Meredith has been befriended by a young girl – Katie Conway – who attended Meredith’s talk to her youth club about her travels abroad. Meredith doesn’t feel she’s really cut out to be agony aunt to a teenager but she feels sorry for the girl as she doesn’t seem to get much sympathy and understanding from her family. Then another young girl disappears and is found dead and Bamford starts to feel threatened. DCI Alan Markby – Meredith Mitchell’s friend – is investigating the murder.
When it seems the death could have some connection with the mausoleum in the grounds of Katie’s home and containing the remains of Katie’s mother’s Devaux ancestors, things seem to be bordering in the macabre. This is a tense and frightening mystery story in which events gradually twist into a spiral of danger death. I found myself turning the pages faster and faster as I got towards the end as I had to find out whether my favourite characters were going to come out of it unscathed.
There are lighter and more humorous moments to leaven the suspense in this well written mystery novel – especially those scenes which involve Barney – the apparent alcoholic who sees more than people give him credit for. I really enjoyed this well written mystery and I recommend this book and this series to anyone who enjoys well written crime novels with interesting characters and plots.
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