Book Review – Death at St. Jude’s by Mary Grand
Susan loves the sense of community and immediately throws herself into village life, volunteering at the local primary school and joining the choir of St Jude’s. So, when there is an altercation at the meeting of the choir committee, followed by a shocking accident involving head teacher Lawrence, Susan is dismayed to realise her powers of deduction may be needed again.
There is a dangerous criminal hiding in plain sight and with the police reluctant to help, Susan must put together the pieces of the fiendish puzzle to flush out a killer before they strike again.
REVIEW
It was great to be back on the Isle of Wight with Susan and her dogs. Susan has moved to another part of the island and settling in just nicely, even joining the choir. We are greeted with meeting the other members of the choir and it sets the scene when there is a bit of an argument of sorts between Lawrence the school headmaster and Daniel the priest at St Jude’s regarding stopping funding. No I knew who was going to meet their untimely death right away, it was obvious and I guess writtten in that way deliberately, but what wasn’t obvious was who did it and their reason why.
There was several suspects from the get go all of whom had attended and witnessed the disagreement between the two men, but boy was I totally and completely wrong when all was revealed. I knew it wasn’t suicide, as did Susan, and in helping get to the truth she was meet with a lot of red herrings.
Death at St Jude’s was a great second book in this series, I am loving all the characters and especially rooting for Susan and Robert’s budding romance.
