As a reviewer, you meet any number of virtual cozy mystery couples. Some you like. Some you like but wouldn't want to spend much time with. Others? Uh, never mind. Fortunately, Kitty and Matt are one of those couples I think I'd enjoy spending time with. Well, murders aside. They seem to mesh well and are easy in themselves, always a plus. They feel like the sort of people we might know. True, they're not perfect and Matt is certainly still fighting his own mental demons left behind by the war. It's 1937 and they do seem to genuinely care about those who revolve around them. In this case, they're worried about how skeletal remains being found in the pig sty of Midwinter Farm may impact the upcoming marriage of friends Alice and Robert. Robert has been working hard at renovations and Kitty and Alice are hard at work inside when the remains are found. Who is it? Why is it there?
Actually, Alice is more concerned about any bad karma connected to the farm house than the who and why? Seems not everyone is able to deal as well with dead bodies being found practically in their own backyard as Kitty. Kitty is determined to allay those superstitious feels of the house somehow being cursed. I liked that she simply didn't tell Alice she was being silly but was supportive and even went out of her way to find positive memories of the house to help Alice's fears. All this while trying to solve the mystery of who that body was and why it was there?
Needless to say, this being a small town, gossip flew and there were several potential suspects, even the man's family members. How could a long missing man be connected to a robbery? Or, is it even connected? Not sharing any more of the plot. As usual, it was fun to go back in time to 1937 Devon and be reminded that while some things change, everything doesn't. Good friends are there for you, even if they may not buy into your superstitions. Instead, even while delving into whodunit, Kitty and Matt both try to soothe Alice's fears.
Bottom line, I enjoyed my time spent with Matt and Kitty. While I haven't quite been with this series from the beginning, it's been fun to watch them grown both individually and as a couple. Matt's PTSD symptoms (did it even have a name back then?) help remind us he/they are "real", not perfect but trying their best. Watching them evolve as time passes has been great. Thanks #Bookouture for letting me time travel for an early peek at what's going on in their world.
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