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FREEFOX EVIL EBOOK Minette Walters | 576 pages | 05 Jul 2012 | Pan MacMillan | 9781447207993 | English | London, United Kingdom Evil (TV series) - Wikipedia Sign up for our newsletters! Who is the man called Fox Evil? His 10 year-old son if the boy really is his Fox Evil and really is as old as ten thinks Evil is Fox's last name. Certainly the word fits his personality and his actions. From the beginning pages we want to know Fox's true identity; as the pages add up, Fox Evil want to know how he got to be as cruel and twisted as he is, and Fox Evil drives him. It is not until the very end of the book that we will learn Fox Evil answers, by which time Walters's sustained narrative tension will have stretched our nerves very thin indeed. Her relentlessly dark view is enough to make even a fan of the gothic and the noir long nostalgically for the innocence of a Miss Marple, or of an Inspector Wexford for Ruth Rendell, even writing as Barbara Vine, is not this dark. Shenstead Valley is in Dorset, so ideally located between wooded hills and the sea that its small collection of houses and cottages, clustered about Shenstead Manor, has become off-limits to all but the stubborn Fox Evil and the new rich. Most of the latter spend their weekdays in London, but a trouble-making few have chosen Shenstead for their retirement. The major available forms of recreation are the local hunt club, a little golf, and a lot of gossip the latter being of the lethal, not-so-idle variety. Into this milieu comes a caravan of gypsy-like travelers, led by the man called Fox Evil. His son Wolfie is a precocious, starving, abused child who is the most appealing character in the book. It was for Wolfie's sake that I eagerly read to the end of this dark, convoluted and disturbing tale. Fox has brought the travelers to camp out on a few acres of land that he happens to know have no deeded owner. The travelers hope they may be able to claim it by the English version of squatter's rights, so they will have permanent homes at last. But Bella, a large, habitually purple-clad Fox Evil with a good heart, suspects Fox has his own agenda of a sort to suit his supposed surname and she is right. A former war hero in his 80s, James recently found his wife Ailsa dead on the manor terrace, dressed only in her nightgown and Wellies, with bloodstains nearby but no wounds upon her body and no Fox Evil cause of death. Furthermore, James Fox Evil not know what she was doing out at night, with the door Fox Evil so that Fox Evil could not get back in. He slept through it all. Though James was subsequently cleared of responsibility by the coroner and Ailsa's Fox Evil was attributed to natural causes, his neighbors think differently and are subjecting the man to a vicious campaign of gossip and harassment. James's troubles Fox Evil not end there. The couple who lives rent-free at the Manor Lodge, supposedly in return for looking after the huge old house and James himself, are doing no such thing. James has been alone and Fox Evil deep into depression until his young lawyer, Mark Ankerton, comes to spend Christmas. James and Ailsa have a son and a daughter, Leo and Fox Evil one is a compulsive gambler while the other is a mentally fragile drug addict. Neither of them view their father as anything other than a possible source of money. James, in the depth of his depression, has with Mark's help reached out to a granddaughter who was given up for adoption at birth. Fox Evil is presumed to have been the mother of this now-grown child, but who is the father? The village gossips think they know, but are they right or wrong? Around the time Fox and the travelers arrive Fox Evil the woods, granddaughter Nancy pays a visit to James and the plot is set into motion. It never does move very swiftly, but this is, I think, by design. Walters has put us on notice by giving at the front of the book a parable of The Lion, the Fox, and the Ass. Her plot is contained entirely within that parable. The confined, almost claustrophobic smallness of it must be, therefore, intentional. But the true genius of this writer is found in her many-sided portrayal of the characters as they interact with and impact upon one another. Nevertheless, it's a gripping read that fans of Minette Walters will not want to miss. Fox Evil by Minette Walters. The Book Report Network. Skip to main content. You are here: Home Reviews Fox Evil. Fox Evil. Reviewed by Ava Dianne Day on January 22, Fox Evil Rights Reserved. Did 'Fox and Friends' Call Fred Rogers an 'Evil, Evil Man'? Goodreads helps you keep track of Fox Evil you want to read. Want to Read saving…. Want to Read Currently Reading Read. Other editions. Enlarge cover. Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Open Preview See a Problem? Details if other :. Thanks for telling us about the problem. Return to Book Page. Preview — Fox Evil by Minette Walters. Fox Evil by Minette Walters. Friendless and alone after Fox Evil wife dies under suspicious circumstances, Colonel James Lockyer-Fox searches desperately for the illegitimate grand-daughter who could be the only answer to the problems plaguing his name and his life. Get A Copy. Paperbackpages. Published November 7th by Berkley Trade first published More Details Original Title. Other Editions Friend Reviews. To see what your friends thought of this book, please sign up. To ask other readers questions about Fox Evilplease sign up. Lists with This Book. Community Reviews. Showing Average rating 3. Fox Evil details. More filters. Sort order. Fox Evil your review of Fox Evil. Jan 27, Phrynne rated it really liked it. Minette Walters writes excellent books, all free standingall full of interesting characters and all with great storylines. Fox Evil is no exception. Set in the English country side this book takes us into the lives of both the gentry in their big houses and the 'travellers' in Fox Evil buses with no fixed place of abode. There are murders and thefts, some animals and children suffer cruelty and a couple of people take leave of their senses. Throughout the whole there are Fox Evil few voices of sanity in Minette Walters writes excellent books, all free standingall full of Fox Evil characters Fox Evil all with great storylines. Throughout the whole there Fox Evil a few voices of sanity in the three main characters, James, Mark and Nancy. This one of those books which turns it own pages. Once I had started it there was no stopping until Fox Evil got to the end. Great stuff!!! View all 6 comments. Apr 15, Bonnie Hill added it. Do you ever get a real feeling of utter satisfaction when you finish a book? You find yourself savoring the book, not wanting it to end and planning the reading of the Fox Evil page in a special place, like an outdoor swing or a favorite chair. Well this book I am about to recommend gave me such an experience. It was a great mystery set in rural England in the s with the proverbial twists and turns that held my ADD in check for long stretches of time. I may be late to the game, Fox Evil may be a boo Do you ever get a real feeling of utter satisfaction when you finish a book? I may be late to the game, this may be Fox Evil book that most of you have read, or at least you may have read other books by this author. At any rate,I loved it and hope you get same reader high that I got. The book: Fox Evil by Minnette Walters. View 2 comments. I enjoyed this book. Walter sprinkles Fox Evil ample Fox Evil of clues and red herrings Fox Evil keep you constantly guessing who and what is going on. The only gripe I have is near the conclusion when it seems the real culprit comes out of nowhere and relies on some facts that we, as the reader, never saw. Part of me feels as Fox Evil that's cheating! However, after reading the ending, it does make sense and is reasonably satisfying. Please note, there are some descriptions of Fox Evil cruelty. May 25, Miriam Smith rated it really liked it. Another great book by Minette Walters. This review has been hidden because it contains spoilers. To view it, click here. He used women and children until he lost interest in them, then he killed them. Fox Evil was the worst kind of predator. He killed for pleasure. She believes in writing stand-alone novels. She never returns or makes any reference to, any of her previous fictional worlds. I have read every novel written by Minette Walters. Fox Evil Ice House was published in I enjoyed the others. I looked forward to Fox Evil, but like, Acid Row her previous novel, it failed to captivate me. This time she travels to Shenstead in Dorset. It is not a village as much as a collection of tensions that come to the surface in Fox Evil. The foxhunting community feels threatened by outsiders. Ailsa Lockyer-Fox is found dead in her garden.