It's my turn on the BlogTour Cause of Death by Anna Legat, the third book in The Shires Mysteries.
Anna Legat is a Wiltshire-based author, best known for her DI Gillian Marsh murder mystery series. Murder isn't the only thing on her mind. She dabbles in a wide variety of genres, ranging from dark humorous comedy, through magi realism to dystopian. A globe-trotter and Jack-of-all-trades, Anna has been an attorney, legal adviser, a silver-service waitress, a school teacher and a librarian.
She has lived in far-flung places all over the world where she delighted in people-watching and collecting precious life experiences for her stories. Anna writes, reads, lives and breathes books and can no longer tell the difference between fact and fiction. Follow @LegatWriter on Twitter, Visit annalegat.com
About the book
All is not well in the village. The local meadows have been the pride of Bishops Well for hundreds of years, but now they are facing the sharp blades of developers. The landowner is a rich and reclusive author who is happy to see them destroyed, but the villagers - including Sam Dee and Maggie Kaye - are fighting back.
As Maggie and Sam soon discover, there is more than a quick buck to be made in the developer's plans. There are age-old secrets and personal vendettas that could have deadly repercussions in Bishops Well today.
With Sam's legal expertise and Maggie's... well, Maggie-ness, they delve into the past, determined to unearth the truth. And, as sparks begin to fly, could there finally be something more between this sleuthing duo?
Review
This is the third book in The Shires Mysteries series - murder most wicked comes to rural life and creates havoc, shakes up the daily lives of villagers and our amateur sleuths Maggie and Sam.
Sidenote - I kinda loved the whole horse, donkey, mule escapade - it's definitely something I would participate in.
The relationship between Maggie and Sam becomes closer and moves in a slightly different direction, and the reader gets to know more about Sam's back-story. This happens while they are in the middle of solving a bizarre ritualistic killing. I mean it's just your every day village stuff, right.
It's a solid cosy mystery, and I admit I would love to know who would be top choice if it was ever casted. The characters of Maggie and Sam are both comfortable and at times eccentric enough to become reader favourites. Saying that I think it's important to keep an element of surprise and space for growth. With a mystery series everything tends to change and revolve around the constant - the main characters - they have to be able to draw the audience in over and over again.
Looking forward to the next in the series, and to where the author takes this sleuthing duo and their very deadly rural adventures.
Buy Cause of Death at Amazon Uk or go to Goodreads for any other retailer. Publisher : Headline Accent pub date 14 April 2022. Buy at Amazon com. Buy at Waterstones. Barnes & Noble.
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