Mini Review – Murder at the Theatre Royale

Title: Murder at the Theatre RoyaleAuthor: Ada Moncrieff 4 stars ★★★★ From Goodreads: It's Christmas at London's Theatre Royale and journalist Daphne King is determined to solve an extraordinary mystery... December 1935. Director Chester Harrison's production of A Christmas Carol has had a troubled run on its tour of regional theatres. With tensions amongst the…

Mini Review – The Christmas Killer

Title: The Christmas KillerAuthor: Alex Pine Series: DI James Walker #1 3.5 stars ★★★★ From Goodreads: As the snow begins to fall, the body count begins to climb… DI James Walker is ready for a quiet family Christmas in the sleepy village of Kirkby Abbey. But when he opens an early Christmas present left on…

Graphic Novel Review – Days of Sugar and Spice

Title: Days of Sugar and SpiceAuthor: Loïc ClémentArt: Anne Montel 3.5 stars ★★★★ From Goodreads: At the age of 28, Rose learns that her father has died and returns to Klervi, her childhood village in Brittany. Revisiting the family bakery she's inherited brings back buried memories of her former life. She's reunited with her old…

Review – Murder before Evensong

Title: Murder before Evensong Author: Rev Richard ColesSeries: A Canon Clement Mystery #1 2.5 stars ★★★ From Goodreads: Canon Daniel Clement is Rector of Champton. He has been there for eight years, living at the Rectory alongside his widowed mother - opinionated, fearless, ever-so-slightly annoying Audrey - and his two dachshunds, Cosmo and Hilda. When…

Review – A Cornish Christmas Murder

Title: A Cornish Christmas MurderAuthor: Fiona LeitchSeries: Nosy Parker Mysteries #4 4.5 stars ★★★★★ From Goodreads: A PINCH OF PARANOIA* It’s three days before Christmas, and detective-turned-chef Jodie ‘Nosey’ Parker is drafted in to cater a charity event run by a notorious millionaire at a 13th-century abbey on Bodmin Moor. A DASH OF DECEPTION Things…

Mini ARC Review – Legends and Lattes

Title: Legends & LattesAuthor: Travis BaldreeRelease Date: 10/11/22 5 stars ★★★★★ I received a free eARC copy from Pan Macmillian ,via Netgalley in exchange for an honest review. All opinions are my own. From Goodreads: Worn out after decades of packing steel and raising hell, Viv the orc barbarian cashes out of the warrior’s life…

Mini Review – Murder in the Mews

Title: Murder in the MewsAuthor: Agatha ChristieSeries: Hercule Poirot #16 3.5 stars ★★★★ From Goodreads: How did a woman holding a pistol in her right hand shoot herself in the left temple? What was the link between a ghost sighting and the disappearance of top secret military plans? These are just two of the questions…

Blog Tour – The Miraculous Sweetmakers – The Frost Fair

Title: The Frost FairAuthor: Natasha HastingsSeries: The Miraculous Sweetmakers #1Release Date: 27/10/2022 3.5 stars ★★★★ I received a free copy from HarperCollins Children ,via The Erite Reads in exchange for an honest review. All opinions are my own. From Goodreads: It's winter, 1683, and the Great Frost has swept into London. By day, thirteen-year-old Thomasina…

Mini Review – The Bullet that Missed

Title: The Bullet that MissedAuthor: Richard OsmanSeries: Thursday Murder Club #3 4 stars ★★★★ From Goodreads: It is an ordinary Thursday, and things should finally be returning to normal. Except trouble is never far away where the Thursday Murder Club are concerned. A local news legend is on the hunt for a sensational headline, and…