Murder at the Lodge

J. M. Gregson. Severn House Publishers, $26.99 (224pp) ISBN 978-0-7278-5813-9

In Murder at the Lodge, J.M. Gregson's latest engaging Inspector Peach mystery, somebody strangles to death a notorious ladies' man in the car park after the North Brunton Masonic Lodge Ladies' Night. The suspects, cuckolded husbands all, even include Peach's boss and eminent mason, Chief Inspector Tucker.

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