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Peter and Georgia Marsh #3
Murder in Hell's Corner
A past well hidden...
At a reunion of Spitfire pilots from the Battle of Britain, Georgia and Peter Marsh discover that a murder, as yet unsolved, took place in the 1970s, and decide to investigate. The victim was popular war hero Patrick Fairfax.
But as the father and daughter team investigate, they discover that Fairfax was not as universally liked as he first appeared. The Fairfax family keeps the flame burning and the memories alive, but what Peter and Georgia discover sets up a train of deadly events as the passions of today boil over to prevent the truth of the past from emerging.
Amy Myers has been a full-time writer since 1988, and has written a wide range of novels, from historical sagas and contemporary romance to crime. She is married to an American and lives in Kent. Many of her novels have been published under the name of Harriet Hudson. Previous crime novels by Amy Myers for Severn House include the Auguste Didier series and The Wickenham Murders, Peter and Georgia Marsh’s first adventure.
At a reunion of Spitfire pilots from the Battle of Britain, Georgia and Peter Marsh discover that a murder, as yet unsolved, took place in the 1970s, and decide to investigate. The victim was popular war hero Patrick Fairfax.
But as the father and daughter team investigate, they discover that Fairfax was not as universally liked as he first appeared. The Fairfax family keeps the flame burning and the memories alive, but what Peter and Georgia discover sets up a train of deadly events as the passions of today boil over to prevent the truth of the past from emerging.
Amy Myers has been a full-time writer since 1988, and has written a wide range of novels, from historical sagas and contemporary romance to crime. She is married to an American and lives in Kent. Many of her novels have been published under the name of Harriet Hudson. Previous crime novels by Amy Myers for Severn House include the Auguste Didier series and The Wickenham Murders, Peter and Georgia Marsh’s first adventure.
211 pages, Kindle Edition
First published November 1, 2006
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About the author
Amy Myers
134 books69 followersaka Laura Daniels, Harriet Hudson
Amy Myers was born in Kent, where she still lives, although she has now ventured to the far side of the Medway. For many years a director of a London publishing company, she is now a full-time writer. Married to an American, she lived for some years in Paris, where, surrounded by food, she first dreamed up her Victorian chef detective Auguste Didier. Currently she is writing her contemporary crime series starring Jack Colby, car detective, and in between his adventures continuing her Marsh & Daughter series and her Victorian chimnney sweep Tom Wasp novels.
Series:
* Peter and Georgia March
* Auguste Didier
* Tom Wasp
Anthologies edited:
* After Midnight Stories
Amy Myers was born in Kent, where she still lives, although she has now ventured to the far side of the Medway. For many years a director of a London publishing company, she is now a full-time writer. Married to an American, she lived for some years in Paris, where, surrounded by food, she first dreamed up her Victorian chef detective Auguste Didier. Currently she is writing her contemporary crime series starring Jack Colby, car detective, and in between his adventures continuing her Marsh & Daughter series and her Victorian chimnney sweep Tom Wasp novels.
Series:
* Peter and Georgia March
* Auguste Didier
* Tom Wasp
Anthologies edited:
* After Midnight Stories
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October 5, 2018
I would give the military history (WWII) segments 4 stars, but the parts featuring Georgia Marsh barely 2 stars. Her arrogance makes her annoying, and as in so many cozies she does something dumb and almost gets herself killed. So I gave the book 3 stars as an average, but I feel it really deserves 2 or maybe 2.5.
I had originally intended to read others in the series, but the overwhelming plethora of characters, and my dislike of Marsh and Daughter make that extremely doubtful.
I had originally intended to read others in the series, but the overwhelming plethora of characters, and my dislike of Marsh and Daughter make that extremely doubtful.
May 13, 2021
Ein ungeklärter Fall von 1970 wird vielleicht endlich gelöst
Georgia Marsh und ihr Vater, der pensionierte DCI Peter Marsh, sind darauf spezialisiert, ungeklärte Fälle zu lösen und aufzuschreiben.
Als Peter in Woodring Manor mit einer Gruppe von Spitfire-Piloten plaudert, die dort während der Schlacht um Großbritannien einquartiert waren, erfährt er von einem ungelösten Mord aus den 70er Jahren: der Ermordung des dekorierten Kriegshelden Patrick Fairfax. Die Polizei konzentrierte sich auf seinen Geschwaderkameraden Matt Jones, den Miteigentümer von Woodring, der mit ansehen musste, wie Patricks Verschwendungssucht das Unternehmen an den Rand des Bankrotts brachte. Am Tatort waren seine alten RAF-Kameraden sowie eine Gruppe vom nahegelegenen Flugplatz, wo Patrick einen Fliegerclub betrieb, aber es wurde keine Anklage erhoben.
Georgia erhält Hintergrundinformationen von Patricks Fliegerkollegen, von Jack Hardcastle, der mehrere Bücher über Patrick und die damalige Zeit geschrieben hat, und von einem Regisseur, der einen Film über Patricks Heldentaten dreht. Sie erfährt, dass Patrick ein extravaganter Charakter war, dessen Ruf von der Witwe aufpoliert wurde, die seine vielen kleinen Nebenbeschäftigungen beharrlich ignorierte.
Als Hardcastle ermordet wird, spürt Georgia das mysteriöse Kadermitglied auf, das in Frankreich lebt, und deckt einige üble Risse in Patricks Rüstung auf, wobei sie nur knapp dem Tod entgeht, bevor sie die schockierende Wahrheit entdeckt.
Mir gefällt der schöne, flüssige Schreibstil. Das Cover passt gut zum Buch, aber das Cover der englischen Ausgabe gefällt mir besser. Das Buch ist sehr spannend und ich wollte es gar nicht weg legen, weil ich immer wissen wollte wie es weiter geht. Freue mich schon sehr auf eine Fortsetzung. Ich kann ihn nur empfehlen.
A cold case from 1970 may finally be solved
Georgia Marsh and her father, retired DCI Peter Marsh, specialise in solving and writing up cold cases.
When Peter chats to a group of Spitfire pilots billeted there during the Battle of Britain at Woodring Manor, he learns of an unsolved murder from the 1970s: the murder of decorated war hero Patrick Fairfax. The police focused on his squadron mate Matt Jones, the co-owner of Woodring, who had watched Patrick's profligacy bring the company to the brink of bankruptcy. At the scene were his old RAF comrades and a group from the nearby airfield where Patrick ran a flying club, but no charges were brought.
Georgia gets background information from Patrick's fellow pilots, from Jack Hardcastle, who has written several books about Patrick and the period, and from a director who is making a film about Patrick's exploits. She learns that Patrick was a flamboyant character whose reputation was burnished by the widow who persistently ignored his many little sidelines.
When Hardcastle is murdered, Georgia tracks down the mysterious squad member living in France and uncovers some nasty chinks in Patrick's armour, narrowly escaping death before discovering the shocking truth.
I like the nice, flowing writing style. The cover suits the book well, but I like the cover of the English edition better. The book is very exciting and I didn't want to put it down because I always wanted to know what would happen next. I'm really looking forward to a sequel. I can only recommend it.
Georgia Marsh und ihr Vater, der pensionierte DCI Peter Marsh, sind darauf spezialisiert, ungeklärte Fälle zu lösen und aufzuschreiben.
Als Peter in Woodring Manor mit einer Gruppe von Spitfire-Piloten plaudert, die dort während der Schlacht um Großbritannien einquartiert waren, erfährt er von einem ungelösten Mord aus den 70er Jahren: der Ermordung des dekorierten Kriegshelden Patrick Fairfax. Die Polizei konzentrierte sich auf seinen Geschwaderkameraden Matt Jones, den Miteigentümer von Woodring, der mit ansehen musste, wie Patricks Verschwendungssucht das Unternehmen an den Rand des Bankrotts brachte. Am Tatort waren seine alten RAF-Kameraden sowie eine Gruppe vom nahegelegenen Flugplatz, wo Patrick einen Fliegerclub betrieb, aber es wurde keine Anklage erhoben.
Georgia erhält Hintergrundinformationen von Patricks Fliegerkollegen, von Jack Hardcastle, der mehrere Bücher über Patrick und die damalige Zeit geschrieben hat, und von einem Regisseur, der einen Film über Patricks Heldentaten dreht. Sie erfährt, dass Patrick ein extravaganter Charakter war, dessen Ruf von der Witwe aufpoliert wurde, die seine vielen kleinen Nebenbeschäftigungen beharrlich ignorierte.
Als Hardcastle ermordet wird, spürt Georgia das mysteriöse Kadermitglied auf, das in Frankreich lebt, und deckt einige üble Risse in Patricks Rüstung auf, wobei sie nur knapp dem Tod entgeht, bevor sie die schockierende Wahrheit entdeckt.
Mir gefällt der schöne, flüssige Schreibstil. Das Cover passt gut zum Buch, aber das Cover der englischen Ausgabe gefällt mir besser. Das Buch ist sehr spannend und ich wollte es gar nicht weg legen, weil ich immer wissen wollte wie es weiter geht. Freue mich schon sehr auf eine Fortsetzung. Ich kann ihn nur empfehlen.
A cold case from 1970 may finally be solved
Georgia Marsh and her father, retired DCI Peter Marsh, specialise in solving and writing up cold cases.
When Peter chats to a group of Spitfire pilots billeted there during the Battle of Britain at Woodring Manor, he learns of an unsolved murder from the 1970s: the murder of decorated war hero Patrick Fairfax. The police focused on his squadron mate Matt Jones, the co-owner of Woodring, who had watched Patrick's profligacy bring the company to the brink of bankruptcy. At the scene were his old RAF comrades and a group from the nearby airfield where Patrick ran a flying club, but no charges were brought.
Georgia gets background information from Patrick's fellow pilots, from Jack Hardcastle, who has written several books about Patrick and the period, and from a director who is making a film about Patrick's exploits. She learns that Patrick was a flamboyant character whose reputation was burnished by the widow who persistently ignored his many little sidelines.
When Hardcastle is murdered, Georgia tracks down the mysterious squad member living in France and uncovers some nasty chinks in Patrick's armour, narrowly escaping death before discovering the shocking truth.
I like the nice, flowing writing style. The cover suits the book well, but I like the cover of the English edition better. The book is very exciting and I didn't want to put it down because I always wanted to know what would happen next. I'm really looking forward to a sequel. I can only recommend it.
September 14, 2021
Georgia und Peter Marsh treffen auf Spitfire-Piloten und erfahren durch sie von einem ungeklärten Mord in den 1970ern. Sie beschließen zu ermitteln und wollen herausfinden, wer den Kriegshelden ermordet hat, der bis heute von seiner Familie zutiefst bewundert wird.
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Dadurch dass es nicht der erste Band dieses Vater-Tochter-Duos ist, ist mir der Einstieg recht schwer gefallen. Auch das generelle Thema der Spitfire-Piloten ist sehr gewöhnungsbedürftig und vermutlich ist das Buch dementsprechend eher für Interessierte. Es werden gerade auf Flugzeuge viele Fachbegriffe verwendet, die für mich einfach nicht geläufig waren. Weder Georgia noch ihr Vater wirken sonderlich sympathisch, auch etwas realistischer könnten sie aufgebaut sein. Das gleiche gilt auch für die anderen Charaktere. Es dauert leider eine ganze Weile, bis die Geschichte an Fahrt aufnimmt und spannend wird es erst etwa im letzten Viertel. Trotzdem wird der ganze Fall gegen Ende zufriedenstellend aufgerollt.
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Leider sehr langwierig.
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Dadurch dass es nicht der erste Band dieses Vater-Tochter-Duos ist, ist mir der Einstieg recht schwer gefallen. Auch das generelle Thema der Spitfire-Piloten ist sehr gewöhnungsbedürftig und vermutlich ist das Buch dementsprechend eher für Interessierte. Es werden gerade auf Flugzeuge viele Fachbegriffe verwendet, die für mich einfach nicht geläufig waren. Weder Georgia noch ihr Vater wirken sonderlich sympathisch, auch etwas realistischer könnten sie aufgebaut sein. Das gleiche gilt auch für die anderen Charaktere. Es dauert leider eine ganze Weile, bis die Geschichte an Fahrt aufnimmt und spannend wird es erst etwa im letzten Viertel. Trotzdem wird der ganze Fall gegen Ende zufriedenstellend aufgerollt.
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Leider sehr langwierig.
October 25, 2020
Interesting and informative mystery. Georgia and her father research cold case mysteries with the goal of writing a book about it. In this case, they are looking into the death in 1975 of a popular World War II pilot. Was his death due to events in 1975 or events in 1940. Many of the same people were at both times.
There was lots of running around England and France tracking people down to interview them and different versions of the same events. I did feel like the killer came out of the blue. Although Georgia and her father new certain information, it was not shared with the reader. (This always annoys me.) Nevertheless, I enjoyed the story and the characters.
There was lots of running around England and France tracking people down to interview them and different versions of the same events. I did feel like the killer came out of the blue. Although Georgia and her father new certain information, it was not shared with the reader. (This always annoys me.) Nevertheless, I enjoyed the story and the characters.
October 16, 2018
A true heart reaching story
A wonderful, wonderful story! It make me wonder at all the confusion and death during this war how often did this happen!? Hopefully not at all, but who knows. Definitely a tear jerker at the end, of the lies & mostly the loss! To think that so much pain was actually caused by one mad man, Hitler. I'm sure you'll enjoy this book if you try it. I recommend you read it in the order it was written tho. The end really surprised me as to who the murderer really was, didn't see that coming! Enjoy!!
A wonderful, wonderful story! It make me wonder at all the confusion and death during this war how often did this happen!? Hopefully not at all, but who knows. Definitely a tear jerker at the end, of the lies & mostly the loss! To think that so much pain was actually caused by one mad man, Hitler. I'm sure you'll enjoy this book if you try it. I recommend you read it in the order it was written tho. The end really surprised me as to who the murderer really was, didn't see that coming! Enjoy!!
February 4, 2019
Excellent mystery!
Georgia and her father investigate old murders, with the possibility of writing a book about them. Each mystery has a very unique situation. This one involves the 1975 murder of a war pilot hero of the Battle of Britain in 1940. It is very well well written,plotted, and developed. The information is fascinating and the quest to investigate very well done. It has a thrilling, unexpected climax! This is a wonderful series
Georgia and her father investigate old murders, with the possibility of writing a book about them. Each mystery has a very unique situation. This one involves the 1975 murder of a war pilot hero of the Battle of Britain in 1940. It is very well well written,plotted, and developed. The information is fascinating and the quest to investigate very well done. It has a thrilling, unexpected climax! This is a wonderful series
October 9, 2018
Fine Book
Love reading about WWIi! This was an especially touching book. My husband's late uncle, High Reynolds of Texarkana TX, died in one of the RAF planes with it no bail out for gunners. So I read this tale.wIth hankie at the ready. Thank you for sharing. Diane O'Neal, Ft Worth TX
Love reading about WWIi! This was an especially touching book. My husband's late uncle, High Reynolds of Texarkana TX, died in one of the RAF planes with it no bail out for gunners. So I read this tale.wIth hankie at the ready. Thank you for sharing. Diane O'Neal, Ft Worth TX
May 17, 2020
Interesting read
This story became a little bogged down for me. I think perhaps because I wasn't familiar with the jargon of WWII and the RAF. The ending was surprising, and again I failed to identity the killer.
This story became a little bogged down for me. I think perhaps because I wasn't familiar with the jargon of WWII and the RAF. The ending was surprising, and again I failed to identity the killer.
November 14, 2018
Another great book
I chose this book because it is part of a great series. I wasn’t surprised by the ending about who was the murderer but I did think was Sylvia who did it
I chose this book because it is part of a great series. I wasn’t surprised by the ending about who was the murderer but I did think was Sylvia who did it
November 18, 2020
Very good mystery but a little long.
October 25, 2022
I thouroughly enjoyed this book! The mystery was good, but the history was even more fascinating. This the first in this series that I have read, but I will definitely be looking for the others.
April 30, 2024
The Marshs decide to investigate the death of a former pilot of 362 Spitfire squadron, Patrick Fairfax in May 1975. At reunion at Wooding Manor.
An entertaining modern mystery
An entertaining modern mystery
August 4, 2012
I have little interest in military history -- whether my country's or any other's; therefore, I thought long and hard whether that was influencing my opinion of Murder in Hell's Corner, which hinges on events before and during the Battle for Britain in the summer and autumn of 1940. But I don't think that's it. I think I didn't enjoy the third book in Amy Myers' Marsh and Daughter series for several reasons.
In this novel, Peter and Georgia Marsh investigate the 1975 murder of war hero and lothario Patrick Fairfax. Was the death due to bad business dealings? Or, as the Marshes suspect, to something that occurred during the Battle of Britain, when Fairfax forged his reputation -- both as a fighter pilot and as a ladies' man? Peter and Georgia face a united front from Fairfax's fellow Spitfire pilots, and sense that they're hiding something. But does this secret date from their reunions in the 1970s -- or to the 1940s when they first met?
Murder in Hell's Corner was still a fun and fast read; however, it doesn't measure up to its predecessors, The Wickenham Murders and Murder in Friday Street. For one thing, Myers doesn't play fair. There is no way to figure out the solution, as she hoards the clues. Secondly, the motivation for the deaths rings false. You'll find The Wickenham Murders and Murder in Friday Street better novels; however, Murder in Hell's Corner does provide a nice look into life in wartime Britain and into Georgia's skittish relationship with her publisher/lover Luke Frost. It's worth reading if you haven't something better at hand.
In this novel, Peter and Georgia Marsh investigate the 1975 murder of war hero and lothario Patrick Fairfax. Was the death due to bad business dealings? Or, as the Marshes suspect, to something that occurred during the Battle of Britain, when Fairfax forged his reputation -- both as a fighter pilot and as a ladies' man? Peter and Georgia face a united front from Fairfax's fellow Spitfire pilots, and sense that they're hiding something. But does this secret date from their reunions in the 1970s -- or to the 1940s when they first met?
Murder in Hell's Corner was still a fun and fast read; however, it doesn't measure up to its predecessors, The Wickenham Murders and Murder in Friday Street. For one thing, Myers doesn't play fair. There is no way to figure out the solution, as she hoards the clues. Secondly, the motivation for the deaths rings false. You'll find The Wickenham Murders and Murder in Friday Street better novels; however, Murder in Hell's Corner does provide a nice look into life in wartime Britain and into Georgia's skittish relationship with her publisher/lover Luke Frost. It's worth reading if you haven't something better at hand.
May 6, 2015
Good old fashioned 'who done it'. Loved it.
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