‘An atmospheric village mystery with enough unexpected twists to keep readers fully engaged.’ – BooklistFingerprints left on Time. This is the premise on which Peter Marsh – a former policeman invalided out of the force – and his daughter, Georgia, base their investigations into unsolved past murders.In 1929, in the village of Wickenham, Kent, Davy Todd was charged with murdering Amy Proctor, … charged with murdering Amy Proctor, middle-aged daughter of the local doctor. As Marsh & Daughter begin their investigations, a skeleton is found in the woods of Wickenham Manor Hotel.
Two seemingly unconnected events – yet Georgia and her father feel intuitively that there must be a link, and together, they set out to find it . . .
‘Fascinating subject matter, cozy characters, and tempting prose highly recommend this first title in an intriguing new British series.’ – Library Journal
AMY MYERS has been a full-time writer since 1988, and has written a wide range of novels from historical sagas and contemporary romance to crime. She is married to an American and lives in Kent. Many of her novels have been published under the name of Harriet Hudson. Amy is also the author of the successful Tom Wasp murder mystery series.
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good read
Too many characters and slow to begin. It picked up some towards the end. Not being English didn’t help because some of the slang, I was not familiar with.
This is a good procedural mystery. It illustrates how important it is to fact check and not jump to conclusions. The story kept me guessing till the end but it became tedious after awhile.
Interesting, clever and unusual plotline but messy and confusing. Needs a good copy-editor.
if you like books set in England, this is a really good mystery.
dialog did not flow well
Not at all what I expected. Trying to reconstruct the past from limited information and sometimes uncooperative and angry people was more interesting that I expected. The characters are enjoyable.
Kept my interest all the way through! I truly enjoyed this
You’ll never guess who actually committed the murder! Great story and interesting take on history as it affects the present.
Too wordy, twisted sentence structure, too many characters and family histories. BUT, the character development of the main protagonists was excellent. I kept reading to find out “who done it”.
It was good, but a little less talking and more clues/action would have been better.
Not good – too many characters – I didn’t know who was who. Would not read another one by this author.
The father in the story who was probably 55 years old acted like a child.
Don’t buy this book – I got it for free and that’s what it was worth.
Cute story but then I love anything English.
this story of a cold case murder revolves around a feud between tow families. The story is interesting but there are a lot of generations and sometimes it is hard to keep the characters in place. There are also a lot of anglicisms which make it confusing.
It is based on an interesting premise. It developed well and was an easy read.
I felt the basic premise was lost along the way, mentioned a lot but not actually supported through the story. The character development did not create interesting people that I would enjoy interacting with and I did not enjoy their interactions with each other. I mainly kept reading to see the solution to the mystery.
Hard to get into but if you stick with the book you will enjoy it
I learned a lot about WWI and the years afterward, and I wanted to see how the mystery would wrap up. Unfortunately, it did not really wrap up. No one was apprehended for the contemporary murder, and DNA did not conclusively ID the 1927 body. This may echo real life, but in a cozy mystery, most readers want the loose ends tied up. The investigating pair appear to lose interest and be poised to move on to the next book.
I was confused the whole way through. I felt like I started in the middle of the story.
Plot line and premise are good. Unfortunately the story just goes along with no real impact.