Poet's Cottage

I enjoyed Poet's Cottage by Josephine Pennicott which is a murder mystery set in Tasmania.  Divorcee Sadie and her teenage daughter Betty return to live at the ancestral home, Poet's Cottage, to start a new life.  The house has a dark past as Sadie's grandmother Pearl was brutally murdered in the basement in the 1930s.  Pearl was a children's writer who enjoyed shocking the locals with her less than conservative antics.  She was a "free spirit" and spread her love around, despite being married with two young girls.  Sadie and Betty begin to notice strange things happening in the house and Sadie is determined to discover the truth about her grandmother's murder.  It is quite a good read to pass the time. 31/2/5