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Reviewed by Stephen Christopher for Readers' Favorite
Milford village near Bath in the UK has a legend. Sometimes, late a night, a horse-drawn buggy hurtles into the village with a mysterious black-lace-hooded woman inside. She disappears into Kryme Cottage, then reappears a few nights later and leaves the village. Nobody can explain what she is doing, or if she’s even real. Belinda Lawrence has just returned to her home in Milford after a visit to Australia to discover some changes. She has a new, rather handsome, next-door neighbour, and Kryme Cottage has been sold to a woman wearing black lace. Could the legend be coming true? Not long after returning home, she finds the body of a woman buried beneath her garden renovations. This sets Belinda on yet another murder mystery. Can she figure out who the woman is and why she was murdered before the body count rises? Read Calamity at Kryme Cottage by Brian Kavanagh to find out.
Calamity at Kryme Cottage is the eighth book in the Belinda Lawrence mystery series, but it can be read as a stand-alone novel. There are references to previous adventures, but I didn’t feel like I’d missed anything by not reading the earlier books. Belinda is a lovable character, flaws and all, and she’s someone that the reader wants to cheer on. The cast of eccentric characters is what drew me into this novel. There’s Reverend Charles, who’s just a bit too interested in Belinda’s housemate, Hazel. Then there’s the mysterious Madam Malefic and her assistants. Jane Austen's and Oscar Wilde’s works are mentioned and connected wonderfully with this story. For an old-style whodunnit set in the UK, Calamity at Kryme Cottage was a joy to read. I now want to go back and read the first seven in Brian Kavanagh's series. Murder mystery lovers will enjoy this as much as I did.
