10 Marchfield Square by Nicola Whyte-review

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ABOUT THE BOOK: Release Date April 1, 2025

When a minor criminal is murdered in the smallest residential square in London, elderly heiress and landlady Celeste van Duren recruits two of her tenants to investigate. Her cleaner, Audrey, knows everyone and is liked by all, while failed writer Lewis is known by no one. He hates his job, hates his life, and he’s not that fond of Audrey either—but Celeste is persuasive.

As they hunt for clues in and around the Square, they discover everyone has something to hide, including their fellow residents. Audrey and Lewis must find a way to work together if they’re to find the killer in their midst. Assuming of course, there’s just the one . . .

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REVIEW:10 MARCHFIELD SQUARE is an adult contemporary, cozy murder mystery akin to Only Murders in the Building™ focusing on the amateur detective work of two of 10 Marchfield Square’s tenants.

Heiress Celeste Van Duran owns and operates 10 Marchfield Square, a former estate turned into apartments but when one of her tenants is murdered, and his wife mysteriously dies the next day, Celeste ‘recruits’ cleaning lady Audrey Brooks, and struggling crime writer Lewis McLennon to investigate the murders in the wake of what everyone perceives to be a less than thorough police examination. Hoping for any new revelations, Audrey and Lewis will stir up a proverbial hornet’s nest of secrets and lies, digging deeper into the lives of the tenants of 10 Marchfield Square. Everyone is suspect; confidences broken; the key to the murders lies somewhere in the walls.

10 MARCHFIELD SQUARE is a slow building, complex, convoluted and often confusing story of murder and mystery involving a large oddball cast of quirky, strange and questionable secondary and supporting characters. From a former actor, and attorney, writer and antiquities dealer, as well as the occasional criminal underworld element, the tenants of 10 Marchfield Square will themselves, become the prime suspects as their own lives will reveal the secrets everyone is trying to hide.

If you are a dedicated enthusiast of, and are invested in this type of story line, I recommend using a spread sheet, or at the very least, keeping paper and pencil handy, to keep track of the numerous suspects and their interconnected lives.

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Reviewed by Sandy