Donna and her family are wild, free and above the law. Joe is a Police Detective. Donna loves Joe, Joe loves Donna. Complicated. Read this Cornish, light, fun, not too deep murder mystery. An ideal beach read.

A great series which keeps getting better with each new book.
Donna “ deadly” Nightshade is back in the beautiful Cornish surroundings and her eccentric family are back too .
Donna runs the edge of the world detective series which to be truthful isn’t as successful as Donna hoped , and she’s still running her veg box business on the side too.
Donna along with Uncle Jago attends a book launch at Tate St Ives art gallery , but where ever Donna is murder isn’t far behind and she stumble across a murder in a an art installation.
Donna starts her sleuthing and Joe Enys also returns but will he stay?
A cleverly written story with some dry wit that I really enjoyed .
The characters are eccentric and amiable.
A unique series that is thoroughly enjoyable , highly recommended!
Looking forward to Donna’s next case .
Thanks to NetGalley and HarperCollins UK, One More Chapter .

Great book set in a wonderful location, the characters really came to life in the pages along with the fantastic descriptions of the Wild West of Cornwall. Quite a few twists and turns along the way to keep you hooked

If cosy murder mysteries, set in attractive locations with a generous cast of characters is your thing then Death Comes to St Ives could be just up your street. It’s worth noting that this book is part of a series, and although it’s a standalone novel there is often much to be said for reading similar offerings in sequence.
A perfectly entertaining murder mystery that will provide much evening entertainment.

This is story with a multitude of characters which can make it a little hard to keep them all straight, so might be best if read in order as this is the third book in the series. It's a fun quirky cosy mystery that moves along at a good pace. It is quite twisty with multiple things to be investigated as well as the murder's and an unexpected outcome. I received an advance review copy for free, and I am leaving this review voluntarily

She’s back! Donna ‘Deadly’ Nightshade and her Edge of the World Detective Agency. The title of book three in the series, Death Comes to St. Ives, is almost redundant, because death has been a constant companion of Donna from the minute she opened that detective agency. As has Donna herself usually being the prime suspect.

The detective agency isn’t exactly a rousing success. Donna kinds of bungles along, dead bodies just seem to throw themselves in front of her, her ex, Detective Sergeant Joe Enys, does his best to avoid having arrest her, especially since he’s the one who sent her to prison years ago in the first place, and her crazy family runs rampant.

Once again, we are immediately drawn into an outrageously funny and entertaining mystery. Joe has been assigned elsewhere and is getting promoted, so he and Donna haven’t seen much of each other for a while. Doesn’t matter. They are always barging into each other’s thoughts and now that Joe has been tasked with “keeping an eye on Donna” here we go. By now we’ve almost got whiplash from the push and pull of this relationship. Will they or won’t they? Should they or shouldn’t they? YES, THEY SHOULD! But will they ever figure out how to admit it, to say it out loud, will they ever be in the same place just on that verge without another dead body popping up? Who knows? But hope does spring eternal, even if the suspense is killing us. And don’t ever say Demelza again. Lamorna seems young and goofy, but don’t be fooled, there’s a lot going on there. And don’t be fooled by Uncle Jago and the aunties either, because there is usually something under the surface that isn’t always, often isn’t, on the up and up. That’s just life with the Nightshades.

Fantastic author Jo Silva’s words create delicious mental images of the town, the sea, the certainly-not-boring people. You feel as if you are right there, you can picture the plants, the house, the food. She infuses the story with so much humour: subtle, bold, laugh-out-loud, ridiculous, quiet. It keeps the story rolling along at its perfect breakneck speed. And oh, the pictures that humour will put in your mind. And the mystery? Twists, turns, false leads, danger, recklessness, it’s all there and you’ll guess and guess and guess and probably gasp at the satisfying conclusion.

Thanks to Harper Collins Publishers One More Chapter for providing an advance copy of Death Comes to St. Ives via NetGalley. I was thrilled to be given the chance to read it, and I cannot wait for the next book in what continues to be an amazing series. As I’ve said before, great writing, great author, great characters – just great. I voluntarily leave this review; all opinions are my own.

Death Comes To St Ives is a very entertaining, unique, cosy mystery story set in Cornwall. It is part of The Edge of the World Detective Agency series and features vivid characters, the Nightshades, and many suspicious deaths. Belladonna Nightshade, or Donna, runs the detective agency and has a good track record with the help of her family and her friend, DS Joe Enys. I like the characters; they are vibrant and quirky and quintessentially Cornish. The mysteries are complex and twisty, and the investigation is immersive and thorough. The mystery is readable as a standalone, but reading the previous two books will provide the essential characterisation and relationship dynamics that make this engaging.

I received a copy of this book from the publisher.

Death Comes to St Ives by Jo Silva takes us to Cornwall and the Nightshade family, although they are a little toned down with Auntie Donna in jail in Bora Bora. Uncle Jago is about to fly there to get her released but had to attend this party tonight to celebrate the release of his friend, Henry’s, new book. The party was at a local gallery and since he had an invitation for his sister, Donna and she was unavailable, he convinced his niece, Donna, to attend with him. It was boring. It wasn’t long before Donna was wandering around looking for something of interest. She sort of found it when on the second floor when, after tripping over a tool box, she discovered the Roadrunner and Coyote installation which included an interesting Rube Goldberg contraption intended to annihilate Coyote. But, even that lost its luster fairly quickly. Then there was the after party with Henry meeting with each person individually. He didn’t seem to be having a good time. Shortly after, everyone realized they hadn’t seen Henry recently so they split into teams to search for him. Donna and Henry’s assistant, Lucy, found him, dead, crushed under a boulder that was part of the contraption. Her uncle still had to leave for Bora Bora but before he did he hired her and the Edge of The World Detective Agency, to find the murderer of his friend.

Joe Enys had been ordered down from London for an investigation that was out of DCI Palmer’s reach. Turns out nearly everything was out of his reach. Joe had been in love with Donna for most of his life but had yet to approach her. It was a continuing frustration for him. Would this be his chance? Joe was a good guy, but a policeman. Donna was a borderline criminal and private investigator. Her family was bizarre and often he was unable to understand what was going on with them. As it turns out, the investigation of cattle missing was part of the larger investigation of Henry’s murder and two others. Joe pretty much solved it with the help of Donna’s sister, Lamorna. It was a surprising conclusion but one that made sense and they had the evidence. Joe got on the train with a promotion but without opening his heart to Donna. Donna went to the pub to perform with her family without opening her heart to Joe. What would happen next? Thanks Jo Silver for creating this astounding family.

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As complicated as a Rube Goldberg machine.

This is the third in a series by Jo Silva about Donna (Deadly) Nightshade a Cornish lady of Pirate stock who fancies herself as a private detective. Unfortunately I had not read the previous books so was unfamiliar with her back storey and, more importantly, her extensive family. The most important members of the family are Donna’s sister, Lamorna, her aunts, Kerensa and Donna, and her uncle, Jago.

The story starts with the death of frank Fischer, a local resident, painter, and thought also to have been a retired spy. His death is severally attributed to murder, accident, or the result of a curse Donna has thrown at him.

The tale moves on to a book launch at Tate Gallery, St Ives, where Henry Dubois successful author of young adult fantasy novels has gathered many local residents. He meets an unexpected sticky end and Detective Sergeant Joe Enys is called in to investigate. Now we learn that the DS and Donna have a romantic and investigative history so through the rest of the book, whist we follow the unconventional investigation, there is also the simmering potential of the love match being rekindled.

This is a complicated story with a multitude of characters, it progresses at a good pace with all sorts of twists. It ends with Donna and DS Enys gathering the suspects for the big reveal, which itself is highly complicated and, to me, an unexpected outcome. Whilst I did enjoy the story and the unconventional characters, I suspect I would have benefitted from first reading the earlier books.

I read this book from a pre-publication copy kindly supplied by the publisher, but this is an honest review with no concession to their generosity.

British mystery stories are my favorite, although I usually read historical.

But this was a fun cozy mystery where the main character Donna Nightshade (yes really) finds herself accused of not one but three deaths. What is a girl to do?

With an interesting cast of characters and a great setting, you will be glued until the end!

The first is cursed by a witch, then dies of Novichok; the second is caught between a rock and a hard place; the third’s death is socratic! Three murders in three days is quite a lot, even when they happen in the small part of Cornwall where resides Donna Nightshade, doyen of the “End of the World Detective Agency”. Since Donna found the second and was last to see the third, it is not surprising that she is top of the suspect list, not to mention her previous encounters with the police. With most of the rest of the Nightshade family on the other side of the planet, she and her sister Lamorna will have to solve these cases on their own, until the sudden return of DS Joe Enys, formerly of this parish and nearly boyfriend of Donna’s (it goes without saying that each is in love with the other but somehow doesn’t realise it). As for the three corpses, the first was a Russian double agent, the second the author of a fantastically successful series of science-fantasy childrens’ books, the third a, slightly eccentric, local entrepreneur. It’s a small place so they are all connected, to each other, to Donna, and to almost everyone else. Of the three, the weirdest is the second, since was killed by a Rube Goldberg machine (the type Wile E Coyote favours for the capture of Road Runner). Fitting all of these together into a sensible pattern is just as convoluted as that machine, but to say more would enter into spoiler territory.
This is an amusingly written, cosy crime story, the third in a series (but OK as a standalone). It is a delight to read, but also an intellectual challenge. The characters are all strong, well-constructed and believable – at least believable if you allow that the action is set in Cornwall and that there is a sense of idiosyncrasy about the location. In addition to the main players mentioned above, there are number of supporting characters (some only anecdotally present) who are just as solid. I have reviewed a number of cosy-crime-in-a-singular-setting books and think I have enjoyed this one the most.
I would like to thank NetGalley, the publishers and the author for providing me with a draft proof copy for the purpose of this review.

This is the third book in the series about Donna Nightshade set in a lovely coastal town. This book is more mystical than the others with mermaids and witches being more focused. Donna is at a book launch when the author ends up dead, the mystery needs to be so,bed and Donna is there to help with Joe returning to help.

A great mystery that keeps you guessing.

Thanks to Netgalley and the publishers for a copy.

Endearing Cast..
The third outing in the Edge of the World Detective Agency Series of mysteries finds Donna ‘Deadly’ Nightshade with another case to crack. Not only that, as when three suspicious deaths occur and Donna is in the vicinity of them all, she falls under suspicion yet again. Another enjoyable and entertaining instalment in this series, which can happily be read as a standalone, with an endearing cast, a swiftly moving plot and a well imagined backdrop.

A neighbourhood watch member dies while chasing a group of witches down a hill, supposedly from a heart attack.
During a party for a book launch, the author is found dead under an art installation and Donna Nightshade, who along with her Uncle Jago, was at the party, thinks something is amiss.
There are strange things going on in Zennor and Joe is summoned back from London by his old boss to look into them on the quiet. But when the investigating DS has a heart attack, Joe is thrust back into the investigation and has to deal with Donna, the love of his life, who he last saw being proposed to by another man.
An entertaining romp around the UK's most southerly point.

Even though this is book three, it’s still a stand alone story. I haven’t actually read the other two, and although it’s probably a good idea to have read them first, I was able to enjoy the book without doing so. It’s written from the perspective of Donna, the main character and Joe her love interest. If you are a fan of cozy murders you are sure to enjoy this. The storyline is strong and the characters are well rounded. Thank you #netgalley

This is the first book I’ve read in this series, so found all the characters confusing at the start. Once I got into it, I enjoyed the story, especially the death in the Tate, which was clever and amusing.

With three suspicious deaths Donna is again investigating these with (or maybe without) the help of her friend DS Joe Enys. With the addition of witches (any story with the line "When shall we three meet again?" is met with "Tinner's Arms, Sunday night?" has already caught me), mermaids and the Wile e Coyote this isn't a straightforward mystery, even a cozy one. With more twists and turns than a twisty turny thing (©Baldrick) every time I thought that I had it figured out there turned up something new to change everything. Add the romantic element with Joe and you end up with a book that I really couldn't put down.
I received an advance copy of this book from the publisher through Netgalley, however this did not influence my review of the book.

Another entertaining story based in Cornwall by Jo Silva. The usual cast of crazy people who cleverly solve a complex murder. I thoroughly enjoy this stories and this ones' conclusion capped them all.

Set in a remote corner of Cornwall, Death Comes to St Ives presents a broad cast of oddball characters involved in a triple murder which ties in a cryptocurrency scheme, the art and publishing industries, and elements of the occult. Amateur sleuth Donna - whose kooky relatives seem to be involved in every nefarious dealing in the area - and her sometimes boyfriend, police investigator Joe, are tasked with solving the crime.

This is the third novel in a series, but I read it as a standalone - maybe not the best choice. The characters were often hard to keep track of, and combined with the unusually complex mystery it felt like there was simply too much happening for me to keep track of. Plus, I wasn't invested in Donna and Joe's romance since I hadn't read about the earlier developments in their relationship. I did still enjoy the story, but without the necessary context it read as more of a silly, madcap romp than a truly engrossing mystery.

Amateur sleuth Donna Nightshade should really be used to being accused of murder by now – after all, she’s found herself the prime suspect in nearly every case she’s investigated in the past year! However when St. Ives sees not one, not two, but three suspicious deaths in quick succession, and Donna finds herself in the wrong place at the wrong time for each one, she’s forced to defend her good name once again.
The third outing for Donna & another well written cosy mystery, it could be read on its own but the relationships between the strong cast of eclectic characters have developed so to fully appreciate it I’d recommend reading in order. I love the mix of characters & thoroughly enjoyed this murder mystery with witches, the dark web & crypto currency, I had to suspend belief a couple of times but that’s all part of the magic of the series. It was fun, entertaining & I thoroughly enjoyed it
My review is for a special copy I voluntarily read