Windows To The World

Murder of the Bride by C.S. Challinor
My rating: 4 of 5 stars

Scottish Barrister Rex Graves and his fiancée Helen have been invited to a wedding in England after which they play on taking a walking holiday. The bride to be, Polly is a former student of Helen's who lives with her mother in what some might call a faux castle. The bride and her mother were deserted by  Polly's father years before in mysterious circumstances.


Aside from the excellent food and beverages, the wedding offers an opportunity for Rex to meet some of Helen's co workers and in particular her old boyfriend Clive. When the festivities re wrapping up and  the wedding cake is distributed a hidden scenario comes into play and murder is added the menu.

Rex tries to find the motive for the mayhem and while lives hang in  the balance the rush is on to bring different elements of the past and present together and see what caused them to erupt.


All the clues are there and it is very fortunate the QC Rex with his sharp eyes, intelligent instinct photographic memory is on the scene. The reader has the same inside tract to solving the case.


This mystery moves a at a rapid pace, is interesting, entertaining and fun.