The Windermere Witness is the first book in the Lake District Mysteries cozy crime series by Rebecca Tope. Plot Following a personal tragedy, florist Persimmon ‘Simmy’ Brown has moved to the beautiful region of the Lake District to be nearer her charismatic parents. Things are going well, with her latest flower arrangements praised and Simmy… More Windermere Witness
Murder at the Black Cat Cafe and Why did the Well Wheel Creak? by Seishi Yokomizo This was chosen as a book for book club. It actually contains two books in one. Both can be described as classic Japanese mysteries, from the author of The Honjin Murders. Seishi Yokomizo has been called ‘The Japanese Agatha Christie’.… More Murder at the Black Cat Cafe – Review
Time to read a classic Christmas mystery. Mystery in White is a 1930s snowbound mystery featuring a train bound for Christmas in Manchester. Onboard were a group of mismatched travelers who had to make a decision when their locomotive becomes stuck in an impenetrable snowdrift. Should they stay on the train or risk trudging their… More Mystery in White – Review
The Bullet That Missed is the third book in The Thursday Murder Club series Plot It is an ordinary Thursday and things should finally be returning to normal. Except trouble is never far away where the Thursday Murder Club is concerned. A decade-old cold case leads them to a local news legend and a murder… More The Bullet That Missed
THE NUMBER ONE SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLERCHOSEN BY WATERSTONES AS ONE OF THEIR BEST CRIME & THRILLER BOOKS OF 2024 The Hotel Avocado is the follow up book to The Satsuma Complex and continues the story of Gary Thorn, Emily and Grace. Read the review of The Satsuma Complex at https://solvethemurder.wordpress.com/2024/02/08/the-satsuma-complex-by-bob-mortimer/ Plot Gary Thorn is struggling with a big decision. Should… More The Hotel Avocado – Review
The Book Club by C. J. Cooper is described as “An absolutely gripping psychological thriller with a killer twist”. This tale about a book club unravels dark and scandalous secrets between one circle of neighbours. Everyone is hiding a secret. One of them is murder! The Plot The book club was her idea, of course. It… More The Book Club – much more deadly than the Solve the Murder Book Club!
An Unnecessary Assassin is a collection of crime and mystery stories in support of Rotary International’s work to eradicate Polio. I managed to pick up a copy of the book last year and have been working my way through the stories. One hundred percent of the profit from this book goes towards the work of… More An Unnecessary Assassin – short stories
Anxious People is written by the No. 1 New York Times bestseller, Fredrik Backman, who also wrote the A man Called Ovo. When it was selected as a bookclub read I had no idea it has also been made into a Netflix TV Series. And yes, I watched the series after reading, and loving, the… More Anxious People by Fredrik Backman (review)
This Christmas I decided to read a classic Christmas mystery. I started with a 1930s snowbound mystery featuring a train bound for Christmas in Manchester. Onboard were a group of mismatched travelers who had to make a decision when their locomotive becomes stuck in an impenetrable snowdrift. Should they stay on the train or risk… More Mystery in White – Review
A Murderous Season is part of the Admiral Shackleford Mysteries. This is a Cozy Mystery series by Beverley Watts. The books can be read as stand alone stories so it was easy to read book three before books one and two. The Plot Admiral Charles Shackleford and his much put upon best friend and former… More A Murderous Season – Review