A Fine Place for Death

This book is the sixth in the Mitchell and Markby series, and the series just seems to keep getting better. These are true English village mysteries with colourful casts of characters, deft plotting and a tricky little mystery to figure out. In this book a young girl's body is found lying in a ditch and Markby has to figure out what happened. We have Meredith Mitchell now living in Bamford, so that puts her right in the thick of things. When she befriends a troubled teenage girl, she doesn't realize that it puts her right in the middle of a murder investigation. She works with Inspector Markby to try to bring a killer to justice. This is really a delightful pair of sleuths, and I am really enjoying this series.

Quite the amusing read. A page turner that towards the end that had me up to the wee hours to finish it. It's like a version of the classic Miss Marple mysteries, updated to modern times with modern themes and relationships. Also reminded me of Midsommer Murders, where lots of people get knocked off in that idyllic setting. The story revolved around the murder of two young girls with seemingly with nothing in common and develops against the background of village life in England. The detective is Markby but the key in solving the murders is the amateur Mitchell, his girlfriend.

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