The Victims of St Just by Sally Rigby

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Today I am reviewing "The Victims of St Just” the 8th instalment in A Cornwall Murder Mystery series featuring DI Lauren Pengelly and DS Matt Price by Sally Rigby.

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A high-end weekend cookery course at a beautifully restored Cornish manor promises fine dining, an exclusive guest list and the food event of the year. Instead, it ends in murder.

When the body of Russell Keene is discovered locked inside a commercial freezer at Tredown Manor, Detective Lauren Pengelly is called to St Just to investigate. Russell was the boyfriend and business partner of celebrity chef Lydia Yeoman – and it quickly becomes clear his death was no accident. Someone trapped him inside and left him to die.

As Lauren and her partner Detective Matt Price interview the small group of staff and guests present that night, old resentments and buried secrets begin to surface. Cut off in an isolated manor house, everyone had a motive, and everyone is a suspect.

Then a second guest is attacked, and Lauren realises the killer is still among them, ready to strike again. With time running out, can she uncover the truth before anyone else pays the price?

A gripping, twist-filled mystery that will keep you guessing until the final page. Fans of LJ Ross, Ann Cleeves and Joy Ellis will be hooked.

I love visiting Cornwall, and even though there weren’t a ton of long descriptive scenes like in some books, there was just enough to know we were there and I could picture it.

I really liked the dynamics between the investigative team and how they played off each other. The stalking storyline adds so much tension for Lauren, both personally and professionally, and that extra danger made it a true nail-biter for me. 

The mystery was really interesting, well plotted, and had just enough twists to keep you engrossed and wanting to know what happens next. 

This series is quickly becoming one of my favorite British crime series. I recommend this book to all my mystery lover friends.

I requested and received an Advanced Readers Copy from Storm Publishing and NetGalley.  All thoughts and opinions are my own.

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The Cornish Halloween Murder by Fiona Leitch

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Today I am reviewing "The Cornish Halloween Murder ” the 11th instalment in The Nosey Parker Cozy Mystery series by Fiona Leitch.  I cannot get enough of this series, if you love mysteries set in England this is for you!

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A brand new cozy mystery to escape with this Halloween. Perfect for fans of Richard Osman and Rev Richard Coles.

It’s (almost) Halloween in Penstowan, and strange things are afoot…

When a developer buys the abandoned convent and cottage hospital of St Ann’s on the edge of town, locals are aghast at his plans to turn the site into apartments. And when menacing voodoo-like dolls are found hidden inside the walls, it looks like the building’s past inhabitants are against it, too.

As the town prepares for the annual Bonfire Parade taking place on Halloween night, ex-police officer Jodie Parker finds herself in a world of witches and Wiccans, whispering voices and ghostly babies crying, as she tries to find out who’s behind the campaign to stop the development. Then one of the builders is found dead at the bottom of a staircase. Has a spectre from the convent’s past come back to take revenge on the living, or are Jodie and her husband, DCI Nathan Withers, looking for a killer of flesh and blood?

Praise for the Nosey Parker series

'Murder and mayhem are rarely this enjoyable. Another fantastic entry in this brilliant series that solidifies Leitch as one of the very best and funniest writers around’ Jonathan Whitelaw

I love visiting Cornwall and Jodie, DCI Nathan Withers, Daisy, and her mum but let’s not forget about Germaine the Pomeranian! This time we are attending their makeshift honeymoon with Jodie’s mum Shirley and daughter Daisy along for the ride at a luxurious eco-resort on a secluded Cornish island. 

The mystery was really interesting, well plotted, and had just enough twists to keep you engrossed and wanting to know what happens next. I really hope there will be a book 11 coming out soon, as I can’t get enough of this series.

I recommend this book to all my cozy lover friends.

I requested and received an Advanced Readers Copy from One More Chapter and Netgalley.  All thoughts and opinions are my own.

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Casting Call 4 Murder by J. C. Eaton

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Today I am reviewing “ Casting Call 4 Murder" the 16th  instalment in the Sophie Kimball Mystery series by J.C. Eaton.  I love this series, it always has me laughing at Phee’s mums and Streetman’s antics.

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When a theater group’s murder mystery weekend turns deadly, the seniors of Sun City West take on a starring role in catching the killer . . .

The book club ladies of Sun City West love nothing more than poking their noses into murder investigations, so it’s the treat of a lifetime when they get to attend a murder mystery weekend at a sprawling Victorian mansion. They’ll be matching wits with other mystery aficionados trying to figure out whodunnit, and Sophie “Phee” Kimball is thrilled that for once her mother’s friends won’t be meddling in a real homicide. As the plot unfolds it’s mysterious fun for the actors and audience alike, until the dead body they discover is all too real.

Confident they can solve what’s turned into a real-life murder, the book club ladies hatch a plan and rope Phee into helping them. But as they step into their roles as amateur sleuths, what seems like play-acting is deadly serious to the killer. Soon Phee and the seniors want to rewrite the ending, because the murderer in their midst is dead-set on bringing the curtain down on all of them . . .

I found myself engrossed in the story and reading it in almost one day. I love the characters which are well developed. There is plenty of humour and we can’t forget Streetman the chiweenie in the B&B with a fish in his mouth causing havoc! I laughed at the chaos he caused.

The mystery is interesting, well plotted as well as full of twists and turns.  Always an entertaining, fun read. This is one of my favourite series and I always buy in Paperback as I know I will read again.

I highly recommend this series to all my cozy loving friends. 

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I requested and received an advance reader copy of this book from Kensington Books and Netgalley. All thoughts and opinions are my own.

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