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Reviewed by Donna Stevenson for Readers' Favorite
Thea and Stephen are engaged. Stephen is the vicar of Friar Wootton, a quiet little village in Dorset. Thea spends her time editing murder mysteries for a small Cambridge publisher. Soon she will be the vicar’s wife. In A Whitsun Wedding Murder by Susan D. Cook, Thea and Stephen become unwitting witnesses to a possible murder. While walking along the river, they discover Jim Green hanging from an old oak tree. An inquest is called, and the jury’s verdict is ‘inconclusive,’ so a formal police investigation commences. Since Thea edits murder mysteries and has a father and brother employed in positions of law, her knowledge of legal issues and types of murders convinces her that Green was murdered. If she is right, who has the motive and opportunity?
In A Whitsun Wedding Murder: A Thea West Mystery, Susan D. Cook excels at describing characters and life in postwar Dorset, England. Thea and Stephen are an unlikely but adorable duo of amateur investigators, and the descriptions of postwar Dorset environs, customs, and the local population's mannerisms are wonderfully charming. It was easy to transport myself back in time, imagining what it must be like to solve a case without the advantage of technology. The character list at the start of the story helped me keep the potential suspects straight and guess who the murderer might be. The story moved along at a brisk pace as Thea diligently applied her knowledge to a variety of clues, and the plot twists kept me totally entertained.
