Murder on the Cricket Green
Reviewed By Janet Mawdesley February 5, 2026
Author Catherine Coles
Distributor: Amazon
ISBN: 978-1804150900
Publisher: Boldwood Books Ltd
Release Date: 5 February 2026
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Murder on the Cricket Green is an engrossing cozy murder set in 1948, Westleham, Berkshire when the world was slowly recovering from the effects of the War.
The Villagers are looking forward to a Cricket match against the Winteringham side, and a wedding, that of Ruby to Detective Inspector Ben Robertson. Two events that it was hoped would lift a community still struggling with everyday life.
Societies rules were hard and fast, as Martha Miller had discovered firsthand. Village gossip, founded or otherwise can be dangerous, having been singled out when her husband Stan left to go to work two years prior, never to return.
A knock on her door changes everything she though she knew about Stan, as he has returned, offering an explanation and trying to put past wrongs right. Unsure of what to make of this, as she has long considered herself an independent woman, one who has deep feelings for the local Vicar which are returned, she is flummoxed.
When Oliver Beckwith, the local somewhat underhand local Solicitor, is injured in an altercation, Stan is roped in to make up the Westleham team numbers. He goes into bat and collapses at the crease, dying from what appears to the amateur eye, some form of poison.
Martha, known as a very good amateur Detective decides she needs to try and discover who is responsible for Stan’s death and most importantly why. Recruiting her trusty neighbour Maud, they set about digging deep into Village life. The more they dug, the more astonished they became at what really goes on behind closed doors.
Book four in the Marth Miller Mysteries from Catherine Coles, Murder on the Cricket Green delivers an intriguing, gently old fashioned, thoroughly entertaining murder which sees everyone, including Martha, considered as guilty until they are proven innocent.
A most enjoyable read.