In at the Death

In at the Death brings back amateur detective Mordecai Tremaine, this time investigating the murder of a doctor at a small English village. It has all the makings of a cozy murder mystery, with everyone hiding secrets and red herrings everywhere. The more that Tremaine finds out, the more questions......more

A very traditional, and in that way satisfying, detective story. Amateur detective Mordecai Tremaine is invited to shadow a Scotland Yard detective as he investigates the murder of a prominent doctor in the small city of Bridgton. We are introduced to a cast of potential suspects, there are a lot of......more

A good introduction to Francis Duncan. The plot and the reveal didn’t blow my mind but do like his style of writing. Excited to explore more of his work in future.......more

Scotland Yard has finally agreed to let amateur sleuth Mordecai Tremaine go along with his friend Inspector Boyce when he is called out of London to solve a murder. As luck would have it, they are called to the little city of Bridgton, where a local doctor has been found dead in a vacant house. The......more

As always with these amateur sleuth stories the reader has to suspend disbelief that the police will allow the amateur to be involved at all. Having said that, this is not a bad story but fairly easy to work out who did what and why as the author provides plenty of clues. Jonathan Boyce, the Scotlan......more