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Hazards in Hampshire (A British Book Tour Mystery)
by Emma Dakin
About Hazards in Hampshire
Hazards in Hampshire (A British Book Tour Mystery)
Cozy Mystery
1st in Series
Camel Press (October 15, 2019)
Paperback: Number of Pages 190
ISBN-10: 1941890601
ISBN-13: 978-1941890608
Digital ASIN: B07V2K7QTB
Moving to a quiet English village should have been tranquil, but Claire Barclay learns that even an invitation to tea can be deadly. Who killed Mrs. Paulson, the president of the local Mystery Books Club? Was the motive for murder located in the archives of the book club? The members of the books club might have reason to want Mrs. Paulson’s out of the way. She had lived in the village all her life, been involved in many organizations and societies and knew many secrets of the villagers. Was one secret too dangerous for her to keep? She had been wealthy and left her money to a member of the club. Could the legatee have been impatient for her inheritance? Who cared enough to want her dead? Claire, an expert in solving problems in her job as a tour guide, decides to delve into the archives and into the lives of the villagers—and find out.
EXCERPT: We sat in silence for a moment after Peter left, then Deirdre leaned forward and studied me. “Murder makes a difference.” Of course, it made a difference, a shocking, outrageous difference. I stared at her. “I didn’t murder anyone. I didn’t murder her.”
“Of course not, but you were first on the scene so you can expect a visit from the constabulary.” She drummed her fingers on the table.
“I can’t be accused of murder just because I discovered a body. I didn’t even know her.”
“You had that invitation. You showed it to the constable?” She raised her eyebrows.
“I did.”’
“Don’t throw it away. You may need to show it again.” Her barrister’s logic was sifting evidence. “I know it’s upsetting, Claire, but you should be okay. The constable will come and interview you, take your statement and then perhaps a detective might also ask you to repeat your information. It’s unlikely you will be considered a serious suspect.” The facts had been evaluated by her calculating brain and the results spewed forth smoothly. I was going to be fine, so she thought.
I nodded, accepting her expertise. She was right. It was only reasonable that the first person on the scene would be interviewed by the police. “It’s not just worry about being a suspect that’s bothering me. I like it here---and murder? I don’t want murder in my village.” Murder upset my idea of the village as a place of refuge and relaxation. This village was apparently neither as quiet nor as tranquil as I’d expected.
Dark curls tumbled with the shake of her head. “No place is perfect.”
This is Emma Dakin’s first series, set in Britain the homeland of Emma’s grandparents. Emma channels her mother’s inherited English culture along with the attitudes and sayings of the modern Brits. She travels widely in England and at one point this May while travelling through the Yorkshire Moors she had all the tourists in a tour bus looking for a good place to hide a body. As Marion Crook, she has published many novels of adventure and mystery for young adult and middle grade readers as well as non-fiction for adults and young adults and non-fiction on social issues. Firmly in the cozy mystery genre now, and committed to absorbing the culture and changing world of Britain, she plans to enjoy the research and the writing of cozies.
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