Death at the Seaside, A Kate Shackleton Mystery by Frances Brody
Kate Shackleton: private eye, widow, boss, friend, and godmother – a woman of many parts. And alongside a cast of colourful and well-drawn characters all these parts come into play in this entertaining mystery. From Kate’s school friend Alma Turner, now a fortune teller, to Mr Cricklethorpe, flamboyant panto dame and artist, there is no shortage of potential murderers when a local jeweller is killed. In fact even Kate is held in suspicion to the extent that she has to spend a night in the cells. Sergeant Garvin, the local police constable, is out of his depth and things only start looking up when the dashing Chief Inspector Marcus Charles of Scotland Yard arrives to take over the case. Of course he and Kate have some history, which can’t be allowed to interfere with the solving of this tricky case. Will she beat him to it once again? I’ve always liked Whitby and it is fun reading books set in familiar places. ‘Death at the Seaside’ immerses us into life in a Yorkshire seasi...