#BOOK ON TOUR #DEATH AT CROOKHAM HALL #MICHELLE SALTER #HISTORICAL FICTION (The Iris Woodmore Mysteries Book 1)

MY THOUGHTS AND BOOK REVIEW 

Happy Publication Day! In the book Death at Crookham Hall, Iris investigates her mother's death, Violet Woodmore set in London in 1920 while visiting Crookham Hall. Iris Woodmore worked as the only permanent reporter for Elijah Whittle, editor of The Walden Herald. As Iris was looking for stories during the by-election for the next MP for Aldershot. Mrs. Siddons had been declared as the woman candidate for the liberal party. Mrs. Siddon was Iris's friend after her mother's death six years then, and Great War had passed. Lady Delphina Timpson is standing for the conservatives. And Donald Anstey was standing for the labour candidate. Iris investigates her mother suffragette Violet Woodmore's death and finds the waterman of Thames telling Iris that her mother jumped into the water of Thames sinking into the filthy darkness, another martyr to the cause. At the same, Mrs. Siddons had been a suffragette, Is Iris's mother's death caused by the authority by forcing her into the water?. Her mother was marching on Buckingham palace with the other three women, Iris mother went to the house of commons, she didn't go alone, there was Rebecca Dent who was with her - Rebecca had gone missing at the short of the war. Rebecca lived in Walden and not in London. Rebecca worked as a maid for Lord and Lady Timpson. She went missing in August 1914. Iris Woodmore visits Crookham Hall, to the House of Commons to find out more about her mother's death revealing that her mother might have jumped into the Thames. That's when Iris found out Rebecca was with her mother that day. 

And then it happened the murder of Lord Timpson, I enjoyed the courtroom scenes at the end chapters. A cozy mystery set in the 1920s full of suspense and an in-depth plot. 

Thanks to Publisher ‏ : ‎ Boldwood Books (January 18, 2023), Netgalley for an advance copy for my honest review.

Publisher ‏ : ‎ Boldwood Books (January 18, 2023)
Publication date ‏ : ‎ January 18, 2023

• BOOK DESCRIPTION
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• London, 1920. For the first time ever, two women are competing against each other to become an MP. Reporter Iris Woodmore has a big story on her hands when she accompanies one of the candidates to the House of Commons. But it’s a place that holds painful memories. In 1914, her mother died there when she fell into the River Thames during a daring suffragette protest. Then, in the shadow of Big Ben, a waterman tells Iris her mother didn’t fall – she jumped.
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  Iris discovers that the suffragette with her mother that fateful day has been missing for six years, mysteriously disappearing just after the protest. Desperate to know the truth behind the fatal jump, Iris’s investigation leads her to Crookham Hall, an ancestral home where secrets and lies lead to murder…
  
  
  The first book in the Iris Woodmore cozy crime series.
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   ABOUT THE AUTHOR

MICHELLE SALTER

Michelle Salter is a historical crime fiction writer based in Hampshire, United Kingdom. Many of her novels are set in the area where she lives and are inspired by real-life 

She brings a love of social history to her novels, 

which reflects how issues of 100 years ago are not so different from the challenges we face today.

When she’s not writing, Michelle can be found knee-deep in mud at her local nature reserve.

She enjoys working with a team of volunteers undertaking conservation activities on land and in water, 

repairing riverbanks, sloshing around in the marshes, and driving a tractor badly.

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