Murder Under A Green Sea

by Phillip Hunter

There's a murder on the streets of London, a plot that threatens the country and a dinner party to arrange. Only one man can help. Unfortunately, he's got a terrible hangover...'Phillip Hunter has produced a fun, fast-paced crime thriller with enough larger-than-life characters to make a whole series' NetGalley reviewer

'A marvellous murder mystery thriller' NetGalley reviewer

Set in 1936, Murder Under a Green Sea is the story of Max and Martha Dalton, a young couple who seem to live a carefree life of luxury and dinner parties, far removed from the increasingly brutal world.

When an old army friend is murdered, Max finds himself drawn into the crime and back to his own past.

As the police suspect Max guilty of the murder, he believes there must be a connection with a tragic crime committed in the muddy hell of the Western Front.

Police suspicions grow along with a body count featuring one too many of Max's former comrades.

With Martha, he sets out to unravel a knotted series of events, motivations and lies, while being pursued by a police force convinced that he's the murderer, and with unknown assassins hot on his trail.

With the slightly dubious help of Martha, their maid, Flora, Flora's sweetheart, Eric, and a very confused solicitor, Max manages to uncover a plot that threatens the safety of the whole country.

This is an action-packed caper, cleverly plotted with engaging characters.

The ideal read for fans of Agatha Christie's Tommy and Tuppence and Dashiell Hammett's The Thin Man.

Genres: Mystery

228 pages, Kindle Edition

Published February 21, 2019

Reviews

[Margaret]

This book started out so well! The first pages had the vibe of a witty, fun, light mystery. Then it was dull for a while. Then it got very serious with stark descriptions of the Great War (relevant to the overall story). Then I stopped reading.

[Megs · Rating 3 out of 5]

2.5 rounded up ⬆️

[Ray · Rating 3 out of 5]

A light hearted murder mystery set in the 1930s between the two great wars and the effect of the first coupled with the tension of the prelude to the second sets the backdrop.
Max (the protagonist) was a young officer in the first world war and has had a bit of an existential crises since, he is particularly against and anxious of the rising right wing across Europe.
He becomes the prime suspect in the murders and missing cases of his former company in the army, he and his wife then look to unravel the story.
It is a good book and at times can be page turningly thrilling, but there is something lacking that makes it something I would shout about to my friends. I would say a good book and one in which I enjoyed but I wouldn't be in a hurry to read the next installment of a max and Martha mystery.

[Kerrie · Rating 4 out of 5]

Max is a freelance London journalist but his stories don't always make publication. He is particularly concerned about Hitler's rearmament of the Rhineland, and that a second World War is imminent. He meets up with a friend from the First War, Burton, but became too drunk to remember what Burton and he talked about. And now Burton has been found dead, and the police think Max has something to do with it.

Max manages to find out that Burton came up to London with another from their platoon and now both are dead.

The author has tried to recreate a Tommy and Tuppence feel to his characters Max and Martha, and even draws Winston Churchill into his plot.

[Clare Verduyn · Rating 3 out of 5]

Its exactly what I expected it to be

[Michael Kott · Rating 4 out of 5]

Decent read and story. Just s-a wee bit far fetched

[Cindy · Rating 2 out of 5]

I found this hard to get in to.

[Alison · Rating 4 out of 5]

Not really sure about this book. I enjoyed it once I got into it but it was a slow starter. Can’t say I cared much for Max and Martha

[grey! · Rating 3 out of 5]

I actually liked it at first but got bored at the end