Death Out Of Season reminded me of a Midsomers Murder crossed with Miss Marple - police detective in a quintessential English village/town with normal community politics.

It starts quite atmospheric but settles down to become a cozy detective murder mystery. It was a little predictable as to who the culprit was but that might be down to me reading a number of murder mysteries.

The language is a bit unusual - I had to look up the meaning of "diffidence" and for the first time I've read "gonads" in a book and which it made me giggle.

It is the first book I've read by Meg Elizabeth Atkins so I wasn't sure what to expect. It's not a bad read, just a little tame and predictable for me. I would read another story by the author when I need a lighter read.

Thanks to Endeavour Press and Netgalley for my ecopy of Death Out Of Season.