Death of a Land Army Girl
Maureen Jennings, well-known for writing the popular Murdoch Mysteries, which were turned into a television series based on the books, and was recently picked up for a fifth season on CBC, has started a new series with the book Season of Darkness.
Set in rural England during World War II, the story begins early one morning with the murder of Elsie Bates, a Land Army Girl. The Women's Land Army was an agricultural organization created to replace men away at war. Elsie had a notorious reputation for being a flirt; however, her death was very brutal and cold-blooded. Detective Inspector Tom Tyler finds himself with numerous question and very few facts. Elsie was hit by a car, shot and then her body moved. Was it a jilted lover? Was there more than one killer?
As soon as the news of the murder breaks in the village of Shropshire, the rumours being to circulate. A temporary German internee camp is located just outside the village and many people feel that a prisoner has escaped or a German parachutist has landed. Complicating matters for Tom is the fact that Clare, his first love, has returned as a translator at the camp, just as his marriage is falling apart. Tom must put aside his personal demons and prejudices and work with a German psychiatrist in the camp to find the murderer before another Land Army Girl is lost.
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