This was a pleasant cozy mystery, second in the Dorothy Martin series. Dorothy is a middle-aged widow transplanted to England where she is trying to fix up a historical cottage house. She volunteers at a bookshop inside the town's cathedral. She loves to wear hats and has a nose for murder. When she and a cleaning woman discover a body inside the abandoned town hall, Dorothy is motivated to solve the crime. With the help of her love interest, Alan Nesbit of the local police, she bumbles along gathering answers to questions related to the case. Dorothy is likeable and the small town setting is enjoyable. This book is a little too cozy for my tastes, but I would read another one in the series.