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Continue reading →: Review: Three Bags Full – Leonie SwannFirst published in 2005, Leonie Swann’s debut is being reissued twenty years later, and it’s still a wonderful read. When their shepherd is found dead with a spade through him, his small flock of sheep are unsettled. Led by Miss Maple, the cleverest sheep in the flock, they decide to…
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Continue reading →: Review: The Corn Bride – Mark StayThe 5th in Mark Stay’s Witches of Woodville series sees Faye Bright returning to her Kent village to marry her sweetheart, Bertie Butterworth. It all sounds simple enough, but Fay is a witch, and her powers have been growing since they became apparent as a 16 year old in The…
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Continue reading →: Review: An Extremely Unlikely Death – Hannah HendyThe 6th novel in the Dinner Lady Detectives series see the school the ladies work at in chaos. After a failed audit, perhaps due to the number of bodies found in the school in recent books, a new headmistress and deputy head are installed, and the school governors are at…
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Continue reading →: Review: The Graffiti Girls – Elissa SoaveHugely entertaining and uplifting story of friendship. Four Scottish women, friends from their school days, struggle with the invisibility that society bestows on women in their 40s, and take action. The novel tells the tale of the injustices each have faced throughout their lives, whether real or perceived, and how…
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Continue reading →: Review: A Brush with Death – J M HallRetired teachers Pat, Thelma and Liz are back in another tale from J M Hall. When a former co-worker ropes them into investigating the death of her ex-husband, the ladies find themselves immersed in the murky world of education bureaucracy. They’re thoroughly normal people with their own lives, but as…
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Continue reading →: Weekly Reading Roundup: March 3 – March 9Last week’s reading round up – from old fashioned fairy tales to modern legal thrillers, with plenty of cosy mysteries along the way!
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Continue reading →: Review: The Porridge of Countess Berthe – Alexandre DumasReaders will be more familiar with other works by Dumas, such as The Count of Monte Cristo and The Three Musketeers, so this little novella is often overlooked. Translated for the first time in 2023, it’s worth a few hours of anyone’s time. Opening the book with a brief biography…
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Continue reading →: Review: A Village Theatre Murder – Katie GayleJulia 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 GrayI’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 DixonA 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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I’m Kez
I’m a reader and knitter from North West England. I love mystery novels, knitting hats and scarves, and arguing with my three Norwegian Forest Cats. AuDHD. Chaotic. Cosy.
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