With no cases for a year Pearl Nolan's detective agency is not exactly flourishing but her restaurant goes from strength to strength and she is invited to help out catering for an important local twinning event. During this festival a celebrated local author is found dead and then a visitor from the German twin town is murdered shortly afterwards.
Completely out of kilter with the trend for dark and gritty detective novels Wassmer's Whitstable Pearl books are a breath of fresh air. They hark back to the light novels of the 1930s but with a modern, playful twist. Books like this aren't everyone's taste but for a little light reading they are terrific and this is no exception.

Julie Wassmer is one of my top authors, her books are amazing with so much local in put it is like your walking round the village. This one was a bit harder to guess who did the murder but that was ok as it kept you engrossed in all the brilliant writing. Like the descriptions of the clothes so now you could visualise the people as well as the places. Brilliant book and author.

The sixth in the Whitstable Pearl mysteries. An arts festival, a cultural visit, tempers and tantrums, eccentric characters, politicians, police and MURDER MOST FOUL combine to test Pearl's multi- tasking skills to their absolute maximum. A thoroughly enjoyable read - entertaining, engrossing with super characterisation and an engaging plot not to mention a likeable protagonist. Highly recommended.

I was expecting a cozy mystery and even if there're some elements of a cozy I think this book is darker and more complex.
I liked it, it's engaging and entertaining.
I liked the characters, well written and likable, the plot, and the setting.
The mystery was good, full of twists and turns, and it kept me guessing till the end.
I look forward to reading other books in this series.
Recommended!
Many thanks to the publisher and Netgalley for this ARC, all opinions are mine.

I think that this is one of the best book in this series by far: dark, complex and not so foreseeable. or maybe it is just that I grow fond of the characters and I love to read about their story. I just would love a little bit more of Mike and Pearl, but ok, it is worth waiting hopefully....

Penso che questo sia uno dei libri migliori della serie fino ad ora: veramente complesso, drammatico e piuttosto imprevisto , o magari sono solo io che non vedevo l'ora di leggere una nuova storia. Mi piacerebbe soltanto che ci fosse un po' piú di Pearl e Mike, ma ok staremo a vedere se l'attesa verrá poi soddisfatta.

THANKS NETGALLEY FOR THE PREVEIW!