Murder in the Afternoon
A Kate Shackleton Mystery

In this third book in the 'Kate Shackleton' series, private detective Kate Shackleton investigates the death of a stone mason. The book can be read as a standalone. ***** It's the early 1920's in England and youngsters Harriet and Austin Armstrong take lunch to their dad, stone mason Ethan, at the qua......more

Three and a half stars. Harriet and her young brother have always been scared of the quarry where their father who is a stone mason works. But Hannah and Austin brave the quarry to take their father some food when he has not come home. When they arrive their father is on the ground. Harriet is convin......more

This was a second book in this series that I’ve read, and I enjoyed it more than the first one. Maybe it’s because it was written in the era of slower times and now we are experiencing the same, less cars very quiet and a slower pace of life. It was easy to read and kept you guessing about who murder......more

"Murder in the Afternoon" is historical crime mystery set after the first WW. Readers of "Murder in the Afternoon" will follow Mrs Catherine Shackleton investigation into the disappearings of Ethan Armstrong. However, the investigation into Ethan Armstrong disappearances will change Catherine Shackl......more

A really attractive cosy mystery set in the north of England in the 1920s. Kate Shackleton, adoptive daughter of a superintendent in West Riding’s constabulary and his landed-gentry wife, has set herself up as a private detective. Her husband went missing-in-action during the war, but she’s a modern......more