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Continue reading →: Review: A Village Theatre Murder – Katie Gayle
Julia Bird returns in the latest cosy mystery from Katie Gayle – the 7th in the series. A retired social worker, Julia has made herself at home in the little Cotswold village of Berrywick, getting herself involved in local groups. The local amateur dramatic group are putting a on play…
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Continue reading →: Review: A Storm in a Teacup – Rachael Gray
I’m always so happy to head back to Elderwick, the North Yorkshire village setting for Rachael Gray’s cosy mystery series. Psychologist Laurel Nightingale moved to the village in the first book, A Little Bird Told Me, and we got to meet the residents in the community at the same time…
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Continue reading →: Review: The Secret Detective Agency – Helena Dixon
A new series from cosy mystery author Helena Dixon taming place in war time Britain. With spies, subterfuge and murder, can Miss Jane Treen solve the mystery and protect national security?
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Continue reading →: Review: A Trial in Three Acts – Guy Morpuss
Desperate to get away on a trekking holiday after a trial, Charles Konig KC finds himself instructed by American lawyer Yara Ortiz to defend a Hollywood actor, accused of the murder of his wife. Leo Lusk took on a role in a play he co-wrote for a chance to reconnect…
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Continue reading →: Weekly Reading Roundup: February 24 – March 2
Last week’s reading and reviews, a mix of re-reads and new books, it was a busy week for reading!
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Continue reading →: Review: Murder Below Deck – Orlando Murrin
Poor Paul Delamare. In the first book from Orlando Murrin – Knife Skills For Beginners – he ended up stepping in to teach culinary classes after a so-called friend bailed out. The friend was later murdered, dragging Paul into the case. And now he’s out at sea, on a SuperYacht,…
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Continue reading →: Review: Murder at the Loch – Dee MacDonald
Retired TV researcher Ally McKinley is back in this second mystery from Dee MacDonald. Set in the beautiful Scottish Highlands, Ally is making a go of her new life. Retired and widowed, she’s moved to the highlands to start a bed and breakfast business, and getting to know her new…
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Continue reading →: Review: How To Slay On Holiday – Sarah Bonner
Chloe Cooper, nee Wilson, has organised a luxurious family holiday on a Greek island, bringing together her own family and that of her husband, Scott. She’s going to show the world how great her 10 year marriage is going. Because it will be Scott’s last holiday. Chloe has ordered a…
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Continue reading →: Review: That’ll Teach Her – Maz Evans
One of my reading highlights of last year was Maz Evans’ Over My Dead Body, so I was very excited to pick up her second adult novel. That’ll Teach Her confirms her place as the Queen of Black Comedy Crime.
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Continue reading →: Review: Green Teeth – Molly O’Neill
Jenny Greenteeth: English myth, legend, and cautionary tale. You may know her from being walloped with a frying pan by Terry Pratchett’s Tiffany Aching, or blamed for the harassment of villagers in Clare Chase’s second Antiques Store Detective novel. She’s a lake dwelling creature of folklore, said to grab children…