Welcome to Litsy!

Honest take: I think this was a seasonal pushed out read because a major loose end of the first book remains a loose end. It wasn‘t even addressed. But overall, a cozy mystery with a missing prize ram, a pensioner convinced someone is out to murder her (and they do!), and the hunt for the killer begins as the victims pile up. Chapman doesn‘t seem to stop with one death. Which has me wondering how large of a population is this village?!

Though published in 2017 this reads like a cosy murder mystery written in the 1990s. It isn't set in the 90s, as far as I could tell, but the writing and story telling gave a very 90s feel.

The will they won't they vibe to the main couple was eyeroll worthy.

Dull and predictable.

So this started out slow, but it is picking up. I‘m hoping to finish it tonight! #currentlyreading

Does anyone else here find that the weather affects what they read? I had never really thought about it but I realized this morning that all the books I‘ve read up to this point in the year have been dark and twisty, and the weather here has tended towards dark and cold. Now that it‘s warming up a little (no longer below freezing, just freezing), I‘ve picked up a light cozy mystery.

Love English village mysteries new series for me can‘t wait to read.Thanks