Strange Tombs
Murder they wrote....
The fifth book in the series about witches, magic ...and Essex Girls!
Halloween in Essex and the Mystery and Suspense creative writing course at old Ratchette Hall is off to a satisfyingly creepy start. But things take a turn for the worse when the course administrator is discovered dead, clutching a marble finger to his chest. For why would anyone, undead or alive, want to kill mild-mannered Graham?
Luckily Rosie Strange and Sam Stone are on the case. Soon, however, they are digging up more questions than answers: who are the unearthly howls emanating from neighbouring Witch Wood every night? How has a stone crusader, on display in the church, managed to lose a finger? And, more sinister yet, why is one of the tombs missing a corpse?
Reviews
'How Moore juggles a large cast of secondary characters while giving each of them their own agency and personality and avoiding the trap of Midsomer Murders stereotypes is… well… annoyingly impressive. Let’s also not forget Rosie and Sam. They’re still a dream-team of smart one-liners and sexual tensions, and here they’re doing their best work yet.' - Ian White, STARBURST
All in all I think this book - and the series its part of - an absolute triumph, with its own distinct voice, humour and - at the centre - a rather sweetly romantic story. The last word should go to Rosie. Asked whether "Some secrets are better left buried" she replies "No... I think it's better to face the strange, however painful... that might be." - BLUE BOOK BALLOON
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