- this edition read on Kindle (Amazon)
- ASIN : B0C727GM8K
- Publisher : Boldwood Books (September 4, 2023)
- Print length : 346 pages
- #1 Malvern Farm Mystery series
Synopsis (Amazon)
Lambing season always brings the unexpected… But no one expected murder
Jude Gray never thought she’d find herself widowed and running a working farm full-time, but here she is, living in the small Malvern village her husband Adam spent most of his life in.
After a particularly gruelling lambing season, she is looking forward to some time off, but there’s no rest for the wicked, especially when she finds the body of one of Adam’s oldest friends on her farm.
Unimpressed with the local constabulary's efforts, Jude starts an investigation of her own. But as the body count rises, danger creeps ever closer to Malvern Farm.
A killer is on the prowl. And all that stands in their way is one woman – and her dog.
My Take
A well constructed cozy mystery with a number of plot strands. I thoroughly enjoyed it and liked the central character Jude Gray. Life has not been easy for Jude since her husband Adam died of cancer but she is making a go of her sheep farm with the help of a shepherd Noah.
But now her best friend Sarah is in trouble with problems that Jude had not even guessed existed. And then the bodies start to pile up, and the perpetrator is someone Jude has always trusted.
My rating: 4.5
About the author
Kate grew up in Malvern on the Herefordshire/Worcestershire border and still spends much of her time there. It is her heart's home and the muse for a lot of her writing.
She began her adult life training as a nurse at Great Ormond Street Hospital and then moved to Reading where she took a teaching degree.
When she took a break to have her two daughters she began creating stories and hasn't stopped writing since!
Having spent time living and working on farms she developed a love of the rural life and often dreamt of running a sheep farm, especially when she married the son of a farmer. It wasn't to be though, so instead, she lives out her farming dreams through researching and writing her books.
These days she's often found in a field talking to the sheep, or out on the Malvern Hills walking her border collie cross.
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