
- 400 pages
- English
- ePUB (mobile friendly)
- Available on iOS & Android
About this book
SMALL TOWN LIFE CAN BE MURDEROUS... 'This is the most cheerful book about murder I've ever read. If the writings of Agatha Christie and Peter Kay ever had a baby, I like to think it would read something like this' The Bookbag Fast-paced and funny, this is a must-read forall fans of a classicmurder mystery - think The Vicar of Dibley meets Midsomer Murders meets MC Beaton's Agatha Raisin meetsRichard Osman's The Thursday Murder Club! Welcome to Castle Kidbury - a pretty town in a green West Country valley. It'shome to all sorts of people, with all the stresses and joys of modern life, but with atown squareand a proper butcher's. It also has, for our purposes, a rash of gory murders... A dead body is found in the tacky 1970s splendour of the local Jolly Cook diner. Nailed to the plastic seating, on the formica table in front of it is a complimentary lollipop, the sort given to kids as they leave the cafe. Bodies begin to pile up. The police believe a serial killer is at work. While local sleuth Jess Castle chases this new villain, she also wrestles with her attraction to Mitch, a newcomer to Castle Kidbury. His can-do Aussie attitude, coupled with the pathos of a lone man bringing up a gaggle of barefoot kids, affects her deeply. Lawyer Rupert, who has always had a soft spot for Jess, doesn't like it one bit. Fast-paced and funny, this is a must-read forall fans of a classicmurder mystery - think The Vicar of Dibley meets Midsomer Murders meets MC Beaton's Agatha Raisin meetsRichard Osman's The Thursday Murder Club!
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Table of contents
- Cover
- Royal Disaster: Florist Speaks Out
- Prologue
- Chapter 1: Forever Is A Lie
- Chapter 2: West Of Basingstoke
- Chapter 3: Hungry Hill
- Chapter 4: Reassuringly Horrible
- Chapter 5: Keepin’ It Classy
- Chapter 6: Never Name Your Pig
- Chapter 7: A Whole Lotta Milkshakes
- Chapter 8: No Llamas Allowed
- Kidbury Kannibal Strikes Again
- Chapter 9: Soft Play
- Chapter 10: He Had A Gun
- The Bloodlust Continues!
- Chapter 11: Cops At The Bottom Of The Garden
- Chapter 12: Sunday Lunch
- Chapter 13: David
- Chapter 14: Tarnkappe
- Chapter 15: The High Priestess
- Chapter 16: Cross My Palm With Silver
- Chapter 17: I Felt You Two Should Meet
- Chapter 18: Dinnertime At Hungry Hill
- Chapter 19: A Visitor
- Chapter 20: A Stopped Clock
- In Fourth Gruesome Attack
- Chapter 21: None Of My Business
- Chapter 22: The Least Jolly Of All The Cooks
- Chapter 23: Little Nicky
- Chapter 24: The Red Giant
- Chapter 25: All Are Welcome
- Chapter 26: Lean On Me
- Castle Kidbury’s Superpig!
- About the Author
- Copyright