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The debut cozy culinary crime thriller from Suk Pannu, creator of BBC Radio 4’s Mrs Sidhu Investigates and writer for Goodness, Gracious, Me and five series of the Emmy Award winning Kumars at No. 42
Synopsis:
The perfect village.
Mrs Sidhu, caterer and amateur sleuth, is delighted when she is offered a position as chef in a quiet corner of Berkshire. It’s a far cry from her cramped kitchen, where she was used to making an endless parade of aubergine bhajis!
The perfect fete.
In no time, Mrs Sidhu starts throwing herself into local events like the summer fete. But amongst the bunting, cakes and funfair games, a killer is lurking.
The perfect crime.
Mrs Sidhu soon discovers the unthinkable. A murderer is picking victims through the fairground raffle. Who is next on their list? And can Mrs Sidhu stop them in time?
Review:
I found the TV series, Mrs Sidhu Investigates, of which this book is based, on Amazon Prime, after it came on Acorn TV in 2023. It was a delight, as Meera Syal totally embodies Mrs Sidhu, as I discovered when reading this book, the first in the book series! As I was reading it, I could only picture Meera in the role, much as a I do Brenda Blethyn, in the Vera series! Mrs Sidhu is a widower with typical problems- money, family and a teenage son's angst, LOL. This book takes us back to that beginning (the TV series, started later down the line), as she tries to sort out the first, she runs smack into a murder, into typical British cozy murder style. but she's not with the police, she just has a way about her, that people just feel the need to tell things to. if these happen to be clues, well she just has to help out the local plod, now doesn't she? It helps that her father was a police commander and she learned quite a few things from him. As for family and her son, maybe leaving them together and working on the case, will help them in the long run, or leave them thinking she's lost the plot... The book is charming, even if you haven't seen the series, and keeps the reader turning to pages. You'll be wanting to watch the series after reading the book too!
About the Author:
Suk Pannu wrote for Goodness, Gracious, Me and five series of the Emmy Award winning Kumars at No. 42. He’s written for BBC’s My Family and is a regular contributor to TV and Radio sketch and topical shows with spells on The News Quiz, Swinging, Armando Iannucci’s Charm Offensive. This is his debut novel.
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