In the Beginning, There Was a Murder: An Amateur Female Sleuth Historical Cozy Mystery by P.C. James When her best friend is murdered, Pauline Riddell finds she must take the law into her own hands if she is to see justice done. It's northern England, 1953, rationing is still in place and the Cold War is heating up. Her fiancé is out in Korea, where thankfully that war is winding down, and she's just setting out in adult life working at a local armament factory. She’s hard-up, everyone is, … [Read more...] about In the Beginning, There Was a Murder: An Amateur Female Sleuth Historical Cozy Mystery by P.C. James