It’s always a good thing for a devoted mystery fan like myself to find a new writer who expands the genre of female investigators and it’s a treat to discover Frances Brody’s series featuring the English 1920’s private investigator Kate Shakleton. This is the 2nd one I have read, the 1st was the recently published “Death in the Stars” and I highly recommend it. It mixes a total solar eclipse and the eclipse of vaudeville and the rise of cinema along with elements of WWI in its fascinating plot.
“Death at the Seaside” is a complex story set in a small English fishing village in the late 1920s but this is not a cozy style mystery despite the setting. Kate and her staff of two are away on separate holidays in August in neighboring seaside towns, Kate is staying at an elegant comfortable inn and is in town to visit with an old friend and her daughter. Immediately after arriving she discovers a dead body and discovers that her friend’s daughter has disappeared and her vacation mood quickly evaporates as she tries to deal with all the turmoil and suspense.
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