Blog Tour: A Curtain Twitcher’s Book of Murder – Gay Marris

Set in London in 1968, A CURTAIN TWITCHER’S BOOK OF MURDER follows the lives of the inhabitants of a suburban London street. But this is no ordinary road.

“Ask anyone on Atbara Avenue how well they know their neighbours, and they’ll answer ‘well’. After all, they see each other across the vast distance afforded by close proximity, and that is probably for the best”

For the best, because Atbara Avenue is a street where, all too often, murder feels like the solution.

With a delicious cast of characters, dazzling plotting, and an utterly unique voice, Gay Marris’ first book is remarkably accomplished. If you’ve been longing for a fresh and compelling new voice in the world of crime fiction, your wait is over.

Dr. Gay Marris is a retired research scientist. Her career focused on insect ecology, parasites and honey bee health. A Curtain Twitcher’s Book of Murder is her first novel, set in the suburbs of the deceptively dangerous suburbs of 1960s London, where she grew up. Gay now lives in York with her husband, a cat and a tortoise.

My thoughts: Atbara Avenue is full of secrets hidden behind the net curtains, each house full of people with hidden desires and grudges.

As we get to meet the residents of some of the houses, and spend time with them, seething resentment seems to be the order of the day, and some of the residents are pretty weird. I certainly don’t think I’d want to move there.

Funny, dark and twisted, this selection of stories where Death knocks on the doors of this street are entertainingly macabre.

*I was kindly gifted a copy of this book in exchange for taking part in this blog tour, but all opinions remain my own.