbacks. But Wharton is a survivor and she will do whatever she needs to do to survive even if it may not be morally appropriate. Eisenmenger and Wharton have crossed paths throughout the series and they both have a mutual attraction to each other, but they can’t seem to get together. Wharton’s aggressive need to survive clashes with Eisenmenger’s clinical aloofness along with his moralistic pursuit in solving a crime. This becomes all too apparent in A Furnace Far Too Hot, when together Wharton and Eisenmenger try to solve a crime that has become both politically and psychologically complicated.
Like Eisenmenger, Keith McCarthy is also a pathologist which means that he gives an accurate, as well, as a very descriptive rendition of the forensics. This, of course, means that the autopsies are quite graphic which may not be for the weak-hearted. If you are a CSI lover and you like the details, A Furnace Far Too Hot, will be right up your alley. Though I suggest reading the series to get to know the characters, this novel could easily be read as a standalone.
Have read all previous volumes waited a long time for this latest Eisenmenger novel from Keith McCarthy
Enjoyed every gripping minute of it.
Creative motives and modus operandi used by some poor desperate evildoers.
Hope we don't have to wait another 2 years for the next adventure.
I've thoroughly enjoyed the Eisenmenger/Flemming series, except for book 9, which I declined, as it is 2-1/2 times the cost of the other nine books and has the poorest rating. The quality of McCarthy's writing is excellent, although I have found the occasional factual error.
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