Margaret Yorke recently passed away. She was a prolific author who began writing in the late 1950's. I had read some of her work several years ago but now am rereading the Dr. Patrick Grant series when I found it in the very nice House of Stratus edition. Grant, a don at Oxford with a degree in English lit get caught up the the solving of murders.

This particular story is a good winter read because it takes place in a skiing village where all the characters are snowbound due to a several day blizzard. In this neck of the woods snow is taken for granted and life goes on as usual. The main cast of characters are part of a tour group staying in a small hotel and the mystery moves along a bit slowly as if the reader had to struggles through banks of snow. I felt like I was there. There is a good plot and an interesting resolution. Happily I have the next in the series GRAVE MATTERS on hand. ( )