This is a cosy murder mystery set in a small village where everyone seemed to have a reason to do away with the victim, the hated man of the village. Trying to keep track of who's who in the village is a problem and so many are related to each other.

DI Harry Falconer and acting DS Davey Carmichael investigate the death, spending a lot of time going around the village talking to the residents. The problem is, you don't get to know much about these two characters in this book, there is no real character development. As these are the main characters in this series you would expect to learn something about what makes them tick, their quirks and where they come from.

There is no real depth to this book and is full of cliches that I've seen so often in this sort of simply murder mystery. I even picked the killer.