The Shadows in the Street: Simon Serrailler Book 5 by Susan Hill

This is an absorbing mystery with many layers to the plot but there the victim who is recovering from an attack conveniently remaining unable to speak until the plot has almost run its course is a bit far-fetched

The Mysterious Affair at Styles (Hercule Poirot Series Book 1) by Agatha Christie

 

 I do love an Agatha Christie as I never can work out "whodunit" until the big revel. 

Meadowland: the private life of an English field by John Lewis-Stempel

I loved this book where John Lewis-Stempel charts a year in the life of a field on his farm on the Herefordshire. It is amazing how much goes on at all levels of flora and fauna. He weaves nature, folklore, geography, history and meteorology with vivid and beautiful description.