Murder in Friday Street is the second book in the Marsh & Daughter mystery series by Amy Myers. Released 18th July, 2018 by Endeavour Media, it's 246 pages and available in ebook and hardback formats.

The series features a wheelchair bound former policeman and his daughter who write 'real crime' accounts of cold cases they research. This particular book has them researching a very cold case which may have a tie in with a modern murder in the same village (Friday Street is the name of the village).

The writing is very solid. The author is competent and prolific and I enjoyed the actual writing and dialogue. My problems came from the other aspects of the book. I found the plotting slow and convoluted. Keeping track of the secondary characters was very difficult and the plot twists were more confusing than enlightening. There were no 'aha' moments. I didn't really feel much invested in the story, and that's a shame because it really is very well written. The denouement wasn't at all unexpected but I had hopes that the action wouldn't be as straightforward as it had been foreshadowed (it was).

I believe that fans of modern amateur sleuth mysteries, especially ones dealing with the seething repressed undercurrents apparently rife in rural villages in England, might find something here. Possibly worth noting, this book (and the series) is included in the Kindle Unlimited library and thus available to KU subscribers to borrow for free.

Three stars (mostly for the actual writing).

I enjoyed this well-written story and the father-daughter team of investigators. I look forward to reading more by this author. I received a copy from NetGalley and this is my honest opinion.

An atmospheric and fascinating mystery that keeps you guessing till the end.
It's a bit slow at the beginning but once it gets going it's a real page turner.
It's full of twists and turn and never bores.
A very good read that I recommend!
Many thanks to Endeavour Media and Netgalley for this ARC

Very slow to get into this book, but it started to develop the more I read, I just found it to have just too many twists and turns to keep my interest.

Enthralling,entertaining and atmospheric.
Had me turning pages right the way to the end.

Who has been stirring up ghosts of the past on Friday.street?
"There are more things on earth then in your philosophy ".

This unusual mystery is second in a series, which I did not know until after I began reading. I did not feel like I was missing anything by not having read the first book in this series, but if you can, read that one first. I am probably going to read that one and then read this again to see if I did miss anything.

4 stars

I read the Kindle edition.

Alice Winters is found dead outside the village of Friday Street. It is reported to be a haunted village. The name Friday Street could possibly be derived from the fact that it was often used to denote the path on the way to the gallows. When Alice’s boyfriend Jake Baines is charged with the murder, private detective fiction writers Peter Marsh and his daughter Georgia take an interest in the case. Peter’s police career was cut short when a bullet to the back put him in a wheelchair.

The same day that Jake is arrested, a melody was heard playing in the village. The haunting tune was said to be played whenever a miscarriage of justice has occurred.

Peter calls his old boss, Sergeant Mike Gilroy who tells him a little information. Peter then tells Georgia about a case from 1968 in the same village. The murder of Sweet Fanny Adams (she was born Frances Gibb), as she was known then. She was also known as Fanny Star. She was a rock star who when coming home to her own village to play a concert, was murdered. Her boyfriend Adam Jones was found guilty of the murder. Adam was also Fanny’s singing partner. She, too, was stabbed to death. He served time for her murder and killed himself upon his release.

Georgia wonders if the melody was also heard when Fanny was killed? Peter and Georgia discuss the similarities between the murders: the same knife, the repeated stabbings, the women were found in an isolated area, and so on.

Luke is Peter and Georgia’s publisher and Georgia’s “boyfriend.” They tour Friday Street together and find the people more than a little standoffish. Peter and Georgia decide to go on a ghost tour and see what it’s all about. Georgia has a strange experience on the ghost tour.

Peter and Georgia’s investigation into Fanny and Alice’s deaths begins. They are stonewalled by relatives, friends and acquaintances at every turn. Finally and slowly, they begin to eke out a little information. Some very interesting facts come to light. As they piece together what must have happened, Georgia goes to the tower to look for Alice’s hidden stash and comes face to face with the killer. The identity of the killer comes as some surprise – at least to me it did.

I really enjoyed this story. It was my first time reading Amy Myers and I will certainly go to Amazon to look for others of her novels. I appreciated Peter and Georgia’s relationship; their bantering and tossing around theories was enjoyable. It would be great if Georgia got over her fears and took up more permanently with Luke. I imagine we’ll have to wait some time before we find out the outcome of their relationship.

I want to thank NetGalley and Endeavour Press for forwarding to me a copy of this great book for read, enjoy and review.