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This cosy seaside village may seem picture perfect, but there are sketchy secrets hiding in plain sight…
Synopsis:
Having left the big city behind, Sarah Vane is fully embracing her calmer life in the quaint coastal town of Merstairs. With more time for hobbies, she joins a very popular life drawing class at the local tea shop. But when their usual model, the ever-punctual Mr Williams, doesn’t turn up, Sarah’s worried. He’d been complaining of a cough just last week so she decides to check up on him.
Arriving at his crooked little cottage, it appears the front door isn’t quite shut. Stepping inside, Sarah is shocked to find Mr Williams slumped in his armchair. Casting her eyes down to his coffee table she sees a generous slice of Victoria sponge with one perfectly sized bite taken from it. Is this a case of death by cake?
As Sarah hunts around the cluttered cottage for clues, she finds that Mr Williams had a rather peculiar hobby. It seems that he was an avid collector of ladies’ delicates, and from the looks of it, all the washing lines of Merstairs have been raided. But could his quirky collection really be a motive for murder?
But then the case takes a darker turn when another elderly resident is found dead after eating a slice of red velvet cake. Sarah starts to wonder – why would anyone target pensioners with a sweet tooth? And in a village known for some of the best cakes in the county, can Sarah find the culprit before another life is taken?
Review:
This is book 3 in the series, and the first I have read. Sarah is adapting to life in the village, after being labelled 'the one who finds bodies', and she hopes her new moniker will be gone for good. But when she does a good deed, to check on their resident art model, she gets way more than she bargained for- another body and a new mystery! But when Sarah figures out how elderly subjects are being murdered, she may be putting herself at risk. With too many suspects, it will take all of Sarah's keen skills to figure this cozy mystery out! Bonus- this one is super easy to cast in your head for a TV series, so fingers crossed it might get picked up soon!
About the Author:
Before turning to crime, Alice Castle was a UK newspaper journalist for The Daily Express, The Times and The Daily Telegraph. Her latest cozy mystery series, set in fictional seaside town Merstairs, stars retired GP Sarah Vane. It is published by Bookouture, who also publish Alice's nine-book Beth Haldane Mysteries series set in south east London. Alice also writes psychological thrillers for HQDigital as A.M. Castle.
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