Golden Age (47) : Fire in the Thatch

This enjoyable novel by ECR Lorac slowly sets up the scene in a cosy rural setting in Devon at the end of the Second World War as a recently discharged Royal Navy man takes over a neglected cottage and aims to become a market gardener.

Then we jump straight into a police procedural after the crime has taken place. The investigation is nicely complicated and involves investigating into the secrets of the victim's past to establish a motive and hence identify the perpetrator. A good read.