Review: Murder in Harrogate

Inspiration 8

Language 8

Pleasure 10

Murder in Harrogate is a collection of short murder mystery stories centered around Harrogate. It’s a book to celebrate the Crime Writing Festival. The location is famous for being the place where Agatha Christie disapeared to during the height of her fame.

My thoughts

The book was a quick pleasurable read, perfect to finish each story during the morning commute. Each short story was unique in its plot and reveal. I particularly enjoyed 2 stories. One about the aspiring actress murdering her father in the baths and the other about a murder of a theatre actor. Both involved a detective figure and an advisory figure, all trying to solve the case. Both also brought up issues in society, gender and racial respectively.