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MURDER OF THE BRIDE a gripping crime mystery full of twists (DI Hillary Greene Book 3) Kindle Edition

by FAITH MARTIN (Author) Format: Kindle Edition
4.4 out of 5 stars 9,678
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Looking for a brilliant bestselling murder mystery with a feisty female detective?

Then meet DI HILLARY GREENE, a policewoman with a nose for the truth and a talent for trouble.

DI Hillary Greene is called out to attend a suspicious death at Three Oaks Farm in the picturesque village of Steeple Barton.

The large farmhouse is filled with music and revellers, but when she steps into the farm’s cowshed, Hillary finds a dead bride. Dressed in a sumptuous white wedding gown, the young, beautiful redhead had clearly been strangled.

But not everything is what it seems, and the victim turns out to be at the centre of a web of jealousy and intrigue in the close-knit village. Many of the villagers have a motive for murdering her but they’re not giving up their secrets easily.

Can Hillary discover the real reason for this brutal crime and cope with the spiralling revelations about her dead ex-husband?

This is a crime mystery full of well-observed characters, which will have you gripped from start to finish.

Perfect for fans of Agatha Christie, Colin Dexter, or Ruth Rendell.

WHAT READERS ARE SAYING ABOUT MURDER OF THE BRIDE:

“5 Stars — another good page turner from Faith Martin.” Barbara

“Another cracking tale by one of my fast-becoming favourite authors.” Carole G.

“Love this series of books — think Hillary is a great character and look forward to reading more about her and her team.” Nerys

THE LOCATION
North-west Oxfordshire is farming country, and parts of it belong to the Cotswolds area of outstanding natural beauty. Here the river Cherwell wanders through buttercup-strewn water meadows, where both sheep, horses and cattle graze. Spotted with woodlands, meandering narrow country lanes, and home to re-introduced soaring red kites, buzzards and other wildlife, its thatched cottages and ancient farmhouses could be featured on any number of chocolate boxes. But don’t be totally fooled — it’s very much a working environment. And under the bucolic surface, dark secrets lurk.

THE DETECTIVES
DI Hillary Greene
An attractive woman in her forties, Hillary Greene is a police officer of many years’ experience, and came up through the ranks. Consequently, she knows how the system works, and is fiercely loyal to the force without being blinkered to its faults. She is a long-standing friend of her immediate superior officer, 'Mellow' Mallow and enjoys a rather enigmatic relationship with the steely Superintendent Marcus Donleavy. Popular with the rank and file for her no-nonsense attitude and competence.

DCI Philip 'Mellow' Mallow
Mel appreciates Hillary's first-rate ability to solve her cases, and isn't happy about her harassment by the officers from York. Known for his sartorial elegance and laid-back manners, he has a sharp mind, and an eye for the ladies. A good friend and ally for Hillary in her recent tribulations, he's determined to keep his best investigator focused on the problems at hand.

PLEASE NOTE THIS IS A REVISED EDITION OF A BOOK FIRST PUBLISHED AS NARROW IS THE WAY.

DI HILLARY GREENE SERIES
Book 1: MURDER ON THE OXFORD CANAL
Book 2: MURDER AT THE UNIVERSITY
Book 3: MURDER OF THE BRIDE
Book 4: MURDER IN THE VILLAGE
Book 5: MURDER IN THE FAMILY
Book 6: MURDER AT HOME
Book 7: MURDER IN THE MEADOW
Book 8: MURDER IN THE MANSION
Book 9: MURDER IN THE GARDEN
Book 10: MURDER BY FIRE
Book 11: MURDER AT WORK
Book 12: MURDER NEVER RETIRES
Book 13: MURDER OF A LOVER
Book 14: MURDER NEVER MISSES
Book 15: MURDER AT MIDNIGHT
Book 16: MURDER IN MIND
Book 17: HILLARY’S FINAL CASE
Book 18: HILLARY’S BACK!
Book 19: MURDER NOW AND THEN
Book 20: MURDER IN THE PARISH
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About the Author

Faith Martin was born in Oxford, and has spent all her life within twenty miles of the university city, even working at Somerville College for five years before turning to writing full-time. The author of the popular DI Hillary Greene novels, she also writes classic-style "whodunits" under the pen name Joyce Cato.

Gemma Dawson is a classically trained British actress who was born and raised in London, England. She has narrated over sixty audiobooks and has also lent her voice to documentaries, television shows, commercials, and major motion pictures. A graduate of the American Academy of Dramatic Arts, Gemma lives in New York City.

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  • ASIN ‏ : ‎ B076YWWMDN
  • Publisher ‏ : ‎ Joffe Books crime, thriller and mystery (October 28, 2017)
  • Publication date ‏ : ‎ October 28, 2017
  • Language ‏ : ‎ English
  • File size ‏ : ‎ 1159 KB
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  • Print length ‏ : ‎ 249 pages
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Faith Martin has been writing for over 30 years, and JOFFE BOOKS have reissued all of her popular, multi-million bestselling DI Hillary Greene novels in new updated editions, and are set to publish the new novels in this continuing series. Box sets are available. JOFFE have also reissued all her modern but classic-style whodunits featuring amateur sleuth/travelling cook Jenny Starling and vicar's wife Monica Noble.

HARPERCOLLINS HQ, have published her series of 1960's-set Ryder & Loveday novels and she is currently busy writing a new series for HQ, set in the 1920's, which feature locked-roomed mysteries, the first of which, MURDER BY CANDLELIGHT is now available.

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Glynn Young
5.0 out of 5 stars A complex mystery told well by the author
Reviewed in the United States on September 14, 2022
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Detective Inspector Hillary Greene of the Kidlington Police in Oxfordshire thinks she’s going to get much-needed sleep. But she and her team are called to a murder scene in the middle of the night. A young woman attending a fancy-dress anniversary party has been found dead in a cowshed. Dressed as a bride, she’s been strangled.

There are few clues. No one saw the victim leave the party and make her way to the cowshed. She seemed well-liked. Her fiancé is distraught, beside himself with grief. Everyone seems shocked.

Greene and her team undertake the investigation, and it’s anything but simple. The victim may have had more love interests than her fiancé. The prospective father-in-law was adamantly against the marriage. One of her paramours was a local hood, into all kinds of crime but not known for killing girlfriends. And then the team discovers that she may have come to the party dressed in a bride’s costume to provoke someone deliberately – and possibly provoked them to murder.

The DI has her own problems to contend with while she investigates. There are the lingering after-effects of the activities of her late husband, a bent copper. An animal rights group has filed suit to gain control of her house, thinking it was paid for by the dead husband’s ill-gotten gains in the illegal animal trade. One and possibly two colleagues are interested in her romantically. And she has a new superintendent transferred from London for unknown reasons, and boss who thought he was going t get the job. Life is certainly complicated in Oxfordshire.

“Murder of the Bride” is the fourth DI Hillary Green mystery by British author Faith Martin. The author pulls off quite an amazing feat with how much she juggles – and juggles successfully – in this police procedural. It’s a fast-paced, fascinating story of love, jealousy, police department politics, and an investigating team whose members each have a number of their own dramas.

In addition to the DI Hillary Greene novels, Martin (a pen name for Jacquie Walton) has also published the Ryder and Loveday novels as well as the Jenny Sterling mysteries. Under the name Joyce Cato, she has published several non-series detective stories. Both Cato and Martin are also pen names for Walton. (Walton has another pen name as well – Maxine Barry, under which she wrote 14 romance novels.) A native of Oxford, she lives in a village in Oxfordshire.
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Sharon Storm
4.0 out of 5 stars Series keeps getting better
Reviewed in the United States on March 28, 2023
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Another very entertaining story featuring Inspector Hillary Greene. Really enjoy Faith Martin’s writing, especially her descriptions of a character’s facial expression. You can imagine how a character would look as you read about their reaction to something.

I’m not giving this five stars because the Janine-Mel office romance is getting more attention than it should. I’m hoping it, and the lawsuit against Hillary by an animal rights organization, will be resolved in the next book. Also, there are too many references to Janine’s looks. I don’t need to be reminded in nearly every chapter that she’s young and pretty.

Highly recommend this series to anyone who likes cozy crime mysteries.
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J. A. Mine
5.0 out of 5 stars Interesting plot twists and characters
Reviewed in the United States on April 23, 2019
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D.I. Hillary Greene seems to be coming into her own as a series character in this third of the series of cases. In fact the whole "bullpen" of those characters close to Hillary (Mel, Janine, Tommy, and the inimitable Frank Ross) are becoming more fully rounded also. This book itself was very readable and although set in England, the locals connected to the crime could have been found in the U.S. also. I did not know whodunit until I believe I was meant to know. I found this case and story to be well plotted and enjoyable as well as being appropriately sad for several of the characters and not just the victim. The only slightly jarring note was the introduction of the new D.C.S. Jerome Raleigh with his deliberately hidden back story waiting to be revealed! An unnecessary distraction, in my opinion.
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Gabi Rosetti
4.0 out of 5 stars MURDER OF THE BRIDE
Reviewed in the United States on October 14, 2018
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DI Hillary Greene and her team return in the third book of the series. The only change is that Superintendent Jerome Raleigh has taken over over Marcus Donleavy’s position (Donleavy was promoted)...

Hillary and her team are called out to Three Oaks Farm where a fancy dress party was going on. There are music, lights and partygoers in the main house where an anniversary is being celebrated. One guest, dressed as a bride, was strangled in the farm's cowshed. The list of potential suspects is long and secrets are not easily given up...

This was a decently paced mystery with an intriguing plot and interesting subplots. It feels like I know the characters now and I have pictures of them in my head due to the author's descriptions. I am also getting a feel for northwest Oxfordshire from the details written. I like the way Hillary and her team work together — even the poisoned cherub has his (rare) uses, with his system of narks. MURDER OF THE BRIDE had the twists and turns that I have come to expect from a good mystery and the big reveal was a huge surprise.

I am enjoying this series so much that (instead of borrowing the books with my kindle unlimited) I bought all the books to have in my permanent digital library.

AfterThoughts: I am only on the third book in the series and already getting a little weary of reading about PC Tommy Lynch (who has a girlfriend he wants to marry) fantasising about Hillary...
Although I understand British police procedurals as well as American ones, I still look up unfamiliar words in my kindle dictionary and I sometimes laugh out loud at some of the definitions...
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Harley P.
5.0 out of 5 stars Great read as always from Faith
Reviewed in the United States on August 4, 2022
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I like the way the author tells the story giving some insight into the views of a lot of the characters and what they are thinking and some of the things they are going through. The story was good and wasn't predictable but entertaining.
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Annie Athens
3.0 out of 5 stars Leaving questions unanswered Spoils Follow UP Novels
Reviewed in the United States on August 19, 2018
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It's a good story but the problem is that if you have read previous books in the series it really is getting too repetitive. I don't mind the same characters, but we are getting the same phrases which were comical in book one but now produce an urgh. The other point is that the author then reminds us or for new readers recounts history from the previous books. This is the problem if the author leaves questions unanswered in the previous novels. At the same time we also don't need to be reminded as to how good she looks etc. I think I will leave the next book for now, which is a pity as the story lines are good reads.
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blossom
5.0 out of 5 stars good storyline
Reviewed in the United Kingdom on March 10, 2024
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lyntrom
5.0 out of 5 stars Full of twists and turns
Reviewed in Canada on July 17, 2019
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I really enjoy this series and this was another good mystery with lot of surprises and twists and turns. The author does a good job of developing her characters and although each book is a stand alone story, there is a larger story as you read through the series and see her crime team members and Hiliary herself evolve over time.
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Terry Thomas
5.0 out of 5 stars murder of the bride
Reviewed in Spain on February 15, 2019
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It was good to read the follow on to the authors book and get to know the characters a bit more. I thing the characters and seeing how they progress adds to the story. Good twists and I will be buying the next book in the series.
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Dr. Ulla Eggers
5.0 out of 5 stars Der Band ist so spannend wie die ersten!
Reviewed in Germany on January 18, 2019
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Und da die gleichen Personen wieder auftreten und sich entwickeln, ist man jeweils gespannt, wie es weiter geht.
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bookworm
5.0 out of 5 stars Cinque stelle all'autrice!
Reviewed in Italy on June 27, 2018
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Terzo libro che leggo di Faith Martin, e li ho comprati tutti. Una scrittura straordinariamente conforme al personaggio principale: ricca di studio senza volerlo dichiarare, inventiva nella terminologia, ironica e tagliente, "matter of fact" come si addice a un detective della polizia inglese. Una Oxford molto più realistica di come la si immagina, una campagna inglese spesso piovosa e fredda e un teatro di umanità varia descritto sempre con grande acutezza. Il bene e il male sono due facce della stessa medaglia, anche per i "buoni". Belli anche i personaggi di contorno, soprattutto quelli all'interno del distretto di polizia. Anche per loro l'ambiguità della condizione umana viene evidenziata senza clamore: è la vita quotidiana che svela di noi anche quello che non vogliamo appaia. E la protagonista, ruvida e scorticata, ma senza darlo a vedere, è una donna straordinariamente in gamba e, finalmente, riconosciuta tale dai colleghi di lavoro. Sono davvero entusiasta di Faith Martin: da quando l'ho scoperta sono diventata monotematica nella lettura, finchè non avrò finito l'intera serie. La si può leggere solo in inglese, per ora, ed è necessaria una discreta conoscenza del parlato e delle figure idiomatiche per percepirne tutte le sfumature. Alla fine c'è sempre un glossario di termini "troppo" britannici ad usum dei lettori che parlano inglese ma non viviono nella perfida Albione.
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