28 July 2008

2: The Coffin Trail

Edwards This is the second of a daily series of book-review retrospectives. This one is also from January 2008, and the book is The Coffin Trail by Martin Edwards. For the full review, please click here.

"THE COFFIN TRAIL an absorbing read, full of local detail and vignettes of Lake District life. Hannah and Daniel are plausible characters, and if the hints here are carried forward, they are surely destined to become more closely involved with each other in future books. The central mystery is satisfyingly resolved, with a clever twist in the tale."

28 Jul 2008 18:04:00 | Book review

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