Murder and the Golden Goblet

Peter and Georgia Marsh #4

by Amy Myers

Who was Lance Venyon?A memorial plaque in an old Kentish church sets wheelchair-bound ex-cop Peter Marsh and his daughter Georgia on a long and dangerous trail that will lead them not only into the world of art fakes in 1950s Paris but further back still to the legends of King Arthur, Sir Gawain and their connections with Dover Castle.Is it just legend, or is Arthur’s golden goblet still to be found deep in the Kentish soil? And was the boating accident in which Lance Venyon was lost in 1961 an accident — or murder?ABOUT THE AUTHORAmy 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.

Genres: British Literature, Cozy Mystery

211 pages, Kindle Edition

First published July 1, 2007

About the author

aka 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

Reviews

[Susan · Rating 4 out of 5]

The Marshes decide their next book will be about the mysterious death of Lance Venyon in a boating accident in 1961. But his body was not discovered for some time. After Georgia had seen a plaque in a church.
An entertaining modern mystery

[Helen Agathocleous · Rating 3 out of 5]

Not for me

I am never happy with leaving a bad review but this is the second book in the series that I have read and like the first book which is the opener to the series, I felt that the author introduced too many characters. The book has a long winded style of writing which is not necessarily and only adds pages to it. The story is good but I very much doubt I will be reading other books from this author.

[Deborah McDowell · Rating 4 out of 5]

Love the characters

Love the characters and location. The description of all their locations and people make it very believable and enjoyable.
Sometimes it gets bogged down in the middle but I still have to find out who dun it! It’s a good read have enjoyed the series so far and will continue.

[Linda · Rating 4 out of 5]

I am enjoying this series. Georgia and Peter are interesting characters and fun to spend time with. The "mystery" seemed to take a long time to come together and I guessed part of the solution early one. Everytig wrapped up very quickly and with information the reader did not have. I liked the progression of Luke and Georgia's relationship .

[Sherry Freeman · Rating 5 out of 5]

Wow

All I can say is wow. I didn’t see the ending coming. This a great book. Although I thought that in the end the real jags would come forward but when lance said he killed him blew my theory

[Geraldine R. Gaugler · Rating 5 out of 5]

Enjoyed reading this one!

So far, I think this my favorite of her books. I've always been fascinated by the legends of King Arthur so I always enjoy reading a book that is dealing with this topic. Again, the ending was a complete surprise to me.

[Sandra Trundle · Rating 4 out of 5]

so many twists

I enjoyed the story. It did become “clouded” with so many names and name changes to keep up with, but overall a BIG finale. This duo of father and daughter is quite entertaining and the plots are different.

[Eunira · Rating 3 out of 5]

Enjoyable read, well written.

[Susan Marshall · Rating 3 out of 5]

Golden goblet

Enjoyed a pleasant read will look out for more Marsh and daughter stories and hope to enjoy as much as this one

[Ivonne Rovira · Rating 5 out of 5]

Amy Myers has done it again. As she did in her very first Marsh & Daughter mystery, The Wickenham Murders, Myers keeps you guessing who the murderer could be.

As with all of the novels so far, in Murder and the Golden Goblet, a murder from the past seems connected to one in the here and now. In 1961, Lance Venyon went out sailing and fell overboard. Lance's widow, Mary, never believed that her husband, a former spy and an experienced sailor, could have suffered an accident in calm waters. Now herself deceased, widow Mary had passed on her suspicions to her daughter. Was Lance Venyon's death an accident, as everyone else believed? Or murder?

And what connection does the late Lance Venyon have to the recent murder of an Estonian-born art student, a young man who came to the village asking for the whereabouts of the self-same Lance Venyon?

Add to the equation that the adventurous Venyon was involved in exposing art fraud and that Venyon, in connection with his best friend, Jago Priest, claimed to be on the trail of a golden goblet associated with Sir Gawain of Arthurian legend. As Peter and Georgia Marsh investigate the elusive Lance, they find him to have been a ladies' man and a charmer and they find reasons for murder aplenty.

The suspense takes a few pages to build, but once it starts you won't want to stop reading. Art forgers, adultery, and family honor all play a part in this mystery novel full of surprises. You'll never see the end coming.

[Dawn Davies · Rating 2 out of 5]

I found this book very confusing, i found it slow and disjointed and didn't relate to the characters they seemed shallow and unreal to me somehow

[Les Wilson · Rating 5 out of 5]

Another good read by Amy Myers. I began to criticise it on the Arthurian locations, and had to remind myself this was a novel, not a book on Arthur.