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A review by dianareadingcorner
Murder By Candlelight by Faith Martin
adventurous
lighthearted
mysterious
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Loveable characters? Yes
5.0
I'm gonna start this off by being completely honest and say I'm not a regular mistery&thriller reader. So you can take my opinion with a grain of a salt if you please considering I'm not an expert on the subject. However, I'm never wrong about anything (you can ask my friends, they'll vouch for me).
This was a cozy and rather interesting and captivating read. I was hooked from the get go trying to figure out the culprit and how it was done.
Let me paint you the scene. This all happens in 1924, in the old England, in a little town called Maybury-in-the-Marsh. The Phelps', the richest family in town (and not only) are down to 3 close relatives - Amy Phelps, the aunt, that owns all the estate and the actual wealth of the family; Murray, the nephew and only man, who runs the businesses; and Phyllis, the niece, that doesn't run or own anything. Now, during the summers (when this all takes place), Amy usually gets in her house (the Old Forge) two good friends - Cora, an old friend for very long years; and Reggie, someone who was her brother' very good friend and then her own as well.
During this faithful summer, strange things start to happen and Amy starts believing she's being haunted by a ghost. With this she turns to Arbie - the town's now famous author and 'ghost hunter' - so he can catch her ghost and help her out.
Arbie isn't very interested at first but then her good childhood friend, Val (the vicar's daughter), buts in and, not only does she convince him to help out, she also wants to do it all with him.
After a few days of turns and circles and some observations and obstacles and revelations, Amy Phelps shows up dead in her own room. Who did it, why, and how? Well, that's just what they all want to find out.
At every sentence, every page, every chapter, I was more and more intrigued. I kept trying to guess who did it and then something would be said that would make me turn my head in another direction. And this kept happening consecutively. At the end of it all I was shocked! I could've never fully guessed the answer to all those questions. I had some idea about it, yes, but no certainty.
This book will give you a very good mistery while also keeping you fully entertained with Val's and Arbie's antics, with Arbie's inventor uncle and everything in between. I laughed and I gasped and I honestly had such an incredible time reading it there's really nothing left for me to say expect - go read it. What are you waiting for?
And now I just wanna give a huge thanks to netgalley and HQ Digital for giving the arc of this book in exchange for my honest review.
This was a cozy and rather interesting and captivating read. I was hooked from the get go trying to figure out the culprit and how it was done.
Let me paint you the scene. This all happens in 1924, in the old England, in a little town called Maybury-in-the-Marsh. The Phelps', the richest family in town (and not only) are down to 3 close relatives - Amy Phelps, the aunt, that owns all the estate and the actual wealth of the family; Murray, the nephew and only man, who runs the businesses; and Phyllis, the niece, that doesn't run or own anything. Now, during the summers (when this all takes place), Amy usually gets in her house (the Old Forge) two good friends - Cora, an old friend for very long years; and Reggie, someone who was her brother' very good friend and then her own as well.
During this faithful summer, strange things start to happen and Amy starts believing she's being haunted by a ghost. With this she turns to Arbie - the town's now famous author and 'ghost hunter' - so he can catch her ghost and help her out.
Arbie isn't very interested at first but then her good childhood friend, Val (the vicar's daughter), buts in and, not only does she convince him to help out, she also wants to do it all with him.
After a few days of turns and circles and some observations and obstacles and revelations, Amy Phelps shows up dead in her own room. Who did it, why, and how? Well, that's just what they all want to find out.
At every sentence, every page, every chapter, I was more and more intrigued. I kept trying to guess who did it and then something would be said that would make me turn my head in another direction. And this kept happening consecutively. At the end of it all I was shocked! I could've never fully guessed the answer to all those questions. I had some idea about it, yes, but no certainty.
This book will give you a very good mistery while also keeping you fully entertained with Val's and Arbie's antics, with Arbie's inventor uncle and everything in between. I laughed and I gasped and I honestly had such an incredible time reading it there's really nothing left for me to say expect - go read it. What are you waiting for?
And now I just wanna give a huge thanks to netgalley and HQ Digital for giving the arc of this book in exchange for my honest review.