“Four men, three with guitars and one behind them on the drums were singing That’ll Be The Day. They sounded, and felt, as good as melted butter tastes on warm sweetbread.”
In Bonnie writes The Beatles, the year is 1962, and the American Bonnie Bell is accompanying her journalist father on a trip to Hamburg. There, they stumble upon a bar and a rocking band of four lads from Liverpool who are determined to make it big in the world of music. When a fight breaks out in the bar and Bonnie’s father is framed, Bonnie is determined to clear his name, defying both gangsters and the police as she tries to uncover the truth with the help of her four new friends John, Paul, George and Ringo.
A light-hearted mystery and loving tribute to the Beatles. Bonnie is a fun, sympathetic character, and the idea of the Beatles as amateur sleuth companions is quite entertaining. This is not a complex mystery filled with red herrings and alibis or an intense, brutal crime story. Bonnie Writes the Beatles is a cute, fun, cosy mystery, quick and easy to read with a nostalgic feel and an obvious love for the Beatles evident in the writing. Recommended for Beatles enthusiasts and fans of gentle, family-friendly cosy mysteries.
Cozy mystery – Historical mystery
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