Rose Trevelyan,
artist and photographer, is asked by Gabrielle Milton, relative newcomer to the
area, to take
some photographs of her house for Christmas cards. Rose meets and likes Gabrielle, so happily
accepts her invitations to a party Gabrielle is holding the following week.
At the party Rose meets Gabrielle’s husband
Dennis, who works in
There are many suspects. Eileen is an extremely
jealous woman, convinced that her handsome husband is having affairs with every
pretty woman he meets, and he has been doing some work for Gabrielle; and of
course the husband of the victim is always the first to come under suspicion.
And who is Maggie? Then there is the
fact that Gabrielle is wealthy and her family are to an extent reliant on her
for money - so who inherits? This has
all those elements of mystery
that keep a reader turning a page, or in this case inserting a
cassette.
I have read several books in the Rose Trevelyan series but surmise that this is an early episode
in the series, as it is in this book that Rose meets DI Jack Pierce who is in
charge of the investigation into Gabrielle’s death. Still grieving over the loss of her husband
David some four years earlier, Rose is taken by surprise by her attraction to
Jack Pierce. The possible chance of a relationship with someone other than her
dearly beloved departed husband is handled credibly and with great sensitivity
as Rose realises that she cannot replace her husband, but maybe, just maybe could have an entirely
different but rewarding relationship with someone else,
Patricia Gallimore is
a marvellous Rose, and she brings Rose’s friend Laura to life for me. Very
enjoyable narration..
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Lizzie Hayes