I am thrilled that it is my turn on the Book Tour for this new addition to the #1 bestselling DETECTIVE HILLARY GREENE series. MURDER IN THE PARISH is book 20 in the series but they work perfectly as stand alone.
MURDER IN THE PARISH (DI Hillary Greene Book 20)
Format – Kindle
Publisher – Joffe Books
Publication Date – 6th April 2023
Genre – Crime thriller, mystery and suspense
Author – Faith Martin
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ONE OF THE WORLD’S FAVOURITE DETECTIVES RETURNS.
SIX MILLION BOOKS READ.
A BRAND-NEW MYSTERY FROM THE BESTSELLING AUTHOR. SET IN THE GORGEOUS OXFORDSHIRE COUNTRYSIDE.
Former Detective Hillary Greene and her cold case team are handed an impossible case.
Thirty years ago, two days before Christmas, the much-loved Reverend Keith Coltrane was hit over the head and left to die inside his own church. The killer was never caught.
This shocking crime took place in the pretty Oxfordshire village of Lower Barton. Everyone knows everyone else in this peaceful little community. The young reverend was handsome and popular, especially with the ladies of the village. Who would have wanted to harm him? Even thirty years later, no one has a bad word to say about him — apart from his younger sister.
Now, Hillary and her team of misfits are ready to find out the truth. They uncover old secrets, jealousies and long-standing feuds in the village. Secrets someone will kill to keep hidden.
Hillary is also concealing something — but she’s finding it harder and harder to keep her own secret.
It’s up to Hillary to uncover the shocking truth in this coldest of cold cases — before old crimes turn to new murder.
Perfect for fans of Betty Rowlands, Agatha Christie, L.J. Ross, J.R. Ellis, M.C. Beaton, or Clare Chase.
READERS LOVE MURDER IN THE PARISH:
⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ ‘Fabulous . . . I recommend this book to everyone.’ Anna R.
⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ ‘This is perhaps my favourite novel of the series.’ Joyce F.
⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ ‘Excellent . . . Keeps the reader guessing until the final pages.’ Rita H.
⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ “A cracker of a read I would happily give 10 stars to if I could.” Misfits Farm
THE DETECTIVE
DI Hillary Greene: An attractive, single woman in her fifties, Hillary Greene was a police officer of many years’ experience (earning the rank of DI) and came up through the ranks. Consequently, she knew how the system worked, and was always fiercely loyal to the force without being blinkered to its faults. Forced to retire early through no fault of her own, she has now returned to the force as a civilian consultant on cold cases.
Review
It seems to have been a long wait but Hillary Greene is back in this new addition to a brilliant series.
Hillary is currently working as a civilian consultant with the cold case team, trying to solve cases that were not solved first time around. Up to now Hillary’s solve rate has been the envy of everyone in the department but this is a hard one and to make it harder she has a personal problem to deal with.
A vicar who was loved by everyone was murdered thirty years ago. But neither the murderer nor the murder weapon was ever found. As the team begin to investigate they realise that they have their work cut out. Villagers with secrets, dysfunctional families, women who had a crush on the likeable vicar, teenagers playing tricks all play a part in this book.
It was an entertaining read and an easy one. Nothing to keep you awake at nights apart from the need to keep reading.
I was a bit annoyed that the book ended with a cliff-hanger, that always annoys me, but still a good read that I recommend.
FAITH MARTIN
OVER 2 MILLION BOOKS SOLD AND 400 MILLION PAGES READ ON KINDLE UNLIMITED!
Faith Martin was born in Oxford, and has spent all her life within twenty miles of the university city, even working at Somerville College for six years before turning to writing full-time.
Faith has been writing for nearly 30 years under four different pen names and has had nearly 50 books published so far. She began writing romantic thrillers as Maxine Barry, which Joffe Books are in the process of re-releasing as brand new eBooks. Then she turned to crime, and as Joyce Cato wrote classic-style whodunits, since she’s always admired the golden-age crime novelists. But it was when she created her fictional DI Hillary Greene, and began writing under the name of Faith Martin, that she finally began to become more widely known. Her latest literary characters WPC Trudy Loveday, and city coroner, Dr Clement Ryder, take readers back to the 1960’s and the city of Oxford. Having lived within a few miles of the city of dreaming spires for all her life, both the city and the countryside/wildlife often feature in her novels. Although she has never lived on a narrow boat (unlike DI Hillary Greene!) the Oxford canal, the river Cherwell, and the flora and fauna of a farming landscape have always played a big part in her life – and often sneak their way onto the pages of her books.
Her hobbies include walking her now ageing dog, wildlife-watching, reading and (reluctantly) gardening.
BOOKS BY FAITH MARTIN
DI HILLARY GREENE SERIES:
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MURDER ON THE OXFORD CANAL
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MURDER AT THE UNIVERSITY
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MURDER OF THE BRIDE
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MURDER IN THE VILLAGE
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MURDER IN THE FAMILY
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MURDER AT HOME
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MURDER IN THE MEADOW
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MURDER IN THE MANSION
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MURDER IN THE GARDEN
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MURDER BY FIRE
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MURDER AT WORK
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MURDER NEVER RETIRES
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MURDER OF A LOVER
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MURDER NEVER MISSES
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MURDER AT MIDNIGHT
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MURDER IN MIND
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HILLARY’S FINAL CASE
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HILLARY’S BACK!
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MURDER NOW AND THEN
- MURDER IN THE PARISH
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HILLARY GREENE BOX SET, BOOKS 1-3 BOX SET
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HILLARY GREENE BOX SET, BOOKS 1-5 BOX SET
JENNY STARLING MYSTERY SERIES:
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THE BIRTHDAY MYSTERY
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THE WINTER MYSTERY
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THE RIVERBOAT MYSTERY
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THE CASTLE MYSTERY
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THE OXFORD MYSTERY
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THE TEATIME MYSTERY
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THE COUNTRY INN MYSTERY
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THE JENNY STARLING MYSTERIES BOOKS 1-4 BOX SET
MONICA NOBLE DETECTIVE SERIES:
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THE VICARAGE MURDER
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THE FLOWER SHOW MURDER
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THE MANOR HOUSE MURDER
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THE COMPLETE MONICA NOBLE MURDER MYSTERIES BOX SET
STANDALONE NOVELS:
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THE LAVENDER LADY
BOOKS BY MAXINE BARRY
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THE LYING GAME
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AN OXFORD REVENGE
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AN OXFORD SCANDAL
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AN OXFORD ENEMY
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AN OXFORD SECRET
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AN OXFORD FRAUD
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AN OXFORD TRIAL
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AN OXFORD INHERITANCE
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AN OXFORD SUSPECT
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IMPOSTERS IN PARADISE
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HEART OF FIRE
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HIDDEN RAINBOWS
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CARIBBEAN FLAME
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ISLAND DAZE
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FORBIDDEN DESIRE
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FIRE AND ICE
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STOLEN FIRE
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HIS LAST GAMBLE
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DESTINIES & RESOLUTIONS
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AN OXFORD MYSTERY & ROMANTIC SUSPENSE FIVE-BOOK BOX SET
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AN OXFORD MYSTERY & ROMANTIC SUSPENSE FOUR-BOOK BOX SET
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LOVE ISLANDS SIX-BOOK BOX SET
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