This is the first in a series of sleuth Angela Marchmont.
Charles has lived the past few years in South Africa, and is now back in England. He is invited to stay with friends at Sissingham Hall, the home of his ex fiance Rosamund and her husband Sir Neville.
Sir Neville is murdered and Angela along with Charles searches for his murderer, suspicion falls on each one of the characters.
The book is written in the style of a 1920's mystery. It is not quiet a locked room, but the murder in the manor house is evoked well in the writing.
The staff are hovering in the background but pay little role in the murder and its consequences.
The tension between the characters can be seen, especially between Rosamund and Charles, who have seen nothing of each other since the engagement was ended.
The writing is easy to read and flows seamlessly from one stage to the next and from one setting to another.
The characters are interesting and each is a person in their own right, with no need to lean on another to be brought out in the open.
This is a curl up before the fire, with tea and chocolate cosy murder mystery style of the 1920's era, written in modern times.
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