ENGLAND EXPECTS.

ENGLAND EXPECTS by SARA SHERIDAN.

SOURCE:  The third of six books won celebrating the blogoversary of Lindsay over at THE LITTLE READER LIBRARY

ABOUT THE BOOK: Set during the summer heatwave of 1953, England Expects finds Mirabelle and Vesta investigating the seemingly unrelated murders of a racing journalist and a cleaning woman. Their searches lead them through Brighton Pavilion's crumbling passageways to the quad of a Cambridge college and, finally, into the shady world of freemasonry where betraying secrets can cost dearly. And, while not on the murder trail, Vesta has to make some decisions about her personal life.

FIRST SENTENCE {Prologue}: Joey Gillingham got off the train and checked his watch.

MEMORABLE MOMENTS {Page 47}: The rate of corpses piled around that woman was astonishing. If someone was ill in her general vicinity, it would be best to check it out.

MY THOUGHTS: What I'd describe as a cosy mystery with perhaps a bit more oomph than is usual for the genre. Though England Expects is the the third book in the Mirabelle Bevan Mystery series I thought it perfectly readable as a standalone novel.

Set in 1950's Brighton (something I did like though I'd probably have appreciated it more if it were set in my home town) and apparently based on actual events. Whilst there was nothing wrong with the book -I can't say it was badly written, the plot was OK and not without humorous moments, the characters fair to middling, - it was just one of those novels that for some reason or other simply failed to engage me hence the low rating.

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