Book review
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“I’m completely bewildered,” said Bundle. “Nothing is what it seems.” Young Gerry Wade is a heavy sleeper and always late for breakfast, much to the chagrin of his hostess, Lady Coote. One day his friends decide to play a prank on him by filling his bedroom with alarm clocks, but much to their shock, it…
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“Haven’t we always looked out for each other, Hep? Helped each other?” When Hep Anderssen’s older brother Bill unexpectedly shows up at her door one night, claiming that he has hit a deer on the road, Hep does what she always does and helps him keep his accident a secret. But when news of a…
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“Family secrets, a celebrity murder, a wrongful conviction, Hollywood drama. It’s got everything.” An intolerable celebrity actor goes missing, and DI Ryan Hale and his team get a taste of the drama of Hollywood productions with all its lies, deceit, backstabbing, and power plays. At the same time, Ryan is presented with new evidence concerning…
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A prequel novella in the Lady Matilda Investigates Series. Lady Matilda, who is mourning the unfortunate death of her husband, is convinced to host the village of Little Biddington’s annual dog show, bringing her companion Hetty and late husband’s basset hound, Wellington, with her. But when the very unpopular Adelaide Forsythe is found murdered in…
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A collection of journalistic essays of unrelated stories, tied loosely together by the themes of murder, madness and obsession. The title might make it seem as if all these stories are related to Sherlock Holmes, something I would personally have loved, but in fact only one of them is. This is not a Sherlock Holmes-focused…
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Book 1 in the Harker & Moriarty series. A brilliant gothic fantasy horror mystery set in Paris in 1903. Samantha Harker, the daughter of Jonathan and Mina Harker, works for The Royal Society for the Study of Abnormal Phenomena. Originally a researcher, Sam is desperate to leave the library and be assigned as a field…
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Brother Cadfael is a series of 20 books by Ellis Peters (pen name of Edith Mary Pargeter) and a 1990s TV series of 4 seasons, following the life of the 12th century amateur sleuth and monk, Brother Cadfael. An immersive historical setting and a really interesting main character is what makes this series so appealing.…
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Far too many people grow boring with age, but in Great Diddling the opposite seems true. Author Berit Gardner moves to Great Diddling in search of inspiration and gets even more than she bargained for when an explosion at a village tea party kills Reginald Trent, a man who is hated by most of the…
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An illegitimate son from already questioned blood. Roland. The bastard. After many years of exile in Brittany, Henry Tudor is marching against Richard III. Among Henry’s retinue is Roland, Henry’s illegitimate son who is aching to be recognised by his father. As the army advances towards a lethal encounter with the forces of Richard III,…
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I reckon we always meet the people we’re supposed to meet. Which is why you ended up walking through that door. The Kamogawa Diner in Kyoto run by former police officer Nagare and his daughter Koishi has no sign out front, no menu and no online presence. And yet, customers find their way there from…
Mostly Murders 