'Mystery at Farfield Castle' by Clare Chase is an Eve Mallow mystery and is set in the beautiful Suffolk countryside. Eve attends a champagne reception for the opening of the castle as a writers' retreat. Novelist Julian Fisher and his wife Kitty, along with her brother, plan to make a success of the venture, but not everyone is happy. When Kitty is found dead that night, Eve becomes involved in the investigation - if only to prevent the local police making a mess of it. She soon discovers that there are a few people with reason to kill Kitty. But as she delves deeper, danger comes closer, and Eve must find the killer before anyone else is hurt.
I like Eve. I've read a few in this series and have enjoyed them all. This is no exception. Eve is a good friend, kind and thoughtful. It helps her in her work writing obituaries, as well as in her investigative endeavours. She's sensible and not easily flummoxed. She's also curious and observant. That makes for a great amateur detective. She's also empathetic and able to read people well.
I loved being in the Suffolk countryside again and appreciate Clare Chase's wonderfully descriptive writing about the area. She has a knack of getting inside the heads of her characters, and therefore draws the reader in.
I enjoyed the story immensely and look forward to more in the same vein.
I was given this ARC to review.
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