Murder Among Us (Meredith and Markby Mysteries (Paperback))

By Ann Granger

Book Overview

A dispute between an entrepreneur and the village locals turns deadly...

A gala turns grisly in Murder Among Us, the fourth probing mystery in Ann Granger's gripping Mitchell & Markby series. The perfect read for fans of Ann Purser, Agatha Christie and ITV's Midsomer Murders.

'Told with humour and a most engaging worldliness' - Birmingham Post

When ambitious hotelier Eric Schucmacher announces he is to turn Springwood Hall, near the market town of Bamford, into a smart Cotswold country-house hotel, the news is greeted by a chorus of local disapproval, led by the redoubtable Hope Mapple. So the gala opening, to which all the disaffected parties have been invited, promises to be quite an event - not least because the amply upholstered Hope Mapple is planning a disruptive streak protest.

But Hope's lightning dash is unexpectedly upstaged by a far more shocking event: the discovery of a recently murdered body on the premises. The victim is a local woman, and for Chief Inspectory Markby and his guest Meredith Mitchell what had promised to be a diverting summer treat suddenly turns into a horribly serious affair ...

What readers are saying about Murder Among Us:

'A truly intriguing and sympathetic book'

'A wonderful village mystery, that satisfies on all levels. Her Ann Granger's] cast of characters are all wonderfully eccentric and provide you with many hours of joy'

'These stories are intricate enough to make you think and easy to read at the same time'

• Format: Mass Market Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0747240434
• ISBN13: 9780747240433
• Release Date: January 1993
• Publisher: Headline
• Length: 352 Pages
• Weight: 0.44 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 4.4" x 7.0"

Customer Reviews

Another good entry in this series

For those of you who have not heard of Ann Granger and her Mitchell and Markby series, let me tell you that this series is a winner. For anyone who likes the English village mystery with a bit of a modern twist, this series fits the bill. Ms. Granger has a wonderful sense of humour and her characters are believable and likeable. The plot moves along nicely, and the mystery is always just a little hard to figure out. The relationship that is developing between Meredith and Alan is developed nicely with each story, and as they work together to try to solved tricky mysteries it is fun to see their relationship grow. These characters are very realistic! This book is about the death of a local woman in the wine cellar of a newly renovated hotel in Markby's area. Markby has to go a long way back in history to figure this one out, but Meredith is also there to help him get to the right answer.

For fans of English village mysteries

Chief Inspector Markby lives in the quiet little English village of Bamford, into which "progress" is intruding in the form of a new resort hotel, built on the shell of an old Victorian mansion. Predictably, not everyone in town is pleased about the new resort. During the grand opening festivities, a woman is fatally knifed in the wine cellar. The victim, who was attractive and financially comfortable, was also unusually secretive about her history and her private life.And so the hunt for the killer begins, in the typical style of an English-village mystery. Granger is a thoroughly professional and accomplished mystery writer, and she delivers the goods that readers expect from an English village mystery: a variety of suspects and motives, a well-paced narrative, and a non-obvious resolution. There is enough substance here to prevent the book from falling into the category of pure and empty fluff (a virtue which cannot be taken for granted with all English village mysteries). I didn't find the characterizations particularly compelling, and the relationship between Markby and his girlfriend Meredith Mitchell could have been more vividly portrayed. Still, the book is successful at being exactly what it is supposed to be: bedside reading for those who enjoy a comfortable whodunit.