"An Unmentionable Murder"
   By Kate Kingsbury
              A Manor House Mystery

2011 Book Review #97
 Summary on the Back Cover


In World War II England, the quiet village of Sitting Marsh is faced with food rations and fear for loved ones. But Elizabeth Hartleigh Compton, the house-rich, money-poor lady of the Manor House, stubbornly insists that life must go on.

 Sitting Marsh residents depend on Elizabeth to make sure things go smoothly which means everything from sorting out gossip to solving the occasional murder. In the thick of the Allied invasion, Elizabeth is sick with worry for Major Earl Monroe. To make matters worse, people and things keep going missing from the manor namely Martin, the elderly butler, and ladies knickers from the washing line.

Before Elizabeth can track either down, Clyde Morgan is found shot dead. Though few will miss bad-tempered Clyde, Elizabeth isn’t so sure when the police call it a suicide . . .

My Thoughts:  This is only the second book of Kingsbury’s that I have read.  I like the characters of this small village in England.  I like that the crime isn’t gory or spectacular!  It is a light mystery that lets the reader feel as though he or she is a part of this small town  and the people who live there during the war.  I found it hard to put down and read it all in one day!