Crime and Thrillers
An Inkling of Death
An Oxford Mystery
by Anna Beer
- ISBN:
- 9781835744505
- eISBN:
- 9781835746486
Paperback
£9.99
Synopsis
'rapidly becoming one of my favourite detectives' - Elly Griffiths (Sunday Times bestselling author)
Old papers hide dangerous secrets. Old houses hide even more.
Eve Brook, literary consultant and newly minted sleuth, expects a peaceful autumn: a hunt for ‘Hobbit gold’ in the papers of a forgotten contemporary of Tolkien and Lewis.
Instead, in a crumbling Victorian villa in Oxford’s Norham Manor, she uncovers unsettling truths about her city’s past, disturbs an unquiet ghost, and crosses paths with someone hiding secrets of his own.
New Year, and an invitation to a house party in a Jacobean manor deep in the Chilterns, offers a welcome escape; a few days to forget the musty papers and the darkness they reveal in a setting straight from the pages of her beloved crime fiction.
But then, the body is found.
Only months after her first case, Eve Brook is pulled into a new murder inquiry far more personal, and far more dangerous, than anything she’s encountered before. And this time, she must uncover the truth before the killer strikes again.
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Here's what readers have to say about this book....
Rebecca de Pelet
Such a joy to find a book that not only scratches my murder mystery itch but which also throws bags of excellent literary and historical treats in too; it was a real pleasure to follow all three trails laid so expertly by Beer. Reading this was like curling up with your clever best friend and settling in for a winter evening of brilliant conversation.
Katy Regan
A deliciously immersive mystery. Twisty, clever, with richly drawn characters and setting, it kept me guessing until the very end. Hugely enjoyable!
Katy Regan
An Inkling of Death was a deliciously immersive mystery. The characters and setting are richly drawn and the twisty plot kept me guessing until the end. Hugely enjoyable!
HSW
….back with Eve again. Happy days
Hazel Barkworth
What a delight to be reunited with Eve Brook, this time on a fascinating trawl through both archives and her own emotions. Intriguing, delicious and wonderfully perceptive, this novel uncovers some of the secrets hidden behind Oxford's golden walls. Brilliantly twisty and utterly compulsive, it is also heartfelt and deeply thoughtful. I long to join Eve for a cup of coffee.
