A Meadow Murder - A Jan Christopher Mystery. Episode 4

As delicious as a Devon Cream Tea!author Elizabeth St John. An easy gentle read set in 1970s Devon with likeable well developed characters and an atmospheric plot set around the farming and equestrian communities. I really enjoyed the nostalgic element and also the vivid affectionate evocation of the rural Devon landscape. Highly recommended for anyone who enjoyed cozy crime stories set in rural England. author Debbie Young. Every sentence pulls you back into the early 1970s... The Darling Buds of May but Devon not Kent. The countryside itself is a character and Hollick imbues it with plenty of emotionauthor Alison Morton*Make hay while the sun shines? But what happens when a murder is discovered and country life is disrupted? . Summer 1972. Young library assistant Jan Christopher and her fiancé DS Lawrence Walker are on holiday in North Devon. There are country walks and a day at the races to enjoy along with Sunday lunch at the village pub and the hay to help bring in for the neighbouring farmer.. But when a body is found the holiday plans are to change into an investigation of murder hampered by a resting actor a woman convinced she’s met a leprechaun and a scarecrow on walkabout...