May Morrigan is in her bookshop one morning when she—and everyone else in the shop—receives an anonymous text. It contains a reference to a Shakespeare quotation—and seems to be aimed at the vicar and his partner, Juan. The next morning, one of them is dead.
I requested a copy of this book to review as I’m a sucker for cosy mysteries with cute animal sidekicks, and now I’m kicking myself very hard.
I do not know how I’ve missed this series. A “cosy” crime caper, heavy on the humour, some of it very dark indeed but enough to make me laugh so loud, I woke the cat up. It’s exactly the book I needed to read right now. It’s not a gentle cosy, it’s an absolute riot.
While I hadn’t read the first in the series, the novel is set up well and characters introduced and explained, so I didn’t feel I was missing out having not read the first. May and co trying hard to solve the murder and the mystery of the texts everyone is receiving, trying to prevent further murder, while her own mother is trying to find ways for May to end her long life. The characters in the cast are big and loud, and I loved every one of them! I’ve immediately gone out and picked up the first in the series, and I can’t wait for more adventures in the bookshop.
Thank you to Bloodhound Books Audio and Netgalley for this review copy.
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