The Mysterious Disappearance of Marsha Boden by Rosy Gee -- BOOK BEGINNINGS

BOOK BEGINNINGS ON FRIDAYS

The Mysterious Disappearance of Marsha Boden by Rosy Gee

Thank you for joining me for Book Beginnings on Fridays. Please share the opening sentence (or so) of the book you are reading this week. You can also share from a book you feel like highlighting, even if you are not reading it right now.

MY BOOK BEGINNING

Little Twitchin is the kind of place where nothing much happens. A sleepy hamlet in Shropshire with an eclectic mix of residents.

-- from The Mysterious Disappearance of Marsha Boden by Rosy Gee.

Rosy Gee's new cosy mystery is set in the fictional English village of Little Twitchen. It gives strong Agatha Christie vibes and I am excited to read it! Pop down to the publisher's description below to read more about it. 

In addition to launching a new mystery series, Gee writes a blog on substack called Deadlines & Dead Bodies where she explores how to write crime fiction and what mystery books caught her fancy. 

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THE FRIDAY 56

The Friday 56 is a natural tie-in with Book Beginnings. The idea is to share a two-sentence teaser from page 56 of your featured book. If you are reading an ebook or audiobook, find your teaser from the 56% mark.

Freda at Freda's Voice started and hosted The Friday 56 for a long, long time. She is taking a break and Anne at My Head is Full of Books has taken on hosting duties in her absence. Please visit Anne's blog and link to your Friday 56 post.

MY FRIDAY 56

-- from The Mysterious Disappearance of Marsha Boden:

As she headed up High Street in her Morris Minor Traveler, she spotted several police vans parked outside The Swan. Without checking her rear-view mirror or indicating, she swung a right into Mill Street so that she could try and see what was going on.

FROM THE PUBLISHER'S DESCRIPTION

In the quiet village of Little Twichen, nestled in the Shropshire countryside, life moves at a gentle pace, until the day Marsha Boden vanishes without a trace. Her husband returns from a fishing trip to an empty house... and waits two full days before reporting her missing.

As whispers ripple through the village, secrets start to surface. Marsha had been poking around a controversial new housing development and had stumbled upon something disturbing in a nearby Ludlow warehouse. Did she discover something alarming? And if so, who wanted her silenced?

When two more villagers die under suspicious circumstances, including the local GP, tension tightens like a noose. With no sign of Marsha’s body and a growing list of suspects, her close friends take matters into their own hands.

Driven by determination and dread, they uncover a web of corruption, deceit, and betrayal far darker than they imagined. But the biggest shock is yet to come…

Packed with suspense, red herrings, and a jaw-dropping twist you won't see coming, The Mysterious Disappearance of Marsha Boden is a masterfully written whodunit set in an idyllic English village where nothing, and no one, is quite as it seems.