I liked this one tons, especially because it kept giving little nods to The Hound of the Baskervilles, one of my favorite books ever. It even had a massive dog living out on the moor, but not a spectral hound or anything. And Drew and Nick took aliases from that book sometimes, which was especially amusing.
The book centers around a friend of Drew's from his schoolboy days who's recently married a beautiful woman and moved out to his family's ancestral home by the moor. It's got a few shades of Rebecca here and there too, but nothing super tragic or awful like what happens in that book. And there's a handsome, ascerbic Welshman around too, so there are hints of Wuthering Heights too.
Anyway! The vicar at the little town nearby gets murdered. Who would want to hurt him, and why? Also, there are mysterious fires out on the moor, sheep get killed in weird ways, and there are altogether too many odd things going on for anyone to ignore. Drew and Madeline arrive to help the local police untangle the mysteries, staying with Drew's friend and his new bride, and tensions on all sides keep the amateur detectives plenty busy!
Particularly Good Bits:
Drew shrugged. "There are always strange happenings on moors, aren't there? Half the books written in England wouldn't exist if it weren't for that" (p. 87).
If This was a Movie, I Would Rate It: PG-13 for violence, danger, and polite implications that someone's wife might be having an extra-marital affair.
This is my 15th book read and reviewed for the Mount TBR 2019 reading challenge. Don't think I'll make my goal of 24, but oh well.
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