By Mary Grand
It's Christmas on the Isle of Wight and sixty-something Susan is looking forward to a peaceful time alone at home with her dogs. But when hotel owner Meera desperately needs help after injuring herself in a fall, Susan agrees to lend a hand. The hotel has been exclusively booked by a group of seven guests; including influential newspaper editor Duncan Fern and his family. The morning after a snowstorm hits the Isle, a guest is discovered dead in bed; apparently from natural causes — but Susan isn't convinced. Can she get to the truth before the killer slips the net?
I'm not normally a reader of cosy crime but fancied a break from the grim and gruesome. A Christmas Murder filled the brief perfectly. Susan is a highly personable character, not unlike Agatha Christie's Miss Marple, who spent her time searching for clues and sniffing out motives; sneaking quietly into rooms for a rummage while no one was looking. It was an easy and fun Christmas read.
I'm not normally a reader of cosy crime but fancied a break from the grim and gruesome. A Christmas Murder filled the brief perfectly. Susan is a highly personable character, not unlike Agatha Christie's Miss Marple, who spent her time searching for clues and sniffing out motives; sneaking quietly into rooms for a rummage while no one was looking. It was an easy and fun Christmas read.
★★★☆☆
- Paperback: 336 pages
- Publisher: Boldwood Books
- Publication Year: 2024
- Author: Mary Grand
- Genre: Crime (Cosy)
Synopsis
So, when local businesswoman Meera is in desperate need of help, Susan agrees rather reluctantly.
The task should be easy enough. The infamous press mogul Duncan Fern is coming back to the Isle of Wight, the scene of his family’s childhood holidays, to celebrate Christmas with his grown-up children and their partners, his new glamorous wife Kirsten who is forever dripping with diamonds, and the spikey editor of his paper the Morning Flame, Antoine. The newly-refurbished luxurious Bishopstone Manor is the perfect setting for a festive break and all Susan has to do is help Meera host.
But when a snowstorm descends over the island, and the following morning a body is found, Christmas at the Manor takes a darker turn. Can Susan get to the bottom of the mystery before the murderer strikes again…
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