Thanks to Helen and NetGalley for allowing me to read this book.
It is a cozy mystery which is ideal for a holiday read.
The manager of the Andaby Industrial Museum is found murdered.
Hav8ng escaped her childhood home in Glasgow, Charlotte Banks is now a Detective Sergeant in Yorkshire. When she learns about the murder, she is apprehensive as her brother, Ewan, has recently moved to Andaby, having served 20 years for murder.
Fearful that this might impact her career and with her wedding only weeks away, Charley asks her friend, PI Kitt Hartley to carry out her own enquiry into the death.

For a small town, there are lots of buried secrets and quirky characters.
This is not my normal choice of book but I found it made for easy reading.

When a murder victim has pretty much turned everyone they've ever come into contact against them, it doesn't make it easy to narrow down the suspects.

This is the problem facing Kitt Hartley and the gang, when Charley Banks finds that her brother, newly released from prison, is caught up in a complex murder enquiry.

Another brilliant addition to this excellent series

Published on September 1, this is another case for librarian turned private detective Kitt Hartley, and her partner in solving crime, Grace Edwards. Do I like this series because I’d quite like to be a librarian turned PI? It’s one of the reasons, yes. When murders coms to Andaby, a quiet village, DS Charlotte Banks – who should be focused on marrying Kitt’s best friend – is troubled. Her recently released ex con brother Ewan claims he’s innocent, but he’s got form and as much as she wants to believe him, Charlie’s struggling to do so. She asks Kitt for help and soon the investigation is afoot. But there’s more bubbling under the surface in Andaby than what you’d expect in a quiet mill town, and secrets don’t take long to resurface. Yes, it’s a sort of cosy crime novel but one where the writing, plot and characterisation will warm your heart.