{"id":252869,"date":"2026-07-13T02:26:03","date_gmt":"2026-07-12T23:26:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/1kitap1.com\/en\/a-corpse-in-a-quaint-english-village-benedict-brown-1\/"},"modified":"2026-07-13T02:26:03","modified_gmt":"2026-07-12T23:26:03","slug":"a-corpse-in-a-quaint-english-village-benedict-brown-1","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/1kitap1.com\/en\/a-corpse-in-a-quaint-english-village-benedict-brown-1\/","title":{"rendered":"A Corpse In A Quaint English Village – Benedict Brown (1)"},"content":{"rendered":"
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The fact that it was Hammer of all people who\u2019d finally done the deed was even more surprising. And though this might have looked like progress, he had just sent away any number of potential witnesses. I watched the reactions of the previously joyful attendees as the news sank in. A group of children, who\u2019d been made up to look like tigers and lions by Sylvia Chapman\u2019s impressive face painting, all spontaneously burst into tears.<\/p>\n

In fact, kids across the village began to shout and cry and their mothers and fathers didn\u2019t look too much cheerier. \u201cAhhhhhh!\u201d Ramesh joined in. \u201cYou already knew there was a murderer here. Why are you getting worked up now?\u201d He cast me an evil look. \u201cI\u2019m highly attuned to the public mood, Izzy. You could do with a little empathy yourself.\u201d<\/p>\n

It was high time that I ignored him, so that\u2019s exactly what I did. I left him alone on the bench, with one of the prize-winning scones he\u2019d been keeping in the pocket of his orange jumpsuit. I didn\u2019t bother pointing out that it was Saturday or that my birthday was still a few months off. I walked back to the centre of the green, where people were really panicking and P.C. Burton clearly didn\u2019t know what to do. \u201cWhat happened with Nate?\u201d I asked, and his head flicked about as though he were doing a lazy dance.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe were over with Anthea. I kept him sitting down away from the body, and after a while, he went crazy. His mates from forensics turned up, and he just shoved me out of the way and drove over here. I might have been able to stop him, but he pushed me right over. I don\u2019t know what\u2019s got into him.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cSo, Hammer isn\u2019t normally like this?\u201d I felt I had to ask. \u201cHe isn\u2019t always such a marauding brute?\u201d Personally, I\u2019d have described him as the love child of King Kong and a London bus, but your version is a little snappier. I could see that Burton was torn between his loyalty to his colleague and his desire to keep the peace. \u201cWell\u2026 I suppose he isn\u2019t the gentlest of souls.<\/p>\n

But he means well.\u201d Hammer was still on the stage, enjoying the chaos he\u2019d stirred up. His eyes roamed the village, but whatever or whoever he was looking for, he didn\u2019t appear to find it. He leaned in to the microphone and, in a voice as deep as the Pacific Ocean, declared, \u201cHave no fear, ladies and gentlemen.<\/p>\n

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This is a work of fiction. Names, characters, places, and incidents are either the product of the author\u2019s imagination or are used fictitiously. Any resemblance to actual persons, living or dead, events, or locales is entirely coincidental. Copyright \u00a9 2021 by Benedict Brown All rights reserved. No part of this book may be reproduced or used in any manner without written permission of the copyright owner except for the use of quotations in a book review.<\/p>\n

First edition October 2021 Cover design by info@amapopico.com 1kitap1.com\/en Contents Welcome Note Chapter One Chapter Two Chapter Three Chapter Four Chapter Five Chapter Six Chapter Seven Chapter Eight Chapter Nine Chapter Ten Chapter Eleven Chapter Twelve Chapter Thirteen Chapter Fourteen Chapter Fifteen Chapter Sixteen Chapter Seventeen Chapter Eighteen Chapter Nineteen Chapter Twenty Chapter Twenty-One Chapter Twenty-Two Chapter Twenty-Three Chapter Twenty-Four Chapter Twenty-Five Chapter Twenty-Six Chapter Twenty-Seven Chapter Twenty-Eight Chapter Twenty-Nine Chapter Thirty Chapter Thirty-One Chapter Thirty-Two Chapter Thirty-Three \u201cLord Edgington Investigates…\u201d<\/p>\n

Find out how Izzy\u2019s adventure began\u2026 Get your Free Izzy Palmer Novellas The next Izzy Palmer Mystery About this Book A Serious Note Acknowledgements About Me 1kitap1.com\/en To my wife Marion, my daughter Amelie and my accomplice Lucy. 1kitap1.com\/en Welcome Note Hello, lovely readers. This is the seventh Izzy Palmer Mystery novel and it\u2019s safe to say that a lot of stuff has already happened in the story. That doesn\u2019t mean that new readers aren\u2019t welcome to marvel at the cast of wonderful weirdos who have only got stranger over the course of the last two years, but I have written this book for fans of the series to enjoy the culmination of several storylines.<\/p>\n

There are no spoilers of previous mysteries in this book but, if you haven\u2019t read any of the earlier novels, get ready for something a bit different. 1kitap1.com\/en Chapter One My mother\u2019s dressing room was every bit as lavish as I had expected. She had not one but two rows of lightbulbs around her mirror and a gold star on the door with her name printed on it. To say that her own star had risen would be an understatement. She\u2019d gone from being Rosemarie Palmer, retired primary school teacher, to Bu- Bu La Mer, viral sensation.<\/p>\n

Her hit one-woman show had received rave reviews. She\u2019d become a darling of the chat show circuit and, before I knew it, we\u2019d arrived at the opening night of \u201cBu-Bu: La Musical\u201d. Her new production was an all-glitz, all-glamour, entirely fictitious retelling of her life, with a cast of thirty hopeful starlets, singing and sashaying their little hearts out around my mother in the centre spotlight.<\/p>\n

\u201cIs it strange that I\u2019m nervous? I mean, it\u2019s just been so long coming.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

This is a short excerpt from the opening of “” by Unknown, quoted for review and introduction purposes. All rights belong to the copyright holders.<\/em><\/p>\n

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