Review: Mystery in Fife
Rating: 4 out of 5
Date: 04 26, 2013
This is the first book I have read in the Murray of Letho series. I thoroughly enjoyed it and look forward to reading the earlier books. Set in Fife in the Regency period at the the time of the Napoleonic wars, the author conveys a good sense of the closeness and complexity of village life at this time in history.At the start of the book, an unknown women is found dead, stabbed to death. The attempts of Murray and his father's old friend, Blair to solve the mystery of who she was and who killed her are carefully threaded through other storylines, resulting in a surprise denouement.I was curious to know more of Murray who is not fully fleshed out in this book, but that may be because this is now the fourth book in the series and the focus is not so much on him but the characters in his household and village. No doubt reading the earlier books in the series will fill in those gaps. The book was well written and engrossing and I enjoyed the author's grasp of the historical details of life in Scotland in the early 19th century.I received a free copy of this book from the LibraryThing Member's Giveaway program.