Marriage Can Be Murder

Marriage Can Be Murder was a good mystery that I can recommend. Set during WWII in the English countryside, with two excellent main characters, Dr. Benjamin Bones and Lady Juliet, who end up working together to solve the mystery. It's the start of a new series, and I look forward to visiting again with those two. It's been called a "cozy", and that seems about right to me.

I'm more a noir and grit guy meself, but this one (a gift from a sister) worked for me, mainly because of the characters, especially Ben and Lady Juliet. She's 6'2", ungainly, with no fashion sense, but sharp, honest, direct, brave, and vulnerable. Ben's a doctor, much shorter, and a decent bloke. They make quite a team.

Great fun!

I almost didn't get this book. The cover didn't strike me in the thumbnail size. But, this books was lots of fun! Very enjoyable. I laughed out loud at several spots. Good, believable plot.

Marriage Can Be Murder - Jameson
Audio performance by Matthew Lloyd Davies
4 stars

A new historical mystery series, #1 of the Dr. Benjamin Bones Mysteries.! Yeah! It’s an English country village mystery, set in Cornwall at the beginning of WW2. The young Dr. Bones is secunded, not to an army hospital, but to an obscure, country village. Before he can begin his practice, his unlamented wife is killed and he is seriously injured by a hit and run lorry driver, unidentified in the dark of the blackout. Accident or murder ? Well, that’s a no-brainer.

For me, this is perfect listening material. A lightweight mystery in a pleasantly predictable setting. There’s a little romance, a little paranormal activity, some humor and a limited show more amount of violence. Just right for mild distraction while driving and doing chores. show less

Not an exciting start to Jameson's new series. It, does, contains some interesting characters during a very interesting time and place; Cornwall during the "Phoney War". The characters developed nicely throughout and the locale does grow on you, so I will read on.

A great read, and an interesting collection of characters. I particularly liked the very unstereotypical heroine Lady Juliet and am looking forward to reading more about her in subsequent novels. There was a (small) supernatural element which I found unnecessary and kind of jarring with the style of the rest of the novel, but overall it's very much a cozy mystery with likeable characters and a charming setting.

1939, medical-doctor, Cornwall, murder, murder-investigation, ghosts, amateur-sleuth, intolerance, relatives, relationships, rehabilitation, relocation, resilience, fiction, first-in-series, situational-humor, verbal-humor*****

It begins with a bang! Dr Ben bones and his unfaithful wife are relocating from London to Cornwall at the earliest part of WW2 by government assignment. Turns out that the town is where said wife grew up. Before anything can come of that, a lorry smashes into them while they are out of the car looking for lodging in the blackout. She gets run over twice and is quite dead, while he has his legs broken (one quite badly). Thus begins the tale of his mental and physical rehabilitation, meeting new friends and show more acquaintances, and investigating the whole mess. There are some really fun characters. sneaky plot twists, and even a mystifying red herring or three. Great cosy read!
Wonderful narration as always by voice actor Matthew Lloyd Davies. show less

It's 1939 England and Dr. Benjamin Bones has been assigned as the doctor to the village of Birdswing and its surrounding area. But for his wife, Penny, it is a return to her old life, a return she doesn't welcome.
But moments after arriving she is killed and the Doctor seriously injured.
Once recovered he joins with Lady Juliet to find the guilty party.
I enjoyed this well-written mystery with some well-rounded characters, and look forward to reading the next in the series.