Death at Thorburn Hall

It all began with a relaxing trip to Scotland for the Open Championship. A stay in a beautiful house, wonderful hosts, gorgeous weather, great golf champions. It ended in murder, deceit, greed and intrigue.

Drew Fathering, his wife Madeline, a couple of friends and a handful of stranger are invited to Scotland by Lord Rainsby to stay in his lovely home and enjoy the British Open. While there Lord Rainsby asks Drew to look into a little mystery involving his business partner,but before Drew can delve very far, Lord Rainsby is murdered.  As Drew explores the possibilities of who could have murdered Lord Rainsby and why, he discovers more than he bargained for…and a mystery much closer to home.

Death at Thorburn Hall by Julianna Deering is the sixth installment of the Drew Fathering series. As I said in my review of Ms. Deering’s last book, the series has improved greatly. The characters are interesting (except Carrie whose reactions to the murders are understandable but lack depth) and certainly bring the story along. The dialog is always good, but the attempt at the end to finally bring Drew and Madeline’s faith into conversations was stilted. However, Ms. Deering accomplished the goal of all mystery writers: I didn’t figure out who the culprit was until just before the big reveal. Bravo! 

This book was provided by Bethany House Publishers for review purposes only.