My second read of the series and it did not disappoint. Does well as a stand alone too.
Alma has inherited a hotel in Falmouth during WWII. She is well settled, has a fiancée, her interests in being a clairvoyant is gaining attention and life is going on smoothly. Until the sudden murder of a young woman who had come to the hotel seeking Alma’s assistance. The young lady did not have any connections to any of the hotel guests or staff and Alma and the seriously depleted Detectives in Falmouth are at a loss how to proceed.
Apart from the murder the sub plot involving Joy and Nell the former a trainee nurse and tge latter an experienced one and how Joy manages her life, moving from a very comfortable life to the rough and tumble of nursing the wounded is an interesting read in itself. The snobbery and expectations of tge upper class in Britain at the time, the attitude towards the Irish and the still very distinctions of class add historical interest against the daily threat of war during this time.
The detection goes on, sometimes in the wrong direction but it does work itself out in the end.
I am looking forward to the next in the series.
Sent by Hodder & Stoughton for an unbiased review, courtesy of Netgalley.
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