Murder in Rome
Reviewed By Janet Mawdesley May 6, 2026
Author TA Williams
Distributor: Amazon
ISBN: 978-1837031528
Publisher: Boldwood Books
Release Date: 2 May 2026
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Dan Armstrong is approached by British TV Celebrity Tamsin Goodfaith regarding the recent death of her Uncle Phil, a man of immense wealth, who, according to the Police in Rome, committed suicide, by falling from the top of a tower, the largest tower of his Castle.
He has been recommended to Tasmin by a good friend of his in Scotland Yard, should she decide to investigate her Uncles’ death.
Invited to stay at the Casello del Lago, in the southern sector of Rome, Santa Rita, he and Oscar set off for what looks like a few days in a beautiful location, living in a very formidable Castle, while trying to piece together the series of events which lead up to Phillip Hastings, CEO of ASH Finance, death.
Tamsin is concerned that the family in residence for their summer sojourn in Rome do not know that Dan is Private Investigator. It is not long after Dan and Oscar arrive, he becomes aware of some very deep family tension, which immediately sets him to wondering, could it have been murder rather than suicide.
A second death occurs, which is indeed murder, and when Dan is almost killed, along with Roger Hasting, the new CEO of the Company, he really does begin to believe that someone in the family is committing murder, but who and why is the question that needs answering.
Another death raises yet more unanswerable questions but also sets the remainer of the family at odds with one another, as it really is apparent that one of them is ruthless and utterly unscrupulous.
Is it possible that the history of the Castello and the region could have something to do with the murders, but if so, what? And what is it that makes Oscar seriously question the suit of Armour in the entrance to the Castello?
Murder in Rome from TA Williams, book 15 in the Armstrong and Oscar Murder series, is another excellently executed cozy murder with so many carefully created layers, a murderer well hidden in plain sight with the twists and turns within the plot line such that it could be any one of the people at the Castle, except perhaps, the Ghost of the Unknown Knight, buried in the garden. Well maybe!
It will certainly keep you guessing!