July 31, 2021
Murder at the Spring Ball by Benedict Brown
At his 75th birthday party. retired detective lord Edgington announces that he is throwing a grand spring ball, a tradition that lapsed with the death of his wife. But Cranley Hall, the family home, is run down and in desperate need of refurbishment before the ball. He enlists the help of his grandson Christopher (probably because Christopher is a teenager and will take instructions) which pisses off the rest of the family, since they figure Christopher has been sucking up to the old man. The renovations are completed in time for the grand ball, which starts off great but then one of the family members keels over dead after drinking a glass of champagne. But at least it stops the rest of the family from drinking what turns out to be a bottle of poisoned bubbly. Everyone is a suspect, so Lord Edgington and Christopher set out to solve the mystery before anyone else dies.
Light cozy mystery whose solution is a little unbelievable. I love mysteries set at English country houses, and the descriptions of the house and the party were great. Some of the characters were a little too eccentric. Not sure I'm going to continue with this series.
A society fete in the 1920s
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