The minute I 'met' Decima (see About the Book below), I knew I was going to like her. A Miriam Margolyes of the early nineteen hundreds! I want to be like dear old Decima when I'm 80, that's for sure.
Young Stephen Pike not only finds himself in Cornwall in the home of a viscount after being released from Borstal, he's also nominated to be the 'carer' of quite a force of nature: Decima Stockingham, the family matriarch. Together, they form a somewhat chalk-and-cheese sleuthing pair when a seemingly unsolvable murder takes place in the viscount's stately home.
Stephen's voice is very endearing and really quite charming, whilst Decima doesn't hold back. At all.
This* was a sheer delight from start to finish: extremely well-written, thoroughly entertaining, with a gosh-I-wasn't-expecting-that ending. Just perfect.
The '#1' tagged onto the title suggests there will be a #2. I do hope so…I can't wait.
*Provided by NetGalley
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