Review: Another fine mystery
Rating: 5 out of 5
Date: 05 18, 2014
Lesley Cookman is an artist when it comes to plot-lines. She is one author who keeps me wondering whodunnit right up to the end. This latest entry in the Libby Sarjeant series was really convoluted and the plot twisted back upon itself several times.This time the story will revolve around Harry, one of the liveliest characters in the series. His life has been a mystery. Even his life-partner Peter doesn't know about Harry's beginnings and we find out that this is because Harry doesn't know himself where he was born or who his parents were.The man who helped Libby's friend, Harry Price, get a start in life has died. Harry asks Libby and her partner Ben to accompany him to the funeral on the Isle of Wight. His friend owned a house on the beach there and they can all have a week's holiday by the sea. Libby's psychic friend Fran and her husband are also invited to vacation there after the funeral.When they arrive on the island they meet the cousins of the deceased and these three old ladies are really strange. They want Libby to investigate the death of their youngest sister who, they insist, was murdered. Add to this the fact that they seem to be hiding a grave secret and will not give a straight answer to any of Libby's questions! The friends soon learn that this secret involves Harry Price, and soon after he is being stalked and his life is threatened.Was the sister really murdered? And what has Harry got to do with any of this? I read this one from start to finish in one sitting. Highly recommended.