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2000s: Did a local writer plot their own murder?
Murder on a Winter Afternoon (Melissa Craig 5)
What you need to know before your trail
Melissa Craig is enjoying her first winter in the Cotswolds.
However, local writer Leonora Jewell has died and so Melissa is asked to complete her final book. On her first visit to the cottage, she finds a gruesome object overlooked by the police: a metal bar covered with dried blood.
Terrified, Melissa rushes to the nearest telephone box to call the police. But by the time they reach Leonora’s cottage, the murder weapon has mysteriously vanished.
With no murder weapon, the police aren’t interested in her theories and so Melissa focuses on finishing Leonora’s novel. But as she reads Leonora’s notes for the book, she starts to wonder… did Leonora accidentally plot out her own murder?
She is going to find out!
Travel Guide
Upper Benbury
A fictional village but very typical in appearance at least to the many in the Cotswolds area. The author explains:
“People often ask me if Melissa is my alter ego and I have to admit that we have quite a lot in common. Like me, when she was in her forties she moved from London into the country. Her Gloucestershire village is similar to the one I lived in for over thirty years and like me she soon became actively involved in village life. Melissa just seemed to walk into my head, complete with her past history, her problems, her strengths and weaknesses, her son Simon, her eccentric neighbour Iris Ash and agent Joe Martin. DCI Ken Harris, who features in many of the titles in the series, appeared on the scene a little later.”
BookTrail Boarding Pass: Murder on a Winter Afternoon (Melissa Craig 5)
Destination: The Cotswolds, “Upper Benbury” Author/guide: Betty Rowlands Departure Time: 2000s
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