#Murder at Enderley Hall | Explore Tumblr posts and blogs

annarellix · 4 years ago

Photo

Murder in the Belltower by Helena Dixon (A Miss Underhay Mystery #5)

My Review (5*) This is one of my favorite historical cozy series so it gets harder to write a meaningful review as I can only repeat what I already wrote. It's a highly entertaining and well written series and I read this instalment in an afternoon. I'm a fan of Christmas mystery and this novel features all the tropes I love in this kind of novel. This series improves with each instalment, this one was a slow burning mystery as the first part was introducing the setting and the new characters. It's a mix of spy story and mystery and I loved the plot full of twists and turns. The characters are interesting and I was happy to catch up with Kittiy and Matt. The character development is excellent and they are all interesting. Even if it can be read as a stand alone it's better to read the book in order as there's some backstory. I strongly recommend it and can't wait to read the next one. Many thanks to Bookouture and Netgalley for this ARC, all opinions are mine

Buy Links: https://geni.us/B08LKT7HSRCover

Book Description: Winter, 1933. Kitty Underhay is enjoying a restorative break from sleuthing on a visit to her family at Enderley Hall. The only thing marring her peace – aside from the uncomfortable sensation she has of being watched – is the obvious history between her beau, ex-army captain Matthew Bryant and another guest, the beautiful Juliet Vanderstafen. So, when the parish clerk is found dead on her front doorstep, Kitty leaps at the chance of distraction. The police are happy to conclude that Miss Plenderleith met her unfortunate end on a patch of ice, but Kitty isn’t convinced this was a case of bad weather and worse luck. And when the Reverend Crabtree fails to show for tea the next day, she heads to the church to speak to him. But she arrives to find the clergyman hanging from the bell rope, dead. With Matt seemingly wrapped up with his alluring Austrian, Kitty must solve the case on her own. But as she snoops into parish affairs, she makes some less-than-saintly discoveries. Just who has broken the sixth commandment? Meanwhile the killer is preparing a churchyard grave for Kitty, and she’ll have to use all her wits to avoid falling in…

The Author: ell Dixon was born and continues to live in the Black Country. Married to the same man for over thirty-five years she has three daughters, a cactus called Spike, a crazy cockapoo and a tank of tropical fish. She is allergic to adhesives, apples, tinsel and housework. Her addictions of choice are coffee and reality TV. She was winner of The Romance Prize in 2007 with her book Marrying Max, and winner of Love Story of the Year 2010 with her book, Animal Instincts. She also writes historical 1930's set cozy crime as Helena Dixon. Social Media Links: Website: http://www.nelldixon.com Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/nell.dixon Twitter: https://twitter.com/NellDixon

#cozy mystery #historical mystery #bookouture #review #NetGalley

2 notes · View notes

bookgeekgrrl · 4 years ago

Text

Sunday reading recap (28-Mar-21)

i’m doing this thing where i’m trying to reset my sleep schedule and i’m not supposed to read during the pre-bed ‘relaxation’ period so that leaves TV watching

THINGS I WATCHED

Avatar: The Last Airbender - S2, e 14-20. We’re really in it now, gaang.

The Repair Shop - S1, e 1-3

A Very Brady Renovation - e 5-6 (Behind The Build)

Farscape - S1, e 15-16

Schitt’s Creek - S3, e13

This Is How Underwater Structures Are Built

Songs that Changed Music: New Order - Blue Monday

Forging Gandalf's Sword [Glamdring]

THINGS I READ

💜 👂 Red Heir (Adventures in Aguillon #1) (Lisa Henry, author; Sarah Honey, author; Nick J. Russo, narrator) - the very beginning was a little rocky but i quickly started to absolutely love it! a bawdy, silly, funny fantasy romance romp.

💜 Murder at Enderley Hall (Miss Underhay Mysteries #2) (Helena Dixon)

💜 Murder at the Playhouse (Miss Underhay Mysteries #3) (Helena Dixon) - really enjoying these historical cozy mysteries a great deal

👂 A Perilous Undertaking (Veronica Speedwell #2) (Deanna Raybourn, author; Angèle Masters, narrator) - the things i enjoy are still outweighing the things that annoy me in this series. i did absolutely fucking ADORE Lady Wellingtonia.

💜 Blue Line (Tripping #5) (Ariel Bishop) - yummmm, another fun installment in lovely hockey romance series - i love that this didn’t have any super duper black moments or hugely drawn out angst, just the perfect amount of pining before they both decided to use their words and pull their heads out of their asses.

💜 💜 The Wedding Planner('s Assistant) (crinklefries) - shrinkyclinks, 40K - “Bucky Barnes is in a bit of a conundrum. For example, on the one hand, he’s the former extremely polished, brutally efficient, and impressively ruthless brainwashed weapon of mass murder for the secret Nazi arm of the United States government. On the other hand, he has an uncontrollable crush on the cute blond wedding planner who lives next door.” - what a wonderful, fluffy, delightful fic!!!!

💜 The Things You Have Caused Me Most to Want (are those that furthest elude me) (BrighteyedJill) - 43K, The Witcher - a non-traditional a/b/o fic with a LOT of pack feelings and tons of both emotional satisfaction and delicious filth, featuring these accurate tags: their abandonment issues are rubbing off on each other as much as their dicks are, I shook a witcher and intergenerational trauma fell out

plus 200K of shorter fic so shorter work shout out

💜💜💜💜💜💜💜💜💜💜💜💜💜💜💜💜💜

Assistant to the Consulting Detectives (idyll) - Sterek, 18K - a really great crossover where Stiles gets a job assisting Sherlock & Joan, I loved it a lot. (this was one where i got the ‘you have already left kudos here’ and had to do the gandalf ‘i have no memory of this place’ thing) [reread, apparently]

Where the Rippling Waters Go (littleblackfox) - Stucky, 33K - fantastic Practical Magic AU

when he gets older, he might be the one (cobaltmoony, CoraRochester) - Stucky, 32K - an (unexpectedly) silver fox Steve and younger Bucky (based more on some comics canon) [reread]

#sunday reading recap #bookgeekgrrl's reading habits #tripping series #fanfic ftw #miss underhay mysteries series #adventures in aguillon series #veronica speedwell series #avatar the last airbender #farscape #the repair shop #a very brady renovation #fan makers are a *gift*

1 note · View note