The Cornish Christmas Pantomime Murder by Fiona Leitch is book 9 in the Nosey Parker series. It is published on 31 October. Thank you to One More Chapter and Netgalley for the early copy of this cozy mystery. The whole Parker family is involved in the Aladdin pantomime, although Jodie is catering the Opening Night feast for the performers. The food talk through the book is enough to make you hungry. All going along smoothly and hilariously until the young woman playing Princess Jasmine finds a body. Half the town are appearing in the pantomime, so when a body is found, there are lots of suspects. Love the humour in this. In fact, this whole series is a pleasure to read. The interaction of the characters gives rise to plenty of laughs. It’s wonderful to get immersed in the characters’ lives again. They are so family-oriented that you are drawn into their lives very easily. I love how Jodie can’t help herself and must stick her nose into the investigation, hence her nickname. She is an ex-Met detective married to Nathan, the local DCI, and is very good at getting people to talk. I enjoyed the introduction with the history of pantomimes too. A great read and a great addition to the series.

It's Christmas in Penstowan, and that means the pantomime.

This year, it's Aladdin. Half the town have had their arms twisted to help out. Jodie Parker has avoided appearing on stage. but only by agreeing to cater the party for opening night.

Inevitably, there's a corpse - and Widow Twankey trips over it...

Yet another awkward investigation for Jodie and Nathan.

Another brilliant addventure in this always excellent series