Maddie meets an old hippy, wonderfully if wickedly alive

Then learns of the discovery of his very dead body.

Could her client - his ex - be the killer? Maddie doesn’t want to believe it.

Maddie’s life as an estate agent in the villages of Oxfordshire is progressing – if not well, at least reasonably. Then one day an old hippy rolls in, sees a gorgeous property, loves it but admits he’s there for ‘a relative’, who turns out to be his ex. But, luckily, she also loves it. Only days after her offer is accepted a body – the old hippy himself – is found murdered in the grounds of the Olde Woodley Grange.

Maddie’s client’s story pours out and the sale, and indeed, the happiness of her client and her family are now in jeopardy. Would her client kill her ex, then leave his body in her own garden? Maddie doesn’t think so, although the police do. But she can’t help wondering, did that shared hippy past have anything to do with the murder? And what about the murdered man’s more recent reputation as a womaniser?

The Madeleine Brooks series is composed of English village mysteries set in Oxfordshire, similar to those wonderful tales of amateur detectives written by Faith Martin and Frances Evesham. It's as if Miss Marple meets Midsomer Murders, but with manors and cottages and country houses. They are a delight to read, with a warm and intelligent main character who leaves no stone unturned in her quest for justice.

If you enjoy being transported into the English countryside so you can participate in the solving of a murder, scroll up and click to begin the adventure.

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