Seasoned obituary writer Eve Mallow has a new assignment: to tell the life story of famed musician Bernard Fitzpatrick. A chance to spend a few days in the sweet Suffolk village of Saxford St Peter, walking the country lanes with her beloved dachshund Gus and meeting new people sounds like a dream. On the day she arrives, news breaks that the charismatic cellist was murdered. As Eve starts to interview Bernard’s friends and colleagues, she finds that he’d ruffled a few feathers. In fact, from the keepers of the Cross Keys Inn to his own staff at High House, there’s barely a person in town who doesn’t have some reason to hate him. Eve hoped Saxford St Peter would be the perfect escape from her busy city life. When a second body is found, Eve becomes certain that one of the people she’s met must be the murderer.
This is the first in a new series & the audiobook took me back to the beginning. If you love cosy mysteries & murders then this will be right up your street. The narrator brought the book to life & made me fall for the series once again. I warmed to Eve immediately & loved that she was moving on with her life even if Ian was trying to undermine her confidence.
I voluntarily listened and reviewed a special copy of this book; all thoughts and opinions are my own