Hither, Page

Hither, Page (2019) Cat Sebastian (Page & Sommers)

Set in England in 1946.

This story reminds me very much of an Agatha Christie, only with boinking. A combination of A Murder is Announced and The Moving Finger.

None of the witnesses could suggest a possible motive, nor did any of them think Mrs. Hoggett had enemies. Leo had actually laughed out loud at that, drawing a sharp look from the other man in his train compartment.

Even Edith Pickering and Cora Delacourt, who had lived with Mrs. Hoggett, didn’t seem terribly moved, but then again they had a good deal of practice in losing people, having lived through the last time the world decided to kill off a generation.

He ought to have developed a callus over whatever part of his heart was meant for mourning, but instead, it was like a wound that never quite healed.

“Dare I ask where Wendy got the sugar?” Sommers eyed his half-eaten scone with a sort of guilty hunger. “Last I heard, she used all her coupons on peppermint creams for the children at the vicarage.”

“She’s very resourceful,” Miss Delacourt said dubiously.

Rating: 8.5/10

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