A Midnight Murder
Reviewed By Janet Mawdesley September 19, 2026
Author Kate Wells
Distributor: Amazon
ISBN: 978-1836781677
Publisher: Boldwood Books
Release Date: 14 Sept. 2026
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Its New Year’s Eve and Jude Grey, Marcus, Lucy and Noah are going to The Lamb to celebrate the arrival of the New Year, despite the blistering cold weather. Lucy is heavily pregnant and is looking forward to a last night out before the birth of her and Noah’s much awaited baby.
Welcomed into the warmth of the Pub, they discover the Merebrook family, a local family with wealth and scandal attached, are also attending the party. They prove to be a spoilt, unpleasant family with which to share their table; entitled, fractious and impolite they dampen the fun of the evening. To complete a somewhat difficult evening, a surprise proposal sets off the complex issues of dislike within the Merebrook family.
When they all troop outside to welcome in the New Year over glowing firepits, a scream rends the festive atmosphere when a man, a member of the Merebrook party, is found dead; stabbed three times in the back.
As Jude, Bini and Sami, the best of Malvern’s Police force, are present they immediately set about securing the scene, which leads to another complex murder in Malvern. As the days pass, Jude finds as an Honorary Detective, the case is fascinating, not just because it is a local family of wealth and entitlement but because of the history of family and an unsolved murder.
She firmly believes the tragic family history is connected to this latest murder but as the various avenues are discovered and investigated, the amount of people who could have killed Danny Howell continues to grow until a chance conversation lets the final pieces of the jigsaw fall into place.
A Murder at Midnight from Kate Wells is wrapped up in village life, a complex mix of characters and a cold case murder where the killer was never found, apparently disappearing or also murdered.
Once again, a riveting cozy murder from Kate Wells could A Midnight Murder be the final book in the The Malvern Mysteries, as the chapters draw to close with some heartwarming conclusions. Guess we will have to wait and see what the future holds for Jude Grey and her delightful family and friends.