It’s Christmas in the Cotswold village of Little Beecham . . . a season to celebrate with caroling, mistletoe, and mince pies. In this sequel to UNDER AN ENGLISH HEAVEN, newlywed American Ellie Kent is looking forward to her first English village Christmas, but a missing Oxford student and an abandoned baby soon draw her away from the fireside into danger.When a body is discovered on Boxing Day, … Boxing Day, Ellie comes to believe that all these events may be linked through a group of teenage girls who identify with Shakespeare’s tragic Ophelia. The police scoff at her theory, so Ellie pursues her own investigation to identify their secret Hamlet, who may be a killer.
“Not only is Alice Boatwright a good detective writer, but a first-class storyteller as well. A great find.
– M.C. Beaton, author of the Agatha Raisin and Hamish Macbeth mysteries
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2016 winner of the Mystery and Mayhem Grand Prize for best mystery
In UNDER AN ENGLISH HEAVEN, life brings the skeptical American Ellie Kent to a village in the Cotswolds as the vicar’s new wife, but death keeps her guessing how long she’ll be there.
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This is the second in the Ellie Kent Mystery series. I also enjoyed the first book in the series, but I’m wanting to recommend some Christmas books at this time of year. Wonderful setting and a good mystery!
quick entertaining read
I was so glad to discover this new series. I love books that are set in England and the plots haven’t disappointed.
This book was well written The vicar his wife and daughter are characters that you really care about. The deaths of a young woman and her father make for a mystery connected to the disappearance of another young woman. Intriguing!
A perfect Christmas mystery
I like English village murder mysteries and this is a very pleasant one.
Okay but not that exciting. Predictably melodramatic. Hard to stick with.
I really liked this book. I’ll read by the author