Deadly Desires at Honeychurch Hall: A Mystery (Honeychurch Hall, #2)

by Hannah Dennison

"When the body of a transport minister is discovered in the grounds on Honeychurch Hall, suspicion about his unusual demise naturally falls on the folks in the village. After all, who could possibly want a high-speed train line built in their front yard? News of the murder soon reaches our heroine Kat Stanford's nemesis Trudy Wynne. A ruthless tabloid journalist and the ex-wife of Kat's discarded lover, Trudy is out for revenge. She is also interested in exposing--and humiliating--Kat's mother Iris, who is secretly the international bestselling romance writer Krystalle Storm. As the body count begins to build, Kat becomes inextricably embroiled in the ensuing scandal"--

• ISBN10: 1250007801
• ISBN13: 9781250007803
• Publish Date: 5 May 2015 (first published 1 January 1960)
• Publish Status: Out of Print
• Out of Print: 9 July 2021
• Imprint: Minotaur Books
• Format: Hardcover
• Pages: 304
• Language: English

Reviews

[MurderByDeath]

I forgot how fun a lot of the dialogue in the first book was, so the readability of this one was a nice surprise.  It's a light, entertaining read filled with eccentric characters and set in the requisite English village, but I really respected the author for taking a real-world current issue - the controversy of building a high speed train - and incorporating it into the plot, informing the reader without preaching to them.   

The mystery itself was interesting if not shocking or complicated.  I vacillated between liking the dynamic between the MC and her mother and wanting to smack the both of them for being so childish.  

 I'll definitely read the third one.