Death at the Caravan Park
Susan Willis
229 pages
published June 20, 2023
About the book
Clive Thompson heads for Whitley Bay caravan park to finish writing his novel. He’s never had a caravan holiday before and is warmly greeted by the manager, Liz Mathews, who lives on the park. She is single and cares for her ninety year old mother who has Alzheimer’s Disease. Clive meets the people in neighbouring caravans and has an amazing view from his veranda over the sea to St. Mary’s Lighthouse. However, Audrey goes missing during the night and Liz is beside herself with worry. The police are out looking for her, but disillusioned by their efforts, Clive begins his own investigations.
My Review
When Clive heads to a caravan park by the sea to find some peace and quiet to finish his crime novel, he gets more than he bargained for. As you read you get a little book in book as the reader is privy to snippets of his book. Told mostly from Clive’s POV, there are chapters thrown in from other characters giving a different perspective of what is actually happening. And they all seem to have a few secrets of their own.
When Audrey, the mother of the owner of the caravan park’s mother turns up missing, Clive steps in when it seems the police may be dropping the ball. Since Audrey is ninety years old with Alzheimer’s, everyone is the park starts to look for where she may have wandered off, but when she is found dead, Clive starts looking into things.
This was a quick easy read that kept me guessing. There are no shortage of suspects and with all their secrets, suspicion was cast on them in my mind. While this is not the first Clive book, I had no trouble following the plot having not read the first book.
Author Bio –
Susan is a published author of eight novels and six novellas with short stories published in Women’s Weekly magazines. She is now retired from Food Technology and scribbles away in County Durham. Writing psychological suspense and cosy-crime novels with strong, lovable North East characters, is her passion. Last year, she brought us, Clive’s Christmas Crusades, set in York. Following the Harrogate Crime Writing Festival, Susan wrote six Curious Casefiles which is now published by Northodox Press. She has incorporated up-to-date issues: poor mental health in a kidnap scene, the perils of social media, and an intruder on Skype.
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