Murder at the Lodge

‘They’re respectable people, known to me personally...’ 

As the Masonic Lodge Ladies’ night draws to a close and the guests drift away, a man is found in the car park, garrotted at his steering wheel.

Moments later, the police are called out to attend the scene of a burglary. But nothing in the house seems to be stolen…

DI Percy Peach has always taken a special pleasure in taunting his superior, Superintendent Tucker, about the indiscretions of his fellow Masons.

And now with a dead body found at a Masonic function, the inspector has been given a free hand to dig up any amount of dirt about the secret order.

Blackmail and bribes run rife throughout.

Debts lead to threats and violence. 

Infidelity leads to maddening jealousy. 

And some feuds last a lifetime.

As the murder enquiry unfolds, Percy Peach and his colleagues find themselves unearthing the seedier side of East Lancashire’s elite.

With alibis contradicting one another and emotions running high, the Masonic lodge grows into a collection of suspects who each held a motive to pursue revenge…

Murder at the Lodge is a chilling mystery that will keep you guessing. 

“Fine police procedural boasting brisk pace, vividly drawn characters … Peach is as distinctive as Inspector Morse” - Booklist 

“Well done, suspenseful and engaging” - Library Journal 
“Thoroughly enjoyable” - Mail on Sunday 

“The estimable J. M. Gregson provides a plot full of seething emotions” - Gerald Kaufman, The Scotsman 

James Michael Gregson taught for twenty-seven years in schools, colleges and universities before concentrating on full-time writing. He has written books on subjects as diverse as golf and Shakespeare. His other crime novels include Bring Forth Your Dead, Dead on Course, Making a Killing, Stranglehold and Body Politic.