I just loved this book! So much so I read it one sitting as I just couldn’t put it down. It had me hooked from the first chapter right up until the end. I loved all the twists and turns and how the story just flowed, I loved how it kept me guessing and then I just had to read on to find out what happened next. I loved the characters in this book too they were all so unique. I loved the relationship between Georgina and Richard I enjoyed how they bounced off each other. I also loved the other relationships that Georgina had with Archie, Patience and Faith. I also liked the way she talked to her aunt for help and to get her perspective on things. I also liked the way she was with Frank, Bella, Benson and Mrs Pink it was so heartwarming, as she treated them more like family than staff. I really did love this book and I liked how it ended as well. I look forward to reading the next book in this series.

I would highly recommend reading this book if you love a good mystery set in the 1920’s that keeps you guessing right up until the end.

I would like to thank Troubador Publishing Ltd and NetGalley for giving me the opportunity to read and review this advanced readers copy early.

A Memory of Murder hooked me right away: a vanished body, a quiet country lane, and a heroine who refuses to look away. Georgina Somerton is sharp, unflappable, and such a great lead to follow through 1the 920s South Downs. The setting feels rich with post-war tension, but also cozy enough to sink into.

I loved the mix of intrigue, slow-burning tension with Major Lawrence, and the warmth of Georgina’s circle of friends and staff. It’s clever without being heavy, witty without losing the suspense. If you like mysteries that balance coziness with real stakes, this one’s a gem. I can’t wait for the next in the series.

There’s something quietly irresistible about a mystery that opens with a tyre mark in the verge and a vanished body. A Memory of Murder invites us into the crisp autumn of 1920, where Georgina Somerton—war-hardened, sharp-eyed, and refreshingly unflappable—stumbles upon a murder that refuses to stay buried.

Elodie Arden crafts a world that feels both familiar and freshly atmospheric. The South Downs setting hums with post-war tension and country house intrigue, while Georgina herself is a compelling lead: practical, perceptive, and just rebellious enough to ruffle the feathers of British Military Intelligence. Her dynamic with Major Richard Lawrence is a slow dance of suspicion and reluctant admiration, adding a subtle romantic tension to the unfolding mystery.

The supporting cast—Archie, Patience, Faith, and Georgina’s warm rapport with her household staff—adds depth and charm, grounding the story in relationships that feel lived-in and sincere. Arden’s prose is quietly elegant, with just enough wit to keep the tone buoyant even as the stakes rise.

This is a cozy mystery with backbone: layered, clever, and laced with just the right amount of danger. I’m already looking forward to Georgina’s next case.

With thanks to Elodie Arden, the publisher and NetGalley for the ARC.

Rather than ‘you can’t judge a book by its cover,’ I’d say instead for this book that the charming cover art portrays the exact feeling of the story.

I liked Georgie (aka Georgina, Lady Somerton) from page one, in her painting smock redecorating her newly acquired home in Rye. When her cousin Archie coaxes her to come for a weekend party, she packs herself into her little Morris Cowley and heads to the South Downs. An unexpected discovery en route has her instead stopping by the local constabulary to report a dead motorcyclist with signs of foul play. When she leads the police back to the scene, both body and motorcycle are gone, but Georgie was quick thinking enough to have pocketed the man’s wallet. When the victim turns out to have been a fellow invitee to the dinner party, Georgie feels compelled to figure out what happened. Another guest, Richard Lawrence, is determined to do the same and is both intrigued and initially suspicious of Georgie herself, before they form a reluctant (on her part) truce to work together to assist the inspector assigned to the case.

It’s a cozy mystery but with substance. Just two years after the end of WWI, each of the characters were deeply affected by the experience. Georgie herself, having been an ambulance driver near the western front and coping with the grief and uncertainty of her husband still being considered missing in action, is wise beyond her 25 years. While the writing was at times on the spare side, it was engaging and I felt drawn to all the characters, from Georgie’s family to her housekeeper Bella and gardener Frank. And I look forward to how future books in the series will go, with a burgeoning romance between Richard and Georgie, overshadowed by her lack of closure after her husband’s disappearance.

Thank you to NetGalley and the publishers for the opportunity to read and review this book.

When Georgina finds a murdered motorcyclist on the way to a dinner party at her cousin's home in this story set in the 1920s, it is clear that there is a serious mystery here requiring investigation.

At odds with some of the other guests at the party, when she unexpectedly finds herself to be a prime suspect, Georgina has little choice but to do the investigating herself...!

This was an entertaining story that gets 3.5 stars.