"Henry Kenneth Morton - know as Hooky to his associates - sat at his private table in the saloon bar of his pub, the Dark Horse, in King's Cross, perusing the heavy ledger open in front of him and comparing some of the figures with a pile of tickets from his tankers." Detective Chief Inspector … Continue reading Murder at Claridge’s – Jim Eldridge
"They were lost." Liza and Hanna have been having marriage problems for some time now, so Hanna books them a romantic weekend away in a remote Scottish hotel. Liza's irritation at not being consulted about the whole thing, though, is soon lost to the distraction of an event very close to her career as a … Continue reading Murder Most Actual – Alexis Hall
"'Bow chicka wow wow!'" We first met Sam Washington in The Plot is Murder, and we're now onto book 7 in the cosy mystery series. Sam was widowed young but decided to make her and her late husband's dream come true, by opening a mystery book store. Through the series she and her friends and family, … Continue reading Killer Words – VM Burns
"One thing I loved about being married to someone who jumped out of bed wide awake was that he often made me coffee before I even stumbled downstairs." (We're on book six of the series, so if you don't want spoilers for the continuing background story look away now. Definitely no spoilers on the mystery, … Continue reading Renewed for Murder – Victoria Gilbert
"'You're sure we didn't go through a warp in the space-time continuum and end up in Jolly Old England?'" Gemma Doyle - not related to Sir Arthur Conan Doyle - co-owns and runs a Sherlock Holmes-themed bookstore in Cape Cod. However, in this book Gemma, best friend Jane, and most of the action, takes place … Continue reading A Three Book Problem – Vicki Delany
"'I am not a consulting detective.'" It's tough, in a mystery series, to come up with new reasons for the non-cop protagonist to get involved in a crime. This time, however, Gemma Doyle - no relation (probably) to Sherlock's author - is asked, and indeed paid (a whole $10 ;)) to investigate. Of course, the … Continue reading A Curious Incident – Vicki Delany
"'I can't believe it! This simply cannot be happening!'" We first met librarian Carrie Singleton in Death Overdue, where she met the library's ghost, got tangled up in a murder, and then solves it - with a little help. Life is going pretty well for Carrie, which is a nice place to start a cosy mystery. … Continue reading Death on the Shelf – Allison Brook
"The wail of air raid sirens filled the air." Following straight on from the first book in the series, Murder at the Ritz, it was easy to just keep reading on with the second, even though I hadn't been that impressed with the first volume. It wasn't bad at all, just not quite enough to garner huge … Continue reading Murder at the Savoy – Jim Eldridge
"The Hon. Edgar Walter Septimus Saxe-Coburg - better know to his colleagues at Scotland Yard as Detective Chief Inspector Coburg - pulled up in his Bentley outside the small terraced house of his sergeant, Ted Lampson, in Purchese Street, Somers Town." As World War II rages across Europe and the skies of London, we're introduced to … Continue reading Murder at the Ritz – Jim Eldridge
Tranquillum House is an exclusive and upmarket wellness retreat, run by the mysterious and ethereal Masha (Nicole Kidman with a dodgy Russian accent). Attendance is by invitation only, so when nine highly stressed guests arrive, it's a guessing game as to what might connect a family reeling from suicide, a formerly successful romance novelist, a … Continue reading Nine Perfect Strangers (season 1)
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