I love to follow up beloved crime series. Murder at Raven´s Hollow by Louise Marley is the latest from the series that I devoured last year, one after the other. Set in an English village, it features a small yet always surprising set of characters. From hidden family secrets and curious rich ladies, there is so much to discover in such a small place. Definitely, it contradicts the assumption that villages, especially English villages, are all about quaint uneventful daily life.
The book can be read in any order, and even as a stand alone, but it´s really worth reading all of them. You may just need to come back to this microcosm because there are still so many secrets around waiting to be revealed.
Murder at Raven´s Hollow follows a pattern that I encountered in the case of the previous books, but nevertheless offers enough surprises and twists to keep you engaged until the end.
This time, it´s DS Harriet March who is faced with deep burried family secrets. And as in other cases, everything starts with an appearance of crime: a skeleton discovered beneath a lovely popular florist store. But when another corpse, this time freshly killed, appears again, it is about time to dig deep beneath her personal stories that may lead to finding the real culprit.
As usual, Marley adds a lot of atmospheric details recreating the local ambiance, and uses generously humour to deter the tensions while preparing for the next twist. Revealing the local human network in such a small remote place made me curious to discover.
I recommend this book, and all from the series, to anyone looking for some local riddle with a Gothic touch. Cold weekends are still long so why not use the time to follow the Raven´s pathways.
Rating: 4.5 stars
Disclaimer: Book offered as part of the book tour but the opinions are, as usual, my own
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