Colours Of The South (Gil and Bridget Honeyman mystery series)

Gil and Bridget Honeyman, fifty-something siblings, arrive at their holiday cottage in St R?my in rural France, looking forward to a blissful summer in the sun. Their dreams of relaxation are soon shattered though when the local Mayor is found brutally murdered following the village's Bastille Day celebrations. Shock waves and horror reverberate throughout the little close-knit community.An arrest is soon made and the village breaths a sigh of relief. Or at least it does until a second murder is committed, seemingly unconnected to the first. So have they got the wrong man? Convinced that they have, avid crime fiction fan and would-be amateur sleuth Bridget relishes the opportunity to get involved in the real-life mystery unfolding on her doorstep. A meeting with the elderly, but enigmatic B?atrice Blanchard, who alludes to dark secrets long forgotten, convinces Bridget that her hunch is right. Or has she simply been taken in by the confused ramblings of an old woman? As Bridget sets out to get justice for the man she believes has been wrongly accused, Gil struggles to understand what drives his sister to help a complete stranger. He's worried for her safety too. Who wouldn't, with a potential serial killer on the loose? He tries to tell her that this is real life, not the plot of one of her favourite Agatha Christie or Ruth Rendell novels. But he knows all too well that his big sister can be like a dog with a bone and his words fall on deaf ears. Torn between supporting Bridget in her quest for the truth and keeping her from danger, Gil too gets caught up in the frantic race to prevent the killer from claiming yet another victim. With two people already dead and a third life in danger, will the secrets of St R?my be revealed in time?In her riveting mystery thriller, Leah Hope introduces us to a delightful new amateur sleuth in the unlikely form of 58 year old former pastry chef Bridget Honeyman. Colours of the South cleverly combines a dark murder mystery, which, in the best tradition of crime fiction writing has plenty of clues and red herrings, with some genuinely warm and lighthearted moments. Set against the backdrop of a pretty French village and with the loveable Bridget providing some (often unintentional) humour, it has the feel-good factor too. Look out soon for the next in the series.

• | Author: Leah Hope
• | Publisher: CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform
• | Publication Date: Sep 05, 2017
• | Number of Pages: 296 pages
• | Language: English
• | Binding: Paperback
• | ISBN-10: 1975913272
• | ISBN-13: 9781975913274