About the book
Welcome to the beautiful English village of Inkbury. Tucked deep in the North Wessex Downs, its only claim to fame is the picturesque riverside that once appeared in a Richard Curtis movie. That is, until the murder…
Former stand-up comic Juno Mulligan has been suffering a serious sense-of-humour failure. Not only
has she lost the love of her life, but she’s having to relocate to the (admittedly idyllic) village of
Inkbury to watch out for her elderly mother, who she’s genuinely worried might be marrying a wife-killer.
She hopes that her old friend, disgraced-journalist-turned-novelist Phoebe Fredericks can help her crack the case of whether her mother’s perma-tanned, iceberg-smiled, three-times-a-widower fiancé
is hiding a murderous past.
But before they have a chance, the local art dealer washes up distinctly dead in the village’s famous
river. His lover is in the frame, but Juno and Phoebe suspect that there is a deeper secret… One that
relates to Phoebe’s own past and Juno’s present.
Will the unofficial Village Detective Agency solve the mystery before the killer strikes again? In sleepy
Inkbury, as they soon discover, living one’s best midlife can be murder.
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My thoughts
Thank you to Rachel at Random Resources tours for my invitation to the blog tour.
I love a cosy crime and I love female characters who become impromptu sleths and this book ticked both of those boxes.
Phoebe, a former journalist now crime novelist even has female sleuths in her book. She lives in a big house in the village Inkbury. Her husband works away and her children have flown the nest.
Her friend Juno, a blogger and stand up comic has to move to the village from abroad to look after her elderly mother Judy but she is also worried about her mother’s suitor Derek whose past wives have all died. After selling the family home Judy announces her and Derek are engaged!
Judy is a celebrity in her own right but there are also other characters with a past in TV in Inkbury and some who also may have a secret to share.
Then there is a body discovered in the the water and villagers speculate what happened was it murder or an accident? Juno persuades Phoebe to investigate the death, but what will they discover?
This book is very funny, and the characters are engaging and some hilarious. It is also full of action and twists as there are robberies, murders and also some more emotional parts but I loved the chocolate box setting of Inkbury and it’s rich cast of inhabitants.
I looking forward to reading more in this series!
Author Bio –
Fiona Walker is the million copy bestselling author of joyously funny romantic comedies. Most
recently published by Head of Zeus, she will be turning to cozy crime for Boldwood. The first in her
new Village Detectives series, The Art of Murder, will be published in May 2024.
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