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‘A great sweeping adventure’ MC Beaton, author of the bestselling Agatha Raisin series
Iris Grey arrives at Mill Cottage in a picture-perfect Hampshire village, looking to escape from her crumbling marriage. She is drawn to the neighbouring Wetherby family, and is commissioned to paint a portrait of Dominic Wetherby, a celebrated crime writer. At the Wetherby’s family party, the wine is in full flow – but so too are tensions and rivalries among the guests. The next day, the youngest member of the Wetherby family, Lorcan, finds a body in the water. A tragic accident? Or a deadly crime?
Iris enters a world of village gossip, romantic intrigue, buried secrets and murder.
Readers love MURDER AT THE MILL:
‘All the ingredients are there, snow, strange characters, body – a great read’
‘A perfectly cosy little whodunnit. It was perfect for bedtime and kept me turning pages.’
‘This is a cosy book to curl up with on a rainy Sunday afternoon – as I did today, I really enjoyed and recommend.
Iris Grey arrives at Mill Cottage in a picture-perfect Hampshire village, looking to escape from her crumbling marriage. She is drawn to the neighbouring Wetherby family, and is commissioned to paint a portrait of Dominic Wetherby, a celebrated crime writer. At the Wetherby’s family party, the wine is in full flow – but so too are tensions and rivalries among the guests. The next day, the youngest member of the Wetherby family, Lorcan, finds a body in the water. A tragic accident? Or a deadly crime?
Iris enters a world of village gossip, romantic intrigue, buried secrets and murder.
Readers love MURDER AT THE MILL:
‘All the ingredients are there, snow, strange characters, body – a great read’
‘A perfectly cosy little whodunnit. It was perfect for bedtime and kept me turning pages.’
‘This is a cosy book to curl up with on a rainy Sunday afternoon – as I did today, I really enjoyed and recommend.
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Reviews
A festering box of secrets, providing a Christmas cocktail of family lies and deliciously conceived murder.
Murder at the Mill by M. B. Shaw is a great sweeping adventure. Ideal for holiday reading.
A contemporary-set cosy crime novel that harks back to The Golden Age of detective fiction. Author Tilly Bagshawe writing under a pseudonym, introduces us to society portraitist Iris Grey whose Christmas country retreat is anything but when a body is found floating by the mill on Christmas Day, instead of tucking into turkey and all the trimmings, Iris finds herself caught up in all manner of sleuthing and intrigue.
A snowy Christmas mystery in a country village, intriguing characters and a twisty-turny plot...I loved this book and couldn't put it down. Fabulous!
Be sure to start reading M.B. Shaw's evocatively written mystery early in the day, or else you'll be up late into the night-it's that unputdownable.
M.B. Shaw has penned a wonderfully layered mystery with a multifaceted amateur sleuth, artist Iris Grey. Ms. Shaw's English village setting made me feel like I was right there, and kept me reading until late into the night. I can't wait to see where Iris Grey's next artistic commission takes us.
A nice little slice of festive whodunnit - just right for cosy winter afternoons
