Murder on the French Riviera
Reviewed By Janet Mawdesley May 31, 2024
Author Helena Dixon
Distributor: Amazon
ISBN: 978-1837900602
Publisher: Bookouture
Release Date: May 2024
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A Miss Underhay Mystery Book 16
It is 1936 and Europe is in a state of unease. France has just held a general election and the Italian forces have captured Addis Ababa. Mussolini is putting his men into power, looking at a very long game and in general the British Government is finding this situation seriously disturbing.
There are people at work gathering information which needs to be clandestinely bought to London and when Kitty Bryant and her husband Matt are propositioned to go to France and bring back some documents, they agree to do so reluctantly.
Kitty and Matt arrive in Nice, enjoying the luxury of the very elegant Hotel they have been booked into before deciding to go for a walk. Wandering down a series of small side streets they come across the body man of a who looks like a tramp, but has very good shoes.
In his pocket they find a book of matches from the Casino Plessy and a metal key with a wooden label and so begins the latest adventure in the Miss Underhay Mystery series Murder on the French Riviera.
The plot is fast moving, very cleverly planned and full of more twists and turns than the streets of Nice, as Kitty and Matt discover that the ‘holiday’ to collect the papers is far more dangerous than they were lead to believe. Innocent people are being killed, they have come under suspicion by the local Police, and it is fast becoming apparent there is something really sinister happening.
Attending the Gala birthday party of Helene Dupont, where the guests are an eclectic mix of wealth and power, they realise they are under suspicion, not just by the Police but the very people who are involved with Mussolini and Hitler; the people who want the missing documents back!
Deciding they need to leave Nice as soon as possible, even though they have not got the papers, they take the train to Paris believing they will be safely away from the murderous intent of the someone in Nice, whom it appears will stop at very little to get back what they want.
But they are very, very wrong!
Murder on the French Riviera is a real cliff hanger of a murder mystery with a very well hidden murderer and an excellent secondary plot running through the narrative.
A great afternoon on the couch read.