One murder victim, five suspects and a room no person entered or left; the classic murder in a locked room conundrum. But, Richard follows his instincts and through a mixture of old fashioned detective work and inspiration, reveals a story that goes back 20 years and which proves that any of the people in that room could in fact be guilty. Un personnage principal (et secondaires) attachants, de l'humour so British - une enquête intéressante et j'aime la manière dont on rentre dans la tête du policier (je n'aime pas Hercule Poirot pour rien.

But you know what, I'll probably read all the books in the series regardless of their imperfections: it's lovely to see these characters living on in some form. In addition, this first book in the series provides some further details about Poole as a person, rather than as a policeman. His a very straight laced police officer and to see him, not so much talk out loud for others to hear him, but for us as reader to see him more in a personal light was very delightful, and surprising. From what I can figure out, 'cosies' invariably seem to involve dreadful pun-laden titles, a disproportionate amount of plots revolving around baking, and people solving murders with the aid of their pets.or are these mysteries supposed to be taking place in between those already depicted on screen, prior to Richard's death? I was leery of trying this as it’s apparently based on a TV show and I haven’t had good luck with that type of thing, but it was only 99 cents on Kindle so I gave it a shot.

A Meditation on Murder is the first novel based on the BBC TV Show Death in Paradise, written by Robert Thorogood. Richard Poole is a man who is pedantic, hates the sand, the heat and the lizard that shares his shack but for these very reasons, he is the man to lead an investigation with his rigour around the minutest detail.I was so annoyed by this by the midpoint that I started keeping a tally of the worst offender, "After all", which was used 15 times in the second half of the book.