The Dead of Winter

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A Rina Martin Mystery - Against her better judgement, Rina Martin accepts an invitation to Aikensthorpe, a country house hotel with a sinister reputation. Gathered there are a collection of experts in the esoteric; their plan is to re-enact the incident in 1872 that left one man dead and another mad. Rina, unimpressed by the company and their techniques, is relieved when her friend DI MacGregor comes to rescue her. But then a blizzard traps them in the house, and Edwin Holmes, grand old man of psychical research, is found murdered in his bed . . .ReviewRina Martin (A Reason to Kill, 2008) accepts an invitation to accompany her protégé, Tim, and his fiancée, Joy, to a conference at an isolated country estate. Tim, a magician, is excited about plans to reenact an 1872 event that left one person dead, drove another mad, and turned a third into a recluse. Rina and Joy are not impressed by the crew of "experts" gathered for the presentation. Their worries intensify when a blizzard cuts the estate off from the rest of the world, and Edwin Holmes, the great expert on psychic research, turns up murdered in his bed. This is a classic locked-room British cozy that will appeal to M. C. Beaton fans. -- Booklist, October 1st, 2011