A Jubilee Murder
The Three Villages Mysteries, #1
Reeks: The Three Villages Mysteries
JP Fraser
- Where
- were
- you
- in
- '77?A
- rural
- murder
- mystery
- with
- platform
- shoes,
- bad
- hair
- and
- a
- lot
- of
- cake!In
- the
- summer
- of
- 1977,
- in
- the
- chocolate-box
- village
- of
- Downscliffe
- in
- Kent,
- preparations
- for
- the
- Silver
- Jubilee
- are
- thrown
- into
- disarray
- when
- a
- local
- television
- celebrity
- is
- found
- dead.Veronica
- Castle
- is
- wealthy
- and
- successful.
- She
- has
- it
- all:
- fame
- and
- money,
- thousands
- of
- fans
- across
- the
- region
- and
- a
- luxury
- house
- in
- the
- country.
- So
- why
- did
- she
- hang
- herself?
- The
- police
- have
- no
- doubt
- that
- it
- was
- suicide,
- but
- not
- everyone
- agrees.
- Newcomer
- to
- the
- village,
- Catriona
- Cameron,
- fights
- to
- uncover
- the
- truth.
- In
- order
- to
- understand
- Veronica
- Castle's
- death,
- Catriona
- must
- first
- delve
- into
- her
- murky
- past.
- Only
- there
- will
- she
- discover
- who
- killed
- her.
- And
- why.A
- Jubilee
- Murder
- is
- a
- light-hearted
- story
- of
- misfits
- in
- an
- unfamiliar
- world
- of
- rural
- English
- politics
- and
- village
- intrigue.
- It
- is
- liberally
- sprinkled
- with
- '70s
- nostalgia,
- from
- vol-au-vents
- and
- prawn
- cocktails
- to
- Kojak
- on
- a
- Saturday
- night.
- It
- offers
- a
- comforting
- glimpse
- of
- a
- bygone
- era,
- as
- well
- as
- a
- cracking
- murder
- mystery
- for
- Catriona
- to
- solve
- in
- her
- first
- adventure.JP
- Fraser
- grew
- up
- in
- the
- beautiful
- Kentish
- countryside
- during
- the
- 1970s,
- and
- the
- author
- uses
- many
- of
- those
- experiences
- to
- create
- a
- richly
- described
- and
- nostalgic
- story,
- with
- fascinating
- insights
- into
- village
- life
- nearly
- half
- a
- century
- ago.
- It
- is
- packed
- with
- quirky
- and
- memorable
- characters,
- both
- lovable
- and
- infuriating,
- but
- never
- boring.Join
- Catriona
- in
- her
- first
- fun
- and
- intriguing
- Three
- Villages Mystery.
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