How to Solve Your Own Murder by Kristen Perrin

This book was free on Audible when I stumbled upon it, and I found it so very intriguing. It turns out this was with good reason.

The book in short
It’s 1965 and teenage Frances Adams is at an English country fair with her two best friends. But Frances’s night takes a hairpin turn when a fortune-teller makes a bone-chilling prediction: One day, Frances will be murdered. Frances spends a lifetime trying to solve a crime that hasn’t happened yet, compiling dirt on every person who crosses her path in an effort to prevent her own demise. For decades, no one takes Frances seriously, until nearly sixty years later, when Frances is found murdered, like she always said she would be.

In the present day, Annie Adams has been summoned to a meeting at the sprawling country estate of her wealthy and reclusive great-aunt Frances. But by the time Annie arrives in the quaint English village of Castle Knoll, Frances is already dead. Annie is determined to catch the killer, but thanks to Frances’s lifelong habit of digging up secrets and lies, it seems every endearing and eccentric villager might just have a motive for her murder. Can Annie safely unravel the dark mystery at the heart of Castle Knoll, or will dredging up the past throw her into the path of a killer?

As Annie gets closer to the truth and closer to the danger, she starts to fear she might inherit her aunt’s fate instead of her fortune.
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My Thoughts
This book was so fun, it was interesting and a true mystery without a lot of the gore that a lot of other mystery books have. Although there were scary moments.

I found Annie a very engaging character, and I loved how she looked at Francis and that she wanted to find her killer. I really enjoyed how it all came together. It wasn’t terribly long but but I did enjoy it.

I must say it was good that I listened to this book instead of reading it with my own eyes, because I would have never pronounced Knoll in any way like it is supposed to be. There are more books from the author in this series, and I do think I might give them a go at some point.

If you are looking for a great book for this winter, I would recommend this one.

Details
Page Count: 358 pages