It’s 1928. Lord Edgington, retired head of Scotland Yard, is called to Silent Pool, the home of Abraham Hindmarsh. Hindmarsh is a member of Parliament and an undersecretary in the Cabinet, and his wife Patience has vanished, leaving behind on the estate a wrecked car with blood all over the interior. No body has been found, and no one has reported anything about the missing woman.
Christopher Prentiss accompanies his grandfather, as he has been doing for the pat several years when the great detective is called in. What the investigating pir discover is a highly toxic brew of Hindmarsh himself, five adult children who seem to hate each other, and a niece who is treated with near contempt by most of her cousins.
While they’re investigating, they hear gunshots; Hindmarsh has been shot dead. And his death won’t be the last, as the case is flooded with evidence that night or might not apply, bubbling anger, and the siblings physically attacking one another.
Benedict Brown
Death at Silent Pool is the fourteenth Lod Edgington mystery by British author Benedict Brown, and it takes a decidedly different turn from its predecessors. The previous stories had a strong element of humor, mostly emanating from Christopher and his observations, and a lightness to the story. Death at Silent Pool is a good, intriguing story, but it takes a much darker path.
In addition to the Lord Edgington stories, Brown has written seven Izzy Palmer mystery novels and three novellas. A native of south London, he lives with his family in Spain. The Lord Edgington mysteries are likely aimed at both the general reader as well as the young adult audience. And they’re well-researched stories, full of information about the mid-to-late 1920s.
I’m glad to see that a 15th Lord Edgington mystery, The Christmas Candle Murders, returns to a more lighthearted story line. It’s due out Nov. 24.
Related:
Murder at the Spring Ball by Benedict Brown.
A Body at a Boarding School by Benedict Brown.
The Mystery of Mistletoe Hall by Benedict Brown.
Death on a Summer’s Day by Benedict Brown.
The Tangled Treasure Trail by Benedict Brown.
The Curious Case of the Templeton-Swifts by Benedict Brown.
The Crimes of Clearwell Castle by Benedict Brown.
The Snows of Weston Moor by Benedict Brown.
What the Vicar Saw by Benedict Brown.
Blood on the Banisters by Benedict Brown.
A Killer in the Wings by Benedict Brown.
The Christmas Bell Mystery by Benedict Brown.
A Novel Way to Kill by Benedict Brown.
The Puzzle at Parham Hall by Benedict Brown.
Some Thursday Readings
The Place of Murder – Sydney Graves (Kate Christensen) at CrimeReads.
The Long Art of the Short Story – Elly Griffiths at Writer’s Digest.
The Everlasting Man – Paul Kingsnorth at The Abbey of Misrule on G.K. Chesterton.
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