This was one of those books that I sort of enjoyed but then also found kind of irritating at times. I get that the book wasn't written recently and was set a good deal of time before that, but could there be any more misogyny involved? Sheesh.

The mystery itself wasn't mysterious for long, which is why I ended up giving it three stars. I hate it when i can figure out what's going on before the author confirms it at the end of the story. It makes reading the entire book feel a bit pointless when you guess right soon after you begin reading.

On the positive side, the main character was colorful and I liked the way the author described the village. I could see the place as if I were there and enjoyed reading the dialogue.

This wasn't a bad book, I was just a bit indifferent after reading it.

This review is based on a complimentary copy from the publisher, provided through Netgalley. All opinions are my own.

A classic British murder mystery with all the right ingredients, a bucolic village with cottages and rose gardens, a big manor house, eccentric inhabitants, murder (of course)of a mysterious woman and in this case a very sunny feeling. Perfect,we're it not for the outdated attitude and opinions expressed by the author.They concern women and their place in society,women and divorce,imprisonment, death penalty.....Admittedly, it was written several decades ago,still....
Pity,because otherwise it would have been the perfect reading for one of those sunny afternoons in spring.

I quite like this story even though from the writing style you can see that this story was written a few decades ago. It was change of scenery to see read again how they solved murders without all the modern day technologies of DNA analysis and cellphone tracking. Quirky characters and an enjoyable writing style.

Thank you to Endeavour Press and Netgalley for the copy

When a key is sent to the Rev Colin Armitage it heralds the first of the murders. The Reverend attempts to determine the who and why.
Unfortunately worked out who the guilty person was, and found some of the characters irritating.