The body in the ice - A. J. MacKenzie

A twisting tale of murder, mystery and eighteenth-century England. The perfect winter story to get cosy with this Christmas.
On
the frozen fields of Romney Marsh stands New Hall; silent, lifeless,
deserted. In its grounds lies an unexpected Christmas offering: a
corpse, frozen into the ice of a horse pond.
It falls to the
Reverend Hardcastle, justice of the peace in St Mary in the Marsh, to
investigate. But with the victim's identity unknown, no murder weapon
and no known motive, it seems like an impossible task. Working along
with his trusted friend, Amelia Chaytor, and new arrival Captain Edward
Austen, Hardcastle soon discovers there is more to the mystery than
there first appeared.
With the arrival of an American family
torn apart by war and desperate to reclaim their ancestral home, a
French spy returning to the scene of his crimes, ancient loyalties and
new vengeance combine to make Hardcastle and Mrs Chaytor's attempts to
discover the secret of New Hall all the more dangerous.
The Body in the Ice,
with its unique cast of characters, captivating amateur sleuths and a
bitter family feud at its heart, is a twisting tale that vividly brings
to life eighteenth-century Kent and draws readers into its pages.