Source: Harper Books

Editor Susan Ryeland has left her Greek island, her hotel, and her Greek boyfriend Andreas in search of a new life back in England.

Freelancing for Causton Books, she’s working on the manuscript of a novel, Pund’s Last Case, by a young author named Eliot Crace, a continuation of the popular Alan Conway series.  Susan is surprised to learn that Eliot is the grandson of legendary children’s author Marian Crace, who died some fifteen years ago—murdered, Elliot insists, by poison.

As Susan begins to read the manuscript’s opening chapters, the skeptical editor is relieved to find that Pund’s Last Case is actually very good. Set in the South of France, it revolves around the mysterious death of Lady Margaret Chalfont, who, though mortally ill, is poisoned—perhaps by a member of her own family. But who did it? And why?

The deeper Susan reads, the more it becomes clear that the clues leading to the truth of Marian Crace’s death are hidden within this Atticus Pund mystery.

While Eliot’s accusation becomes more plausible, his behavior grows increasingly erratic.. Then he is suddenly killed in a hit-and-run accident, and Susan finds herself under police scrutiny as a suspect in his killing.

Three mysterious deaths. Multiple motives and possible murderers. If Susan doesn’t solve the mystery of Pund’s Last Case, she may well be the next victim.

Review:

Unpredictable, twisty, and absorbing!

Marble Hall Murders is a skillfully crafty, brilliantly executed mystery that takes you back into the life of Susan Ryeland, a freelance editor who, after being hired to work on the manuscript of a Pund story written by a new author, finds her world turned upside down once again when the latest story seems to have an eerie resemblance to real-life events, everyone seems to have something to hide, and danger lurks around every corner.

The writing is sharp and crisp. The characters are relentless, intelligent, and vulnerable. And the plot, using a story within a story, builds quickly, creating intrigue and suspense as it unravels all the relationships, motivations, personalities, deception, and devious behaviours within it.

Overall, Marble Hall Murders is the third and final novel in the Susan Ryeland series, and even though it’s more than a little bittersweet to say goodbye to the characters I’ve come to know and love over these past three books, Susan and Atticus Pund, it is nevertheless a superb ending to a fabulous series that I highly recommend and will undoubtedly miss.

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