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Death in Elysium
Death in Elysium
Death in Elysium
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Death in Elysium

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Introducing unconventional rector’s wife and amateur sleuth Jodie Welsh in the first of a brand-new mystery series
Highflying city career woman Jodie Welsh was prepared for a dramatic change in lifestyle when she met and married the Reverend Theo Welsh, settling down to an entirely new kind of life as the wife of a country vicar in the picturesque village of Lesser Hogben. But if she thought life as a city deal-maker was tough, nothing could have prepared her for the emotional rollercoaster of local church and village politics. As a newcomer, Jodie encounters hostility and disapproval from several of the villagers, particularly in her efforts to engage and assist Lesser Hogben’s disaffected youth.

When a local lad Jodie employed to help in her garden disappears, along with Jodie’s expensive camera, everyone around her is inclined to assume the worst. Only Jodie and the missing boy’s friend Mazza are convinced of his innocence. But Burble’s disappearance marks the start of a series of disturbing incidents which escalate in intensity – until the body shows up, and Jodie must use her well-honed negotiating and networking skills to unmask a ruthless killer.
LanguageEnglish
PublisherSevern House
Release dateOct 1, 2014
ISBN9781780105536
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Judith Cutler

A former secretary of the Crime Writers' Association, Judith Cutler has taught Creative Writing at universities and colleges for over thirty years and has run occasional courses elsewhere (from a maximum-security prison to an idyllic Greek island). She is the author of more than forty novels.

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    I have long been a fan of Judith Cutler's writing-- especially her Fran Harman novels-- so I was very happy to see this first book in a new series. Once again the author has created a character that lives and breathes on the page. Jodie has a tendency to hold her husband's first wife up as a paragon-- whether she should or not-- but her heart is in the right place. Her husband works incredibly hard for the people of his parish, and Jodie makes it one of her primary goals to ensure that he has time away from people who seem to believe that he should be at their beck and call twenty-four hours a day, seven days a week.Where she most comes into difficulties is in the world of finance. She's worked hard for years to be able to afford nice things, and she'd love to just throw money at all the problems of the parish and the village, but her husband won't allow her to. What's wonderful is to watch this woman in action. She may say she's not a delegator, but she certainly knows how to marshal the troops, think on her feet, and come up with beautifully creative solutions to some of the problems in Lesser Hogben. Yes, once again Judith Cutler gives the reader a wonderful sense of being in the midst of ordinary people getting on with their lives. The mystery is slow to develop. There's no hint of danger, just a whiff of things not being as they should be, until halfway through the book, when Burble (her young gardener) disappears. Too many of the villagers have Burble marked down as a "bad sort," and I enjoyed watching Jodie stick to her conviction that something was wrong and work hard to find the young man-- even to the point of having a policeman friend (who just so happens to have ties to the aforementioned Fran Harman) to help her with her investigation.It's worth reading Judith Cutler's mysteries solely for the wonderful characters she creates, but when I factor in her settings, her writing style, and her story lines... well, what can I say? I'll always come back for more. I'm really looking forward to reading Jodie's next adventure amongst those villagers of Lesser Hogben!

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