ARC Review: The Widows’ Guide to Murder by Amanda Ashby

The Widows’ Guide to Murder is the first book in the new series, The Widows’ Detective Club, by Amanda Ashby. Ginny recently lost her husband and went through with their plan to retire to the small town of Little Shaw. She just started her job as assistant librarian, when her boss is murdered and GinnyContinueContinue reading “ARC Review: The Widows’ Guide to Murder by Amanda Ashby”

ARC Review: A Victim at Valentine’s by Ellie Alexander

A Victim at Valentine’s is book 5 in Ellie Alexander’s Secret Bookcase Mystery series. Annie Murray is co-owner of the Secret Bookcase bookshop, and studying to become a detective. When a popular local philanthropist is found dead on the grounds the morning after an event at the bookshop, Annie is pulled into the investigation. ThisContinueContinue reading “ARC Review: A Victim at Valentine’s by Ellie Alexander”

ARC Review: The Secret Life of Beatrice Alright by Brooke Harris

I almost have no words to describe The Secret Life of Beatrice Alright by Brooke Harris. This was a beautiful, thought provoking and heartbreaking story. Beatrice (Bea) is almost wholly dependent on Declan, her longtime boyfriend  and father of her four year old daughter, Ellie. When Declan suddenly announces that he is married and isContinueContinue reading “ARC Review: The Secret Life of Beatrice Alright by Brooke Harris”

ARC Review: The Old Girls’ Chateau Escape by Kate Galley

Maybe it’s just because I’m getting older myself (although I’m still significantly younger than the characters in the book) but The Old Girls’ Chateau Escape by Kate Galley proves that seniors can make for interesting main characters. Gina has been convinced by her friend and current boss, Dorothy, to act as carer for an elderlyContinueContinue reading “ARC Review: The Old Girls’ Chateau Escape by Kate Galley”

ARC Review: Murder at the Opera House by Dawn Brookes

Murder at the Opera House by Dawn Brookes is book 1 in her Lady Marjorie Snellthorpe series about a group of seniors who travel the world, solving the murders that occur around them. I really enjoyed Murder at the Opera House. The book had a great cast of characters, from our elderly sleuths, to theContinueContinue reading “ARC Review: Murder at the Opera House by Dawn Brookes”