Thursday, April 18, 2013

Review: The Frozen Shroud by Martin Edwards

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The Frozen Shroud by Martin Edwards. A Lake District Mystery.

Review summary: This is an excellent mystery, exciting and suspenseful. The beautifully rendered Lake District setting makes for an atmospheric backdrop to a murder investigation that spans more than a century, a storyline that turns out to be a strongly plotted and most enjoyable whodunit. (Click here for text of full review.)

Our rating: 5 of 5 stars

The Frozen Shroud Martin Edwards

The Frozen Shroud
Martin Edwards
A Lake District Mystery
Poisoned Pen Press (April 2013)

Publisher synopsis: Death has come twice to Ravenbank, a remote community in England's Lake District, each time on Hallowe'en. Just before the First World War, a young woman's corpse was found, with a makeshift shroud frozen to her battered face. Her ghost — the Faceless Woman — is said to walk through Ravenbank on Hallowe'en. Five years ago, another woman, Katya Moss, was murdered, and again her face was covered to hide her injuries.

Daniel Kind, a specialist in the history of murder, becomes fascinated by the old cases, and wonders whether the obvious suspects really did commit the crimes. He spends Hallowe'en at a party in Ravenbank — only to find death returning to this beautiful but isolated spot. Once more, the victim is a woman, once more her damaged face is shrouded from view.

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