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3.67 AVERAGE
3.67 AVERAGE
How do deceit, murder, secrets, nursery rhymes and romance all wrapped up together sound? Add dogs and scrumptious baking and chocolates for extra sweetness.
This, the seventh in the Exham-on-Sea Murder Mystery series features Libby, middle-aged baker, chocolatier and investigator and her fiancé, Max, an internet investigator.
Secrets have a sneaky way of coming out at times and in this book are revealed through nursery rhymes, the internet and murder. Libby and Max have their hands full as they discover clues which lead them down twisty paths. Both are parents to grown children with problems of their own as well so there is no shortage of subplots and family drama.
While reading this fun book I had an insatiable chocolate craving! I like that the protagonists are middle aged and have life experience.
Cozy mystery readers, reach for this book along with slabs of cake...you'll want both!
My sincere thank you to Boldwood Books and NetGalley for providing me with an ARC of this delightful book in exchange for an honest review. Much appreciated.
This, the seventh in the Exham-on-Sea Murder Mystery series features Libby, middle-aged baker, chocolatier and investigator and her fiancé, Max, an internet investigator.
Secrets have a sneaky way of coming out at times and in this book are revealed through nursery rhymes, the internet and murder. Libby and Max have their hands full as they discover clues which lead them down twisty paths. Both are parents to grown children with problems of their own as well so there is no shortage of subplots and family drama.
While reading this fun book I had an insatiable chocolate craving! I like that the protagonists are middle aged and have life experience.
Cozy mystery readers, reach for this book along with slabs of cake...you'll want both!
My sincere thank you to Boldwood Books and NetGalley for providing me with an ARC of this delightful book in exchange for an honest review. Much appreciated.
Murder at the Gorge is number seven in the series, but the first I’ve read. It worked well as a stand-alone, but I feel like I might have been more invested in the relationship between Max and Libby and their wedding preparations if I had read the series from the beginning. Max Ramshore, a former financial advisor, and his fiancée Libby Forest, a baker and chocolate maker, have formed a private investigation agency and are sometimes called upon by the police to assist in local inquiries. They met later in life, both having been married with families before, and now are looking forward to their wedding in a few weeks’ time. Then Max gets a call from his ex-wife, who he hasn’t talked to in years. She wants his help; she thinks she’s being stalked. Of course, Max agrees to meet her at a local park and then, on his way back to his car, he finds a dead body. Turns out it’s Carys Evans. Turns out Carys was the first of several villagers to receive odd nursery rhyme e-mails. DCI Morrison is in charge of the investigation and enlists help from Max and Libby. As more and more people are targeted by “The Rhymer” and another body appears, it’s a race to find the killer before someone else gets hurt.
This is a good mystery, somewhere between a cozy and a police procedural. This story is set in a fictional coastal village in Somerset. The small-town atmosphere felt genuine, with well-drawn characters who are not above sharing gossip. The plot has several twists and multiple suspects; the key is finding how everything is connected. Overall it’s an enjoyable mystery, but for me it’s not outstanding. Maybe I would have cared more if I had followed the series from the beginning.
This is a good mystery, somewhere between a cozy and a police procedural. This story is set in a fictional coastal village in Somerset. The small-town atmosphere felt genuine, with well-drawn characters who are not above sharing gossip. The plot has several twists and multiple suspects; the key is finding how everything is connected. Overall it’s an enjoyable mystery, but for me it’s not outstanding. Maybe I would have cared more if I had followed the series from the beginning.