Something Amiss..
The eighteenth outing in the Abbot Agency series of mysteries finds Bea embarking on an outing to a country Manor House for a supposedly relaxing weekend break. Upon arrival, it soon becomes clear to Bea that something is very badly amiss. Another enjoyable and entertaining instalment in this long running series with a likeable protagonist, a nicely crafted plot populated with a colourful cast of characters and a solid mystery at its heart.

If you’re in the mood for a mystery that has you hunting for treasure, check out False ahold by Veronica Heley. It was a good read.

Bea Abbot is visiting her old friend Sir Julian at Marston Hall, but her trip starts badly when she arrives to a scene of chaos. It seems that a group of youths armed with metal detectors broke into the derelict amusement park in the grounds of the Hall and fled when disturbed . . . leaving the body of a middle-aged man behind. The police and Sir Julian’s estate manager assume this is a missing security guard, Pete, but Sir Julian has doubts. Is the dead man really Pete, and if not, then where are he and his border collie, Beauty?