- Paperback: 256 pages
- Publisher: Avon Books (Mm); Reprint edition (Mar 1994)
- Language English
- ISBN-10: 0380722135
- ISBN-13: 978-0380722136
- Product Dimensions: 17 x 10.7 x 2.3 cm
- Average Customer Review: 4.5 out of 5 stars See all reviews (2 customer reviews)
- Amazon Bestsellers Rank: 4,014,031 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
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To Meredith Mitchell, marooned in a dusty London flat, the Cotswolds seem like a haven of peace and tranquillity. But Chief Inspector Markby has a rather different view of his native area, as he witnesses the bulldozing of one of his favourite boyhood haunts to make way for yet another housing estate. And when a man's body is found buried in the foundations of one of the plots his outlook turns even grimmer. The only cheering prospect on the horizon is Meredith's forthcoming visit.
The dead man however remains a mystery: the labourer who dug up his body has disappeared and the farmers whose lands abut the burial site are little help. Charming, eccentric Mrs Carmody treats Markby, whom she has known since he was a boy, with fond familiarity and Mrs Winthrop at the neighbouring farm is happy to supply him with tea and scones but gives little else away. The time has come for someone with a different perspective to see what they can glean. And Meredith, blessed with an uncanny ability for ferreting out the truth, seems the obvious candidate.
About the Author
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 Oxfordshire.
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Format:Paperback
I enjoyed this mystery and would order another book by Ann Granger. I do wish I liked the central character Meredith more however, as I find her comments curt to the point of rudeness on occasion. I like the storylines but the characterisations are a little weak and often I find it so difficult to connect with the characters that I have to keep referring back to earlier in the book to find out who they were again! However, as a murder mystery they are similar to the Midsomer Murders mysteries in their setting and make an enjoyable read.
10 of 14 people found the following review helpful
Format:Paperback
Ann Granger, as always, breathes life into her characters and in this novel she also creates a threatening atmosphere. The solution to the mystery was also satisfying and believable and not one that could be spotted half way through.
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the best so far
19 Nov 2008
Format:Paperback
well, this is the third in the series and i really really liked it. i think it's the best so far - but i've lots left to go! the relationship between meredith and alan is the glue that keeps you wanting to go immediately on to the next book, but the mysteries are good in themselves.
Another good one!
6 Aug 2008
Format:Paperback
Although I read this book a bit out of sequence since I read the next one first, I still really enjoyed this. I love the Meredith Mitchell and Alan Markby series, and I'm glad that this is only the beginning of the series, since I still have a lot of books to read yet. I can't wait to see the relationship develop between these two. This book brings Meredith back to Bamford for a week while she house-sits for Markby's sister's family, and throws her into Alan's investigation into a body found buried in the earth right where a development for houses is being built. Of course, Meredith can't resist doing some investigation on her own. A whole series of a family's secrets come out during the course of the investigation. For English Village Mysteries, they don't get much better than this or any of Ms. Granger's books.
3 of 5 people found the following review helpful
A Mystery of Manners
14 Mar 2006
Format:Paperback
This is the first of this series that I have read, so I have nothing else by the author to compare it with. There is a murder, in fact more than one, but the focus of the story is on the people connected to the murder and its effects on them. For those who don't know, Markby is a police officer in the town where the murder takes place, and Meredith is a Foreign Office employee currently stationed back home in the UK who is friend/love interest for Markby. I found one of the characters to be over-the-top unbelievable, but that may simply be because I don't have any experience with small English country towns and the people who inhabit them.
I recommend it for those who like a character-driven story, or are simply tired of the flood of serial-killer novels inundating the market.
I recommend it for those who like a character-driven story, or are simply tired of the flood of serial-killer novels inundating the market.
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