In The Busybody Book Club, five wildly different members of a dysfunctional village book club are thrown together to solve a real-life mystery when one of their own vanishes—and a dead body is found at his house. Nova Davies, new to town and trying to save the struggling community center, inadvertently finds herself at the…
Category: England
Daisy Darker
By the time she was 13, Daisy Darker’s heart has stopped multiple times. With an incurable heart disease, her life has been anything but normal. As Nana’s favorite granddaughter, and who she based her award-winning children’s books on, Daisy is the only who routinely visits. With Nana’s 80th birthday coming up though, the family will…
The Most Wonderful Crime of the Year
Both Maggie Chase and Ethan Wyatt have been invited to spend Christmas with an unknown reclusive fan in the English countryside. Neither knows what to expect, & Maggie definitely didn’t expect to have to spend Christmas with her worst enemy. Even finding out said reclusive fan, is world renown and her favorite author Eleanor Ashley,…
Things Don’t Break on Their Own
Robyn and Cat are hosting their sibling dinner party. In attendance is Robyn’s brother Michael and his new girlfriend Liv, a psychiatrist specialized in false memories. Cat’s brother Nate brings his new French girlfriend Claudette. Willa, Robyn’s high school friend, with her fiancé Jamie, is also present. As the night progresses, it’s obvious that Willa…
How to Age Disgracefully
I’m very into grumpy/quirky older characters living their best lives lately, and man did How to Age Disgracefully fit right into that. Lydia is finally back at work with a parttime job running the Senior Citizens Social Club at the local community center. That is until the center is at risk of being shut down….
The Ministry of Time
Unpopular opinion alert: I don’t understand the hype around this book. Having nothing to do with the Spanish series of the same name (the title and time travel are literally the only similarities) the genre mash-up of time-travel, historical fiction, and romance is unique to say the least. Set in almost present-day Britian, the Ministry…
Nosy Neighbors
Dorothy Darling has called Shelley House her home for decades and refuses to consider anywhere else home. Kat Bennett has never felt at home anywhere and has barely moved into Shelley Home, and as an illegal tenant at that. When the building faces demolishment and strange things start happening around the building, Kat and Dorothy,…
How to Solve Your Own Murder
Annie Adams is floundering. After losing her job, she’s trying her hand at becoming the author she’s always wanted to be. When she receives a invitation from her estranged great-aunt Frances, she’s curosity enough to head to Frances estate to see what her aunt wants. Before she can talk to her aunt though, Frances’ long…
The Antique Hunters Guide to Murder
Freya Lockwood’s past is knocking at her door. When her aunt’s best friend and her old mentor, Arthur Crockleford, dies and leaves Freya as his heir; Freya is thrown back into the world of antiques. It’s been more than 20 years since she’s been a part of the antique hunting game, and with Arthur’s suspicious…
The Mysterious Case of the Alperton Angels
Depending on how it’s written, I certainly enjoy epistolary books told through documents & letters. Janice Hallett has a knack for delivering clever mysteries told entirely through documents, texts, email, and other forms. I loved The Appeal when it came out in 2021 & I read The Christmas Appeal, her 2023 holiday novella, back in…