Murder in the Countryside by Helena Dixon

 

Kitty and Matt are on a country drive when Kitty on her way to buy cider comes across a body, brutally done in. When the police arrive and when Kitty and Matt start their own investigation, the number of suspects rise everyday. The dead man was a nasty neighbour, a bullying and abusive father and a drunk in the neighbourhood. 

Asked by the family to get to the bottom of the murder, Matt and Kitty are held back by the lack of alibis for their list of suspects. It is a rural community, with people working alone. When a second death takes place, it turns the investigation upside down. The second death is the person high on the list of suspects for the first death. First father and now son. The investigation now has to look further afield and new secrets keep coming out.

Set in 1936 England,the cozy is set in a time when history was in the making all over the world and in this quiet part of the world was no exception. Aftermath of two wars didn’t make life easier for many.

A very well written and engaging whodunit.

Sent by Bookouture for a unbiased review courtesy of Netgalley.