The Missing Page

The Missing Page (2022) Cat Sebastian (Page & Sommers #2)

Set in Cornwall, England in 1947

Not knowing how to respond to that, as he could hardly accept a compliment bestowed on a version of himself that was twenty years out of date, he pasted on a smile.

“The letter from the solicitor said the uncle’s will stipulated that all legatees attend the reading at the family home in Cornwall or forfeit their bequest.”

Leo’s eyebrows shot straight up. “Was it his uncle’s dying wish to reenact a radio drama?”

The more Leo thought about it, the less he liked it. Leo had read this detective story and he had seen the film and knew that when you made the heirs gather together, they immediately started putting exotic poisons into one another’s tea. They simply couldn’t help themselves.

Characters: Dr James Sommers, Leo Page, Miss Cora Delacourt, Miss Edith Pickering, Wendy Smythe, Rupert Bellamy, Rose Bellamy, Charlotte Sommers, Camilla (Bellamy) Lady Marchand, Sir Anthony Marchand, Lilian Marchand/Lilah Fairchild, Madame Fournier, Martha Dauntsey, Miriam Carrow, Henry Carrow, Reverend George Foster, Bridget Halloran/ Mudge, Gladys Button, Mrs. Patel, Stephen Foster, Peter Mayhew, John Davis

Cover by Bran at Crowglass Designs

Rating: 9/10

• Browse the archives:
  
• Subway Slayings » »
• « « The Ruin of a Rake