A Devon Midwinter Murder

by Stephanie Austin

Snappy Review

Juno’s world, especially when it’s winter in the pages and a blazing heatwave outside provide a great escape from the troubles of the real world. I wouldn’t advise reading them back to back, but take your time to savour them in-between.

Book Synopsis

As amateur sleuth Juno Browne’s Sunday gets to a chilly start in the delightful Devon town of Ashburton, a murder is brewing.  As always seems to happen, Juno is in the wrong place at the wrong time, and she discovers the body of Bob the Blacksmith, his dead hands entwined with a sprig of elder.

Juno begins to see links with previous ‘accidental’ deaths, although her way through the cloud of suspicion is further obscured by those who insist on links to ancient folklore. Determined to take the evidence with a generous pinch of salt, Juno navigates pagan ceremonies and astrological connections that turn up yet more bodies on a deadly path to the truth.