Murder in G Major (A Gethsemane Brown Mystery Book 1)
By: Alexia Gordon
Rating: 5 of 5
This is the first book in the new Gesthsemane Brown series by Alexia Gordon. As the book series starts, Gesthsemane has just found herself in Ireland homeless, without a job, and with her luggage stolen. Thankfully, she is a very talented orchestra conductor and classical musician who is able to find a place to stay, get a job, and borrow the clothes she needs fairly quickly.
The job is at an all-boys school where she is quickly informed part of her duties are to get them to win a prestigious event in a matter of weeks. Of course, they haven’t won this contest in 75 years so Ms. Brown has her work cut out for her.
Her new home comes along with a ghost who needs her help. It also comes along with a great brand of bourbon, which she needs after the ghost appears. The ghost is the previous owner of the house who, 25 years previously, was falsely accused of killing his wife and then himself.
The cast of characters in this story are funny – from the village psychic to the hard-boiled detective to the (good-looking) maths teacher who is happy to assist Gesthsemane in her quest to solve the decades old murder.
I really enjoyed this mystery even though I usually don’t go for stories with paranormal twists. I’m already looking forward to reading the next in the series as the book left with a tiny bit of a cliff-hanger ending (though the spree of murders is solved.)
I was provided a digital advance reader copy of this book by the publisher, Henery Press, via Netgalley.
This is the first book in the new Gesthsemane Brown series by Alexia Gordon. As the book series starts, Gesthsemane has just found herself in Ireland homeless, without a job, and with her luggage stolen. Thankfully, she is a very talented orchestra conductor and classical musician who is able to find a place to stay, get a job, and borrow the clothes she needs fairly quickly.