Review: A murder mystery that was murder to read.
Rating: 2 out of 5
Date: 11 1, 2012
Montague hall is a place that has a mysterious past, an uncertain future and is at the center of the story, The Body in the Lake by Irish author, Grainne Maher. This thriller/ murder mystery is populated with the typical characters found in many mystery books; there is a large estate - Montague Hall; stories of a ghost that haunts the place, a mysterious disappearance and a rash of chilling murderous events that may or may not be caused by some other-worldly force and last but not least, lady detectives.Libby Hargrove works as a private investigator and asks her friend and assistant Dawn O'Grady if she would like to take on a job working as a caregiver to her father's elderly aunt; Maud Montague. Maud resides at the family residence, which is the mysterious Montague Hall. As the story, progresses the readers are introduced to the Montague family and its somewhat bitter history.During her employment with the family, Dawn learns of the ghost that seems to haunt the grounds and the puzzling disappearance of Noreen Hobb, the nurse employed prior to her. After the passing of Maud some odious happenings occur, that place almost all of the surviving family members family members in danger. Meanwhile, the discovery of a body in the lake on the estate adds to mystery and the detective gets working to resolve the mysterious happenings at Montague Hall.Overall, this book was not my cup of tea. It is an ok read; the story does not move at a breakneck pace nor is there an air of tension that is usually present in thriller. However, there is a tangled web of mystery, murder and female detectives solving the mystery.