Title: The Body Under the Bridge (A Father Gilbert Mystery)
Author: Paul McCusker
Pages: 320
Year: 2016
Genre: Mystery
Publisher: Lion Fiction
Format: Paperback
Note: I received a free copy of this book through The
Suspense Zone in exchange for my honest opinion.
About the book:
A former Scotland
Yard detective, Father Gilbert knows about death. But, now a priest of a modest
Anglican church in the small town of Hailsham, he didn’t expect it to show up
like this – in the suicide of a man who threw himself off the church tower, and
in the discovery of a two-hundred-year-old body beneath an ancient bridge.
The deaths are
linked. The mummified corpse under the bridge, a murder victim, reignites a
centuries-old battle between two local families – the Todds and the
aristocratic Hayshams. Then both David Todd and Lord Haysham begin to act
strangely, fearful for reasons they won’t explain.
When Lord Haysham
is murdered, David Todd is the prime suspect. But Todd is maniacal, claiming
great forces of evil are at work. An entire history of violence and depravity
begins to emerge, interweaving the history of several local families with a
secret occult society that engages in Black Masses. Has the Society emerged
again?
My review:
An incredibly
well written mystery!
I want to start
by letting you know that this mystery does discuss areas of the supernatural.
Both good and evil forces are included. If this is something that will bother
you I recommend that you skip reading this book.
I thoroughly
enjoyed Father Gilbert. He has many layers to who he is and how he handles
things. As the story progresses the reader learns more and more about his past
and the events that helped to shape him into the man that he is at the
beginning.
There are many
facets to the mystery that are slowly developed and presented. This kept me
guessing and turning the pages right up to the end of the story. I was drawn
into it from the very beginning and knew that I wouldn’t be able to give up on
the book until I knew how it turned out. I’m looking forward to seeing what
comes next for Father Gilbert and those who work with him at St. Mark’s.
I am
recommending this book to those who are not bothered by reading about the
supernatural. It is getting a rating of 5 stars from me.
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