Murder in the Mill-Race by E.C.R. Lorac

Murder in the Mill-Race by E.C.R. Lorac ISBN-13: 9781464211751 Paperback: 256 pages Publisher: Poisoned Pen Press Released: August 6, 2019

Source: ebook review copy from the publisher through NetGalley.

Book Description, Modified from Goodreads:
When Dr Raymond Ferens moves to a practice at Milham in the Moor in North Devon, he and his wife are enchanted with the beautiful hilltop village lying so close to moor and sky. At first, they see only its charm, but a suspicious death begins to reveal its secrets.

Everyone says that Sister Monica, warden of a children's home, is a saint—but is she? A few months after the Ferens' arrival her body is found drowned in the mill-race. Chief Inspector Macdonald faces one of his most difficult cases in a village determined not to betray its dark secrets to a stranger.


My Review:
Murder in the Mill-Race is a mystery set in England that was published in 1952. The locals keep telling the same story to the police--the saintly dead woman must have had an accident. They even helpfully provide misleading evidence in addition to not telling what they know or suspect. Still, the detective and his partner managed to trick people into saying helpful information and discovered clues from the body. Even "what a person doesn't say" was a clue.

I enjoyed the two clever detectives and how they managed to get their information. I was able to correctly guess whodunit early on, and I had no other suspects due to the obviously misleading clues. So whodunit was guessable, though more so after the true clues started to show through. There was occasional use of bad language. There were no sex scenes. Overall, I would recommend this interesting mystery.


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