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Written By: Bonnie Burke-Patel.
Published By: Bedford Square Publishers.
Thanks to the publisher for sending me a digital copy of the book for the purpose of this review, also thanks to Random Things Blog Tour for adding me to the tour.
Overview
Anna Deerin moves to a remote Cotswold cottage to become a gardener, trying to strip away everything she's spent all her life as a woman striving for, craving the anonymity and privacy her new off-grid life provides.
But when she clears the last vegetable bed and digs up not twigs but bones, the outside world is readmitted. With it comes Detective Inspector Hitesh Mistry, who has his own reasons for a new start in the village of Upper Magna.
Drawn in spite of herself to this unknown woman from another time, Anna is determined to uncover her identity and gain recognition for her, if not justice.
As threats to Anna and her new life grow closer, she and DI Mistry will find that this murder is inextricably bound up with issues of gender, family, community, race and British identity itself – all as relevant in decades past as they are to Anna today.
Overview taken from the official book press release.
Review
Thrillers are sometimes best when they feel like a Sunday afternoon on the Tele type thriller where all seems serene and picturesque until secrets are unearthed and then the picture perfect world simply falls apart.
The book follows Anna Deerin as she moves to the country in search of a new life and to live in a chocolate box cottage where life as a gardener would be oh so simple but she is soon to find out that life in the country isn't as simple as it seems.
After the grim discovery of bones belonging to a woman Detectives launch an investigation but also taking an interest in the find is Anna who turns super sleuth and launches her own investigation as she endeavours to uncover the woman's identity and also how she met her untimely death,
The story flows well and picks up at a decent pace, it gradually sees the characters grow and the story itself develops at a gradual pace starting slow then picking up as the story goes on. I loved the head strong character in Anna as she goes her about her business in her own unapologetic way.
This is an introduction for me to the work of Bonnie Burke-Patel and I can definitely say I enjoyed the style of her writing, her world creation depicts a beautiful world that would feel at home at the BBC. The characters themselves all have their own part to play in this book that paints a beautiful picture of the countryside and what in fact goes on.
Summary
Time now then for me to put my thoughts into a summary, overall I enjoyed the eccentric characters and the setting all puts together well for a unique experience. Definitely a recommendation for those that like their murder mysteries on a Sunday afternoon
Verdict-Out of 5 ⭐
⭐⭐⭐⭐
GOOD
I give The I Died at Fallows Hall I good score of 5 ⭐ a uniquely written story that flows at a good pace. The eccentric characters will bring a smile on your face. Definitely a recommendation from me.
Note on The Author
Born and raised in South Gloucestershire, Bonnie Burke-Patel studied History at Oxford.
After working for half a decade in politics and policy, she changed careers and became a preschool teacher, before beginning to write full time.
She lives with her husband, son, and needy cat in south east London, and is working on her next crime novel about fairy tales, desire, and the seaside.
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