I Died At Fallow Hall, Bonnie BurkePatel
I Died At Fallow Hall, Bonnie BurkePatel
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I Died At Fallow Hall

Author: Bonnie Burke-Patel

Narrator: Aysha Kala

Unabridged: 8 hr 34 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Published: 08/29/2024


Synopsis

Anna Deerin moves to a remote Cotswold cottage to become a gardener, trying to strip away everything she’s spent all her life as a woman striving for, craving the anonymity and privacy her new off-grid life provides. But when she clears the last vegetable bed and digs up not twigs but bones, the outside world is readmitted. With it comes Detective Inspector Hitesh Mistry, who has his own reasons for a new start in the village of Upper Magna. Drawn in spite of herself to this unknown woman from another time, Anna is determined to uncover her identity and gain recognition for her, if not justice. As threats to Anna and her new life grow closer, she and DI MIstry will find that this murder is inextricably bound up with issues of gender, family, community, race and British identity itself – all as relevant in decades past as they are to Anna today.

About Bonnie Burke-Patel

Born and raised in South Gloucestershire, Bonnie Burke-Patel studied History at Oxford. After working for half a decade in politics and policy, she changed careers and became a preschool teacher, before beginning to write full time. She lives with her husband, son, and needy cat in south east London, and is working on her next crime novel about fairy tales, desire, and the seaside.


Reviews

Goodreads review by ThatBookish_deviant on October 06, 2024

4.0⭐️......more

Goodreads review by Charles on August 16, 2024

A gorgeous, pensive and often tender novel that subverts what you expect from classic country house murder mystery. I went into this anticipating something quite different - a more Agatha Christie style affair with a huge host of quaint characters capable of murder. While I'm a huge Agatha Christie f......more

Goodreads review by Beatrice on September 01, 2024

Small village murder mystery packaged as literary fiction - I highly anticipated this and didn’t disappoint- perfect summer reading......more

Goodreads review by Hannah on October 03, 2024

A cosy murder mystery in a sleepy Cotswold village - this is the perfect autumn read! There is so much depth in this short story. Author, Bonnie, highlights subjects like race and misogyny in a way that is relatable to today’s society, as well as accurately portraying minorities and stereotypes, and......more

Goodreads review by Paula on September 10, 2024

Anna Deerin, once a ballerina until she got hurt. Anna now lives a simple life, off-grid on Upper Magna, a little village in the Cotswold. Anna Grows her own fruit and vegetables to sell at the weekly farmers market. While tendering to the gardens, Anna digs up more than just vegetables. The bones s......more