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Murder at the Wedding
Hannah Merrill is about to marry the love of her life…
The couple are determined their low-key celebration will go without a hitch, but there can’t be an ‘I do’ while the vicar is missing. And when he’s found dead – a victim of a poisoning – in the crypt behind the church, Hannah knows only she and Aunt Violet can find out who did it.
Hannah’s beloved thinks she shouldn’t interfere. But if he fails to remember that an independent woman in 1916 doesn’t do what she’s told to by a man, the dead vicar may be the least of his worries…
Then the vicar’s own fiancé appears on the scene, even though nobody knew he was engaged. And suddenly it becomes clear someone has a secret, one shocking enough to kill for.
Will the intrepid pair of amateur sleuths catch the murderer before they kill again? Or will it be til death parts them all?
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Anita Davison is the author of the successful Flora Maguire historical mystery series.
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| my thoughts |
This is the first I've read in this series about amateur sleuths Hannah and her Aunt Violet - and I enjoyed it enough to want to go back to the beginning of the series in order to read more.
There was just enough backstory in this one to pick up who was who, where they were and why, although I was a little confused through the first couple of chapters because there were rather a few characters to meet - deciding who was important, who wasn't, were they new introductions or 'old friends'? This is to be expected when meeting an ongoing series a few books in, though.
Set in 1918, the period of World War I, there was just enough interesting historical detail to create an atmosphere of reality regarding time, place and people but without getting too bogged down in too much detail. There was, perhaps, more interesting story than actual sleuthing through part of the book, but I didn't find that distracted from a good read. (Many 'cosy mysteries' are about the story and the characters, not the crime solving, that's why they are labelled 'cosy'!)
Alongside the competent writing the main characters were easy to get to know once the story had got into its stride, while the mystery of 'whodunit' kept the desire to solve the puzzle going along with the intrepid sleuths. I didn't outguess the author's ending, which is a huge plus for a cosy mystery!
Maybe more of a gentle stroll of a read rather than an action-packed dash, but recommended for readers who enjoy a cosy mystery set in the past.
**** 4 stars
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