Murder in the Afternoon

An intricate plot in the post-WWI English countryside and Frances Brody's "refreshingly complex heroine" ( Kirkus ) combine in Murder in the Afternoon , an absorbing mystery. Dead one minute… Young Harriet and her brother Austin have always been scared of the quarry where their stone mason father works. So when they find him dead on the cold ground, they rush off quickly to look for some help. Alive the next? When help arrives, however, the quarry is deserted and there is no sign of the body. We