A good old fashioned whodunit - but one stuffed full of warm affection for traditional village life; the gossip, community spirit, curtain twitching, the steadfast and stalwart… There are clues and suspects aplenty and if you do make the leap before Faith (a former police officer), it’s understandable as she is settling into her new career as a vicar and her mind is still skipping between the two worlds. A comfortably effortless read, the story lures you in and it’s all to easy to submerge yourself and not come up for breath until the very end. Satisfying, enjoyable and rewarding, this feels like a proper introduction to Ockley’s new Faith Morgan mystery series and settles you in nicely to an intriguing mix of church and constabulary. ~ Liz Robinson
Couldn't resist touching the body, eh? observed Ben. Faith was defiant. I had to check for a pulse. Faith Morgan may have quit the world of crime, but crime won't let her go. The ex-policewoman has retrained as a priest, disillusioned with a tough police culture and convinced that she can do more good this way. But now her worlds collide. Searching for the first posting of her new career, she witnesses a sudden and shocking death in a quiet Hampshire village. And of all people, Detective Inspector Ben Shorter, her former colleague and boyfriend, shows up to investigate the crime. Persuaded to stay on in Little Worthy, she learns surprising details about the victim and starts to piece together a motive for his death. But is she now in danger herself? And what should she do about Ben? Then a further horrifying event deepens the mystery...
Martha Ockley writes both fiction and non-fiction. When she is not writing, she loves to act, potter about her eighteenth century cottage, read, and spend time with her parrot!
