Tuesday 5 January 2021

Miss Moneypenny's Holiday Mystery Reading

This is the time of year when I start putting together the books I want to read over the summer. Catching up with detectives both professional and amateur is a perfect way to spend the summer. 


A Better Man by Louise Penny. This, a most excellent French Canadian mystery series, is centred around the fictional village of Three Pines and the most likeable Chief Inspector Armand Gamache. There are continuing storylines as well as births, deaths and marriages so if this is a new series for you start with Still Life

Troubled Blood by Robert Galbraith. I was initially reluctant to read this detective series written by the Harry Potter author J K Rowling. But don’t be like me and let this successful children’s author put you off as this is a great mystery series. The British protagonist, private detective, Cormoran Strike has an uneasy truce with life. Along with crimes to solve, Cormoran has romantic ups and downs and more personal issues that you can shake a stick at. Start with book number one: The Cuckoo’s Calling

Persons Unknown by Susie Steiner. This is the second in the British police detective series featuring Det. Sgt. Manon Bradshaw. In the first book in the series Missing, Presumed, socially awkward Manon is called into a missing person case. Edith comes from an affluent background but with her boyfriend Will they led a self sufficient lifestyle (well apart from the money Daddy gives her). When she goes missing the worst is feared. Needs to be read in order. 


A Willing Murder by Jude Deveraux. Romantic novelist Deveraux has branched into the world of crime with this the first in the Medlar Mystery Series. The main characters are bored and successful romance novelist Sara Medlar, her niece Kate and house guest Jack. Looks promising. 

Hunting Game by Helene Tursten. I was introduced to Tursten with her collection of detective short stories: An Elderly Lady Is Up to No Good. Hunting Game is set in Sweden with Detective Inspector Embla Nyström on holiday moose hunting when a body turns up. Billed as slow burning and atmospheric; here's hoping it lives up to its reviews.

Murder at Honeychurch Hall by Hannah Dennison. Now for something different - a cosy mystery set in a quaint village in the English county of Devon. Kat is about to launch into her new career in the antique business when her mother recklessly purchases a dilapidated carriage house. Kat finds herself drawn into the affairs of the local stately mansion. Cute, quirky and fun – a perfect choice for a relaxing read over the summer.

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