The Lover of the Grave by Andrew Taylor - Good

I picked up a handful of these for the obcz, but decided I also wanted to read them. This is the third in the series (didn't find the first two - oops) and is set in the 1950s, it reads like a period written book, but it was actually written in the 1997.

Set in the little town of Lydmouth that is never quite placed (suspect Shropshire), a schoolmaster is found hanging on a tree on the outskirts of town. At first suicide is presumed, but the mystery deepens. Running alongside, there is a visiting celebrity actor and a peeping Tom running amok. It all comes down to Inspector Thornhill and journalist Jill Francis to get to the bottom of the crimes... might there also be romance brewing? I Will have to read the next one to see if their working relationship might blossom into something else.

Nice little mystery series to add to my addiction, it seems that the author also wrote the Bergerac series (as Andrew Saville) and a favourite from a previous year: The American Boy. ( )

I tried several times to read this book but I just could not get into it. Perhaps somebody else will enjoy it more than I did. ( )

Kurzbeschreibung bei Amazon:
Der dritte Krimi aus der Serie mit Inspector Thornhill und der Journalistin Jill Frances: Der Lehrer Mervyn Carrick, der an einer alten Eiche erhängt aufgefunden wurde, starb nicht durch Selbstmord, und es gibt weit mehr Leute als nur einen eifersüchtigen Ehemann, die Carrick den Tod gewünscht hätten.Andrew Taylor ist Autor zahlreicher preisgekrönter Kriminalromane in der Tradition von Ruth Rendell und Elizabeth George. Er lebt mit seiner Frau und seinen Kindern im Forest of Dean.