Death at the Seaside is book 8 in the Kate Shackleton series of mysteries.
The Plot
Nothing ever happens in August, and tenacious sleuth Kate Shackleton deserves a break. Heading off for a long-overdue holiday to Whitby, she visits her school friend Alma who works as a fortune teller there.
Kate had been looking forward to a relaxing seaside sojourn, but upon arrival discovers that Alma’s daughter Felicity has disappeared, leaving her mother a note and the pawn ticket for their only asset: a watch-guard. What makes this more intriguing is the jeweller who advanced Felicity the thirty shillings is Jack Phillips, Alma’s current gentleman friend.
Kate can’t help but become involved, and goes to the jeweller’s shop to get some answers. When she makes a horrifying discovery in the back room, it soon becomes clear that her services are needed. Met by a wall of silence by town officials, keen to maintain Whitby’s idyllic façade, it’s up to Kate – ably assisted by Jim Sykes and Mrs Sugden – to discover the truth behind Felicity’s disappearance.
And they say nothing happens in August . . .
Review
Things don’t happen in exactly suggested above. Yes, Kate Shackleton heads off for a holiday in Whitby. But she finds a body on the first morning of her arrival rather than she “goes to the jeweller’s shop to get some answers.”
Running alongside the murder is the story of Alma’s missing daughter. Felicity, who happens to be Kate’s goddaughter, has disappeared. Alma is distraught, so Kate decides to help look for her……and gets even more involved with the local police….
The action is mainly centred on Whitby, with the occasional scenes set elsewhere with the errant goddaughter Felicity.
The book itself is a cracking read. Worth reading.
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