The Marmalade Murders


The Marmalade Murders
Written by Elizabeth J. Duncan
Expected publication: April 24, 2018

Why I chose this book:
I enjoy cozy mysteries, so when I saw this book on a Goodreads giveaway, I had to enter. I am excited to have won, as I really enjoyed this book!

Review

A spa owner and amateur detective solves a murder case at a Welsh agricultural show.

Competition is fierce between the women entering cakes and marmalades in a local agricultural show, and some of the entries of Penny Brannigan's friend disappear. When she starts to investigate their disappearance, she doesn't expect to find a body, but that is exactly what she finds. Set in a small town with landscape I could almost see and characters I'd love to get coffee with, this book drew me in quickly. The murder mystery had just enough twists to keep me reading late into the night (and that's saying something when one has an early-rising 3 year old!), but not so many that I couldn't theorize the murderer as I went. I don't wish to spoil anything, but I will say that I was in for a big surprise with my suspect, the Women's Guild secretary. This was not gruesome, despite involving a murder, but was exciting and cozy simultaneously. This is the first Penny Brannigan mystery that I have read (it is ninth in the series but can be read as a standalone), and I intend to start reading the others! If you enjoy cozy mysteries, then I would highly recommend this one!

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