Murder at Greysbridge
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Descrizione dell’editore
'Haunting, atmospheric and gripping' John Connolly, New York Times best-selling author
'A beguiling heroine - clever, sympathetic and bearing a weight of guilt' The Times
Accident or murder? A perfect day hides the perfect crime . . .
Summer has arrived in Inishowen and solicitor Ben O'Keeffe is greatly tempted by a job offer she's received from a law firm in America.
Yet before making any life-changing decisions there is her friend Leah's wedding to attend at the newly restored Greysbridge Hotel, with its private beach and beautiful pier. It's the perfect location, everyone agrees, but the festivities are brutally cut short when a young American, a visitor also staying at the hotel, drowns in full view of the wedding guests.
And when a second death is discovered the same evening, Ben finds herself embroiled in a real country house murder mystery, where all the guests are suspects . . .
Praise for Andrea Carter
'I adored this traditional crime novel; it's modern day Agatha Christie with Ben as Miss Marple' Irish Examiner
'Atmospheric and vivid' Irish Times
'An engaging read' Irish Independent
'The colourful cast of characters may be fictional, but the landscapes, towns and villages are instantly recognisable' Irish Daily Mail
'. . . filled with well-drawn and engaging characters, lyrical descriptions of the stunning scenery, and intriguing mysteries to be unravelled . . . hugely enjoyable . . .' Irish Independent
'A modern day Agatha Christie . . . it builds to a crescendo in a dramatic and highly satisfying close' Books Ireland Magazine
'A proper old-fashioned crime novel in the best sense of the word' Jane Casey
PUBLISHERS WEEKLY
The wedding of Irish solicitor Benedicta "Ben" O'Keeffe's assistant, Leah, takes Ben to the Greysbridge House Hotel, a beautiful but eerie mansion a short drive from her home in County Donegal, in Carter's enticing fourth Inishowen mystery (after 2020's The Well of Ice). The wedding party occupies the entire hotel, except for two guests already staying there. Ben's curiosity is piqued by the covered footbridge that joins the main house to a single windowless room, as well as the legend that Louisa Grey, an early resident of the house who reportedly starved herself to death a century ago, haunts the mansion. Shortly after the wedding ceremony, one of the guests already staying at Greysbridge drowns off the hotel's private pier and the other—a historian who has been researching the home's history—is found dead by poison in his room. Ben is unsettled when her ex-boyfriend, garda sergeant Tom Molloy, arrives at Greysbridge to investigate, but her detective instinct proves stronger than the awkwardness between them. Though the overcomplicated plot offers few innovations, Carter's good-hearted characters and nice use of familiar country-house mystery motifs combine for an entertaining story. Fans of traditional puzzles and evocative settings will enjoy this.