Halloween Bingo 2023
Not quite as enjoyable as the first book in this series, but still quite acceptable. Sir Peter Bailey is getting married for a second time and Judith receives a last minute invitation to the pre-wedding celebration. She doesn't really know the man and, of course, is suspicious. Sure enough, after a blistering row with his son Sir Peter is crushed by an enormous heavy bookcase in his study. Judith, Suzie and Becks are among the group of guests who break into the locked study to discover the body. Surely it must be a horrible accident, right? He was alone in a locked room when he died.
Well, if you read Agatha Christie, you know that it's entirely possible to pull off a crime like this! I was reminded of Hercule Poirot's Christmas and was rapidly putting the pieces together, although I hadn't pieced together all the details. But Judith's little Poirot type summary at the end nailed down the facts.
So, not so charming as Richard Osman's The Thursday Murder Club (which I think is the inspiration for this series), but definitely reminiscent of Christie, which is not a bad thing!
I read this book to match Locked Room Mystery on my bingo card.
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