Memorial For The Dead

The Imogen and Hugh Croft Mysteries #5

by Katherine Pathak

Is it possible for an ordinary man to return from the dead...? On a stormy night in February 1943, the S.S Minerva was sunk by an enemy torpedo. Two men from the Scottish village of Dallanaich were travelling on the liner en-route to New York City. The Reverend Mackenzie Cowan and local schoolteacher Sandy Thomson were heading to a church conference due to be held there the following month. Thomson had left behind his young, pregnant wife. Both men were presumed drowned. Thirty years later, long-term Dallanaich resident Kenneth Garvie takes a trip to Toronto. As he walks along a street, Garvie passes a man whom he instantly recognises as Sandy Thomson. After staring in silence at one another for several minutes, Sandy decides to offer his old friend an explanation... When Imogen Croft discovers that her new sister-in-law has a family secret, she finds it impossible to resist digging into the subject further. What she uncovers is a story of murder and deception stretching back through the decades, with the power to threaten the lives of them all. Memorial for the Dead is the fifth novel in the Imogen and Hugh Croft Mysteries Series. Introducing DCI Dani Bevan, who will return in a brand new detective series.

293 pages, Kindle Edition

First published September 6, 2014

About the author

Katherine Pathak lives in rural north Essex with her husband and two young children. She has worked as a History teacher for over ten years and before that she worked in the book trade in London. Aoife's Chariot is her first novel. Katherine has lived in the south-east of England for most of her life, but her father's family come from the Isle of Arran in Scotland and this has been the inspiration for the fictional Island of Garansay, which is the stunning backdrop to this novel. Katherine's life-long interest in History also plays an important part in her writing and she tries to weave historical narratives into her imaginative and ingenious plots. Katherine is currently working on the second in the series of 'Imogen and Hugh Croft mysteries', which should appeal to readers who enjoy her well observed characters and gripping storylines. Katherine feels that a good psychological thriller should explore the quirks and eccentricities of human nature, but that they should always be believable and the plot should reward the reader with a deeply satisfying conclusion. Katherine enjoys writing the sort of novels that she likes to read herself and very much hopes that her readership feels the same!

Reviews

[Anne Hill · Rating 2 out of 5]

Convoluted

To many characters living but mostly dead. I could not keep track. To many names and name changes. It's to bad because I have been really enjoying these books. I hope it is just an anomaly and not a sign of things to come.

[Catriona Beel · Rating 4 out of 5]

An excellent introduction to the Dani Bevan series

[Nancy Brown · Rating 5 out of 5]

Author who knows how to tell a great story

Like all K Pathak stories, I am engrossed in the telling of her mysteries. I have read all the Dani Bevan detective books so this was nice to read Dani being introduced in the Imogen and Hugh Croft book. Read this today as everyone in our household was gone for the day. Nice history mystery with genealogy twist.