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Beneath these Stones: (Mitchell & Markby 12) (A Mitchell & Markby Mystery)
 
 

Beneath these Stones: (Mitchell & Markby 12) (A Mitchell & Markby Mystery) [Kindle Edition]

Ann Granger
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Twelve-year-old Tammy Franklin has learned too much about death, too quickly. Two years ago she lost her mother to a long, lingering illness and now the body of the woman her father married in an attempt to replace his wife has been found on a railway embankment close to the Franklin farm. This time the death is murder. As Superintendent Markby, one of the first on the scene, well knows, Tammy now stands to have her father taken from her, for Hugh Franklin is suspect number one in the mind of the inspector to whom Markby has delegated the case. But, despite his need to distance himself from the murder, Markby begins to realise that the truth is destined to be far more complex than he ever envisaged ...

About the Author

In common with her heroine, Ann Granger has worked in British embassies in various parts of the world. She met her husband, who was also working for the British Embassy, in Prague and together they received postings to places as far apart as Munich and Lusaka. They are now permanently based in Bicester, near Oxford.

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  • Format: Kindle Edition
  • File Size: 473 KB
  • Print Length: 356 pages
  • Page Numbers Source ISBN: 0747256438
  • Publisher: Headline (1 April 2010)
  • Sold by: Amazon Media EU S.à r.l.
  • Language English
  • ASIN: B005HW22JI
  • Text-to-Speech: Enabled
  • Average Customer Review: 4.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (2 customer reviews)
  • Amazon Bestsellers Rank: #83,545 Paid in Kindle Store (See Top 100 Paid in Kindle Store)
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1 of 1 people found the following review helpful
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Format:Hardcover
The mystery plot is sound and raised above the norm by the existence of plausible characters - including Meredith Mitchell and Alan Markby. There is no trick ending and the clues are there but not too easy.

The discriptive style used is clear and sets the scene well. The author uses her knowledge of the area to enhance the credibility of the fictional tale.

I would recommend reading the author's works in chronological order to develop an awareness of the relationship between Mitchell and Markby and their sleuthing methods.

The Fran Vardy novels by the same author are of similar calibre but are set in totally different area and social group.

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excellent story 27 Sep 2010
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ann granger is a very good crime writer and the criminal goes to the wire.
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21 of 23 people found the following review helpful
Good addition to this long-running mystery series 18 Feb 2000
By Harriet Klausner - Published on Amazon.com
Format:Hardcover
Inspector Alan Markby asks his long time girlfriend Meredith Mitchell to marry him, but she rejects his request. They continue to see one another, but their relationship has turned awkward as neither one is fully comfortable with the other at this time.

That changes when Alan begins an investigation that Meredith finds interesting. The Smith family members are tinkers who always stay on the Hazlewood Farm when they are in the area. This time when they park their camper, the murdered corpse of the farmer's wife greets the Smith patriarch. The tinker and the deceased's spouse Hugh report her stabbing death to the police. The victim's adolescent daughter Tammy is distraught over the woman's death and worries what will happen to her and he father, especially since evidence points towards Hugh. Tammy's teacher asks her friend Meredith to uncover the truth behind the slaying. Meredith and Alan travel down numerous paths in search of that elusive truth.

The twelfth Mitchell and Markby mystery remarkably retains its freshness due to the twists to their relationship. Readers obtain a glimpse of life in a small British village through the eyes of the lead characters. Alan and Meredith narrate the story line. That method works as it provides insight into what each one is thinking about their relationship as well as the case. The police investigation is entertaining especially the behind the scenes activities of an aid. An Ann Granger novel is always a wonderful reading experience and BENEATH THESE STONES proves the veracity of that statement.

Harriet Klausner

2 of 3 people found the following review helpful
Satisfying but not outstanding 9 Sep 2001
By Diane Davis - Published on Amazon.com
Format:Hardcover
There's nothing really remarkable about this book to make it resonate in a reader's memory. On the other hand, if you like English village mysteries - with the implied promise that the villain can be found among the residents described and won't turn out to be a passing serial killer - you'll appreciate this story. Granger gives us plenty of players with motives and doesn't make it easy to spot the crucial one. Unfortunately, her leading characters have come to an "awkward" point in their relationship and aren't a lot of fun to be with. Let's hope they work things out before becoming less pleasant company than the bad guys they're chasing.
Markby and Mitchell Mystery Number 12 8 Jan 2012
By Sires - Published on Amazon.com
Beneath these stones is a phrase that usually appears when talking about a burial ground but it refers in this case to more than bodies underground. The first death in this case occurs before the mysterious death. Tammy Franklin's mother dies and her father, Hugh, remarries Sonia less than a year later. The relationship is a stormy one with Tammy resenting Sonia and Hugh and Sonia rowing. Then one night Sonia leaves and does not come home.

Meredith Mitchell is on her way into the city by train when there is a hold up and outside the window of the train she notices a bright green, frog shaped backpack hanging from a tree branch.

Tammy's teacher, Jane, has noticed that Tammy is not having an easy adjustment with her mother's death and her father's remarriage. Then she hears that Tammy's step mother has been found dead and offers her help to the family. She is also Meredith's friend and draws Meredith into the mystery of Sonia's death.

Although Alan Markby is not officially involved in the case he ends up doing some sleuthing on his own.

Add to this Simon Franklin, a historian, Hugh's brother and a group of Travellers that have a long history with the Franklin family.

Meredith and Markby as usual take different roads toward the solution of the mystery.

This is available on Audible in an approximately 9 hour and 30 minute unabridged version. The narrator is Bill Wallis, who, as usual does an excellent job with all of the characters. He's one of my favorites when combine with a British mystery. If you enjoy his work on this one you ought to check out his narration on Carnage on the Committee.
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