When Milla Graham returns to her childhood home of Raven's Edge after eighteen long years away, she finds the perfect English village looks much the same – all rose-covered cottages, nosy neighbours, and chintzy teashops full of scones and gossip.

But her nostalgic visit takes a dark turn when the body of a local woman is discovered in an abandoned manor house on the edge of the forest. The murder scene is chillingly close to that of Milla’s own mother, whose death was never solved. As she begins to investigate the connection, Milla realizes this adorable village is guarding some dark secrets.

Handsome, grumpy local policeman Ben Taylor doesn't believe in coincidences, and he doesn’t think mysterious newcomer Milla Graham is as innocent as she seems. Why is she really here in Raven’s Edge, and how come she keeps turning up at his crime scenes, causing trouble? Can he solve this murder case without losing himself – or his heart – to the rather distracting Miss Graham?

When another body is found, everyone becomes a suspect – from the barmaid at the local pub to Milla Graham herself. It seems that in Raven's Edge, not everybody is as friendly, or as innocent, as they first seem...

This picture-perfect English village is full of rumour, romance... and murder! A gripping, funny, absolutely unputdownable murder mystery, which is perfect for fans of Faith Martin, Fiona Leitch and M.C. Beaton.

Ben Taylor is driving home at night in a pouring rain when he almost hits a young woman, Milla Graham, walking down the center of the road. With the road ultimately blocked by the storm both ahead of them and behind them Ben reluctantly lets her sleep on the couch in his cottage.  In the morning she is gone and Ben is called to a murder in an abandoned manor where the victim is initially identified as Milla, but it is not her. Milla has returned to Raven’s Edge to find the answer to who murdered her mother eighteen years earlier. As Ben investigates the current murder and Milla delves into her mother’s death it becomes increasingly apparent the two are related and that Milla is likely to be either the current murderer or the next victim.

This was a quick read, the action moves along at a good pace, the characters are interesting and, while the murderer was who I expected it to be fairly early on the whole scenario is well-plotted. I look forward to the second book in this series to see where all our characters go next. Recommended ~~ Stephanie L Bannon

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