What a delightful quick read! Or in this case, listen. Things my first experience with this series which are inter-connected stand alone books but they do have some threads that carry through. However, even though there are some things that are from the previous book, you can easily pick up what is going on.

They have a very cozy mystery quality to them but it’s like a little bit more than cozy? Very low stakes which just makes them such an easy read. I love the British setting which just makes this American want to jump on a plane!

The narrator Karen Cass does an excellent job! All the different voices she performs and at a good pace. Even though it was recorded swiftly it was easy to speed things up to 2x speed and it was still quite understandable. Bookouture Audio does such a good job with their audiobook productions and finds the right narrator for the right book.

While I enjoyed this on a beautiful spring day I could see getting all cozy on a rainy day and dicing right in. The only criticism I have is with some repetitiveness with the dog. It just seemed weird that he was mentioned so much. Also, I think the author loves to use the word balustrade as it’s used a ton with characters constantly in its presence 😝.

This book comes out on May 23, 2025 so if you’re a mystery lover get this on your TBR!

I am thankful to have gotten a complimentary audio ALC from Bookouture Audio through NetGalley to read which gave me the opportunity to voluntarily leave a review.

My rating system since GoodReads doesn’t have partial stars

⭐️ Hated it
⭐️⭐️ Had a lot of trouble, prose issues, really not my cup of tea (potentially DNF’d or thought about it)
⭐️⭐️⭐️ Meh, it was an ok read but nothing special
⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ Really enjoyed it! Would recommend to others
⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ Outstanding! Will circle back and read again