Since I love a good old-fashioned murder mystery, I really enjoyed reading this story. It was well written, taking lots of twists and turns, with dark secrets being revealed throughout the investigation. Except for the three main characters, practically everyone else was a possible suspect. Julianna Deering was an unknown author to me until my reading of Murder at the Mikado. I’m glad she was brought to my attention and I plan to read more of her murder mysteries.
The story takes place in the 1930’s in a small English town
and at the country estate of Drew
Farthering. Whenever there is a mystery
to be solved, Drew somehow ends up in the middle of the investigation. This time Drew becomes involved at the request
from the beautiful wife of one of his employees. To make matters worse, the wife turns out to
be a former girlfriend and this does not sit well with Drew’s fiancée. The wife is the first suspect in the murder
of a celebrated actor with whom she had had an affair. I say the first suspect because as the
investigation progresses, four or five others are rooted out as possible
suspects and they all have a motive for murder.
Just when Drew thinks he might be close to discovering the truth, the
story takes another turn and he is hard put to find any solid facts.
Both the main characters are Christians with good moral
character. The story is without
profanity and sexuality – just a good, clean “who done it” murder mystery. I recommend it to all mystery lovers and plan
to donate the book to my church library.
Bethany House Publishers provided
this book to me for free in exchange for an honest review.
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