I was sent a copy of the book for review. All thoughts and opinions are my own. This post contains affiliate links.
Today I am on the blog tour for Death Comes To Bishops Well by Anna Legat. Thanks go to Rachel’s Random Resources and the author for allowing me to be a part of this tour. Please do check out the other stops.
About The Book
When Sam Dee moves to the beautiful Wiltshire village of Bishops Well, he expects a quiet life of country walks and pub lunches. OK, so his new neighbour, Maggie Kaye, is a little peculiar, but she’s very nice – and his old pal Richard Ruta lives just down the road.
But when Richard throws one of his famous parties, things take a sinister turn. Sam, Maggie and the rest of the guests are dumbfounded when Richard falls down dead. A horrible tragedy – or a cunningly planned murder?
With a village full of suspects – and plenty of dark secrets – just who exactly would want to bump off their host? Is there a connection to another mysterious death, nearly twenty years before?
Armed with her local knowledge, Maggie – with Sam’s reluctant but indispensable help – is soon on the case. But when the body count starts to rise, will sleepy Bishops Well ever be the same again?
My Review
This book was a great introduction to the author. Bishops Well sounds like those towns and villages we all know with their own eccentricities and strange residents. You really feel as if you are there in Bishops Well yourself and that you know the characters well. I think we can all identify these sort of characters in our own lives or local communities too!
I really enjoyed Maggie and Sam as characters and would love to see more of them. The story certainly keeps you guessing and I loved trying to work out who was to blame. I couldn’t stop reading and was sad when the book came to an end.
I will certainly be checking out more work from the author, especially if it has Maggie and Sam!
About The Author
Anna Legat is a Wiltshire-based author, best known for her DI Gillian Marsh murder mystery series. Murder isn’t the only thing on her mind. She dabbles in a wide variety of genres, ranging from dark humorous comedy, through magic realism to dystopian. A globe-trotter and Jack-of-all-trades, Anna has been an attorney, legal adviser, a silver-service waitress, a school teacher and a librarian. She has lived in far-flung places all over the world where she delighted in people-watching and collecting precious life experiences for her stories. Anna writes, reads, lives and breathes books and can no longer tell the difference between fact and fiction.
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This sounds like an interesting read, I bet no one thought that would happen when they headed off to a party, I want to know more now.
Sounds like a good read. I love books that makes you feel like you are in the story and you can relate to the characters too.
This sounds like it has an interesting storyline. I’m quite intrigued to see what happens.
That town sounds like one I visited in the Cotswolds once! I love a good murder mystery
Sounds like a fun one and it’s really good that it kept you guessing right to the end and you couldn’t just predict it x
Ooh! This sounds like such a great book. I love hearing about new authors, and I love this genre, too!
Death Comes To Bishops Well Sounds like a fabulous book especially since it has kept you guessing till the end
It sounds like you really enjoyed the book and good it kept you guessing. I haven’t read a who done it in a very long time, so it must be overdue. Mich x
I love reading books set in little cosy villages and even better that it is a murder mystery. Sounds like my kind of book.