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Murder in the Maze (Linford Mystery)

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Redingote, a small English village, is having a summer fete on the grounds of the manor house and welcoming its new parson and his wife when tragedy strikes. In the middle of the hedge maze, the local doctor's beautiful wife is found dead. A relative newcomer to the village, the doctor's wife had a habit of rubbing people the wrong way. Could the murderer be a jealous wife from the village, the local witch Tabitha or her disturbed son Barney, or maybe an unknown lover? Superintendent Trewley and Sergeant Stone must find out!

I thought that the concept of the story was interesting, but I started to get a little bored with it about halfway through because much of the story focuses on interviews with witnesses and people from the village where they talk about the victim, village politics and their petty squabbles with each other. The characters were interesting, and the author did a good job of giving them each their own voices, but I would have liked a little less talk and a little more action to liven things up.

I loved the Detectives in this book. The plot and turns keep you guessing until the end of the book. Highly recommended.