Murder Runs in the Family

Honey Driver Mystery #13

by Jean G. Goodhind

Something about this dirty death reeks of foul play.

The newspaper headline gives Honey Driver the shock of her life. Her dear friend, Caspar St John Gervais, is dead . In the most mysterious — and mucky — of circumstances.

His body’s been pulled from the mud , down by the train track that twists through the woods. But Honey knows that can’t be right. The Caspar she knew loathed the great outdoors.

She races to Caspar’s place — only to find him alive but outraged to hear that he’s been mistaken for a mud-encrusted corpse.

Dirty dealings are afoot. And Honey must dig deep to get to the bottom of what’s really going on.

Snooping around the tracks, she finds a mysterious bunch of flowers. With a sinister tarot card tucked inside . Is it a message, a warning — or what ?

When the dead man’s true identity comes out in the wash, Honey realizes she doesn’t know Caspar quite as well as she thought.

What other skeletons are hiding in the St John Gervais family closet?

Please note that this book was previously published as Brotherly Blood

307 pages, Kindle Edition

First published July 18, 2016

About the author

Jean G. Goodhind is a popular writer of women’s fiction, romance and comedy. For many years she owned and ran a haunted guest house on the outskirts of Bath and was one of the founder members of the Bath Hotel and Restaurant Association. Her experiences inspired the international bestselling Honey Driver series. She has won a BBC Radio award for scriptwriting. She also writes women’s fiction as Lizzie Lane and has writes a regular column for the Western Daily Press.

Reviews

[Kimberly · Rating 5 out of 5]

This story exceeded my expectations. It was my first visit to this character and I was charmed. The author has brought characters, plot and location together in a storyline that is smart and engaging. I highly recommend this book for a pleasurable read.

[Kirsty · Rating 3 out of 5]

Let me summarise what I read into this. Author is sick of these characters and decides to conveniently come up with a way of never writing of them again. The actual plot isn't that in truth, it's just a rather more unlikely tale than the rest of the series. Author does seem have forgotten some details of the back story which is annoying for a binge reader with a retentive memory, but isn't material to the plot. So perfectly readable but to me came over as "I'll collate all my notes for this series not yet used, stick them all in this one last book and be done with them". Not that they tidy up neatly, half the characters stop being mentioned with no update on them. Actually, reflecting on it, I'm wondering if it was half-written, abandoned, and someone else finished it, just to get it out there.

[Allison · Rating 4 out of 5]

I’ve just finished all 13 books in the Honey Driver series. Cute cozy type mysteries. Easy reads. My one concern is that there are inconsistencies from book to book, and in the final few the editing did not seem to be done as well as in the first ones.

But overall I enjoyed sharing Honey’s life for a while. Good humor in the books, as well as interesting characters and mysteries that caught and held your attention.

[Sarah83 sbookshelf · Rating 3 out of 5]

Der Abschluss einer guten cozy mystery series gimpfelt im letzten Teil der Serie in einem schlechten James Bond Verschnitt. Alle Charaktere der Serie tauchen noch einmal auf und verabschieden sich vom Leser.
So gut die vorigen Bücher waren, umso enttäuschender der letzte überladene Teil.

[Barbara E Cook · Rating 2 out of 5]

I lost my patience with that foolish headstrong Honey Driver

I was almost hoping Tarot Man would succeed. She would never have let her Mobile phone run out. Giving her mother the wine glass was ridiculous if she was a true sleuth.




Man would succeed!!

[Susanne Beyer · Rating 1 out of 5]

Eine völlig hirnrissige Story, holprig erzählt, unausgegoren, logik- und spannungsfrei. Die Hauptakteurin bleibt blass, ihre Motivation schleierhaft.

[Derek Makepeace · Rating 2 out of 5]

Have enjoyed every other book in the series

This was not my favourite of the series but it be
drew the plot together and ended On A hig

[Bridget Gleave · Rating 5 out of 5]

Murder in the family

Very good edge of the seat book. Really sad it's the last one ever. Maybe there could be a new chalet with Honey and Steve

[Karin · Rating 5 out of 5]

Lions and wiping his nose on the back of his hand??? Honey will figure things out though, won't she??? I enjoyed this story and recommended the book.

[Suzette Edwards · Rating 5 out of 5]

Murder Runs in the Family

This was by far great storyline with murders after Honey. I couldn't stop reading this. I'm hoping this isn't the end of Honey and Steve??

[Jane Thorndale · Rating 5 out of 5]

Brotherly love and a dangerous game

This was the darkest book of the Honey Driver series and a fitting end to the alternative career of the erstwhile owner of the Green River Hotel. At times the action was farcical and way beyond belief. At other tims it still held the cosy crime prerequisite that everything would come good. Ms Goodchild has neatly wound up her characters lives and has ended the possibility of further such stories. I shall miss them as a reliable go-to easy read but am sure that more books will follow in a different vein. I wish her well.

[Joan · Rating 4 out of 5]

The final book in this series, and it ended on a high note.

A man buried in mud is identified by Caspar St John Gervais (after confirming that it was not he himself, as originally thought) as his brother Tarquin. He asks Honey to visit the family estate, which is now a wild animal park, complete with lions, to learn who has murdered his brother.

Honey learns that her late father was a British spy who was responsible for the death of a former Oxford classmate. Although the killer known as the Tarot man is now dead, it would appear that his son is carrying on the family tradition of murder.