Title: A Long Time Dead
Author: T.L. Bequette
Publisher: Black Rose Writing
Publication Date: August, 2023
Genre: Mystery
Pages: 315
My Rating: ★★★★☆
Owen Prescott, originally from Boston, has settled in England. Wanted for murder, he reinvents himself under his pen name, Anvil Bradford and lives a quiet life under the radar in the rural village of Tetbury.
Fresh out of a PHD programme and the FBIs training academy, Alyssa Wagner, sets her sight on his case and finding the fugitive. Will she succeed?
This cosy, slow paced mystery, flits between past and present telling Owen’s story of the murder he is wanted for. I enjoyed his relationship with Margo and the twists and turns solving the case. Mrs Pembroke was a lovely character and I could really picture her in my head. She seemed like she was straight out of an Agatha Christie novel!
The cover for this suggested that it might be more of a dark, faster paced thriller though, so I was a little disappointed at how much of a slow burn it was and thought it was a little predictable in places.
The police don’t carry guns in England, which was a bit of a frustrating inaccuracy by the author, especially carrying one, off duty, in a pub.
I did enjoy it though, a solid 4 stars from me.
Thank you NetGalley and Black Rose Writing for my advanced copy.
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