A Lively Midwinter Murder by Katy Watson

This is a fun murder romp of the cosy crime variety putting a modern twist on the locked room/closed circle genre - (ie they are stuck in a castle on an island and trapped due to a storm). (Formats avaliable on Audio book, Electronic and paper copy). To set the scene this is part of a series but can be read as a stand alone - where the characters are all getting together at Dunwick Castle for a wedding which is accessed via a single narrow bridge. As they arrive police are dealing with the corpse of a man on the beach and for our plucky cast it all goes downhill from there. Shortly after a 2nd body is found on the beach with a storm close on the heals of the discovery is the storm of the centuary trapping the cast on the island and taking out the power/internet and phones in true spooky castle tradition. I would class this is a similar style to Agatha Raisin by MC Beaton with a warm cosy feel - though it is a 3 ladies detective team.

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