Murder in Haunted Cornwall
On the eve of World War II, Dr. Benjamin Bones is at war with himself. While most young men are being sent away to fight the Germans, Ben is chosen to serve on English soil. Ordered to move to wild, beautiful Cornwall, he must trade his posh London office and stylish city life for the tiny village of Birdswing, population 1,221 souls. But leaving his home and shelving … and shelving his career ambitions aren’t the only sacrifices facing Ben. His unfaithful wife, Penny, is accompanying him to Cornwall in a last-ditch effort to save their marriage. But moments after their arrival, Penny is run down in the street, and Ben is almost fatally injured. And while the villagers assume Penny’s death to be an accident, Ben quickly deduces it was murder.
As he convalesces in Fenton House, which the locals call haunted, Ben meets Birdswing’s eccentric inhabitants. Mr. Gaston, the volunteer air warden, obsessed with defending his remote village against Nazi spies; Mrs. Cobblepot, a thoroughly practical housekeeper who believes in fairies; and Lady Juliet Linton, a prickly, headstrong aristocrat who won’t take no for an answer. While adapting to life during Britain’s “War at Home,” a time of ration books, victory gardens, bomb shelters, and the Blackout, Ben sets about solving the mystery of Penny’s murder—with a little help from Lady Juliet and the Fenton House ghost.
MARRIAGE CAN BE MURDER (Dr. Benjamin Bones Mysteries #1) is the new cozy mystery series from New York Times and USA Today bestselling author Emma Jameson.
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Really enjoyed this early WWII mystery. Nice writing, great characters, unusual storyline.
Great mystery. Wonderful characters!
Interesting characters. Pleasant enough to inspire me to want to read others in the series.
Emma has done it again with this book. Thought I had it all figured out but then she put a twist in the book. Very entertaining. This is a fun read.
Quirky and old-fashioned in the nicest possible way. Excellent development of characters.
You will chuckle at the female lead character who is not a blonde beauty by any means. True to life and a page turner.
great dailogue
Enjoyable read and even got a little history out of it.
Easy light read that kept me interested
Really something different. This book is very well written and keeps the attention all the way through.
So glad this is part of a series..immediately after reading this laugh out loud page turner, I searched for more of her books and am reading every one!