Death in Dulwich by Alice CastleMy rating: 4 of 5 stars
Three and a half stars.
Beth Haldane, former journalist, single mother, gets a job as assistant archivist at swanky Dulwich village Wyatt's School. When she finds her skeevy new boss Alan Jenkins murdered behind the bins at lunchtime on her first day she is terrified that as the last person to see him alive, and the person who found his body, she will be the prime suspect and decides to do her own investigating.
Whatever Mr Jenkins was doing, it clearly wasn't archiving the school's records, which are in a disgraceful state. Amongst them Beth finds Mr Jenkins' personal bank statements which hint at a life of fancy clothes, fine wine and an addiction to p*rn. But who had a motive to kill Mr Jenkins, and what do they think is hidden in the archives?
This was a fun detective mystery, worthy of the cosy label. Although her family are Dulwich village born and bred Beth still finds time to wonder at the ambition of the Dulwich parents, their whole-hearted commitment to getting their children through the educational system ticking all the right boxes so that they can get jobs earning obscene amounts of money, all whilst driving 'Chelsea tractors' and wearing the ubiquitous white jeans.
Interested to see how the relationship with Detective Inspector York will turn out.
I received a free copy of this book from the publisher via NetGalley in return for an honest review.
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