After Harry Jones takes his life in the chilling waters of Vixens Mere, not one body is recovered, but two.
Vixens Mere marina hosts a ragtag houseboat community whose lives are as tangled as their mooring ropes, each trying to escape something.
A marriage damaged by PTSD, a guilty lover, aging hippies with a secret sadness, a newcomer escaping a toxic relationship, and a kindhearted misfit whose loyalty is tested to the limit.
Under Vixens Mere tells the story of these boondock boat dwellers as they unify against investigators, vindictive exes, and anyone else who messes with them.
Step aboard and lose yourself in the complex ties of this small community.
What did I think?
Under Vixens Mere is a real hidden gem of a novel as I almost didn't pick it up but I'm so glad that I did. It is filled with drama and secrets as the reader peeks through the curtains of each houseboat in Vixens Mere marina. There's a fabulous hand-drawn map in the front of the book too - yay!
The haunting prologue hit me like a sucker punch as Harry Jones steps foot in Vixens Mere to end his life. Harry's story continues throughout the book and it is so incredibly poignant that it brings tears to my eyes just thinking of it now. The police are puzzled when they recover Harry's body and find another body beneath him. What a fabulous mystery!
I loved how each chapter starts with the name of the boat and the characters in the scene. The houseboat community is very close-knit and they will do anything for each other. This story sets out exactly what they will do for their friends and it's not just about hiding the bodies.
I was completely riveted from start to finish and once I picked up Under Vixens Mere I couldn't put it down, reading it in two sittings. I adored the marina setting and the eclectic characters who I really came to care about.
Entertaining, compelling and poignant, Under Vixens Mere is a fabulous book that shocked, surprised and delighted me. I loved it and think it's well worth a read.
I chose to read an ARC and this is my honest and unbiased opinion.
About the author:
Kit Fielding plans and writes his novels in a motorhome at various locations around the country.
The feeling of impermanence is natural to him due to his mother’s traveller roots and a childhood succession of tied-cottages accommodation in different parts of England.
Kit Fielding says that there was always a curiosity about what was waiting, or was lurking, just around the corner. This legacy has stayed with him to the present day and it feeds into his work.
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