Debbie Young

3rd in Sophie Sayers series. Easy, okay reads. Goodreads: When a mysterious stranger interrupts Sophie Sayers' Nativity play to accuse the whole village of murdering a baby, Sophie Sayers' imagination runs wild, as usual, not helped by the surprise arrival of her ex-boyfriend just as her new romance with charming local bookseller Hector Munro was starting to hot up. What secrets is the stranger hiding, and whose baby is it anyway? Can Sophie hang on to Hector without driving Damian into the unsuitable arms of Carol, the aging eccentric proprietor of the village shop? With the help of her new-found friends in Wendlebury Barrow, she's going to give it her best shot...… (plus d'informations)

A fun 1st in series of cozy mysteries about Sophie Sayers. Goodreads:When Sophie Sayers inherits a cottage in a sleepy English Cotswold village, she?s hoping for a quieter life than the one she's running away from. What she gets instead is a dead body on a carnival float, and an extraordinary assortment of suspects.Is the enigmatic bookseller Hector Munro all he seems? And what about the over-friendly neighbour who brings her jars of honey? Not to mention the eccentric village shopkeeper, show committee, writers' group and drama club, all suspiciously keen to welcome her to their midst.For fans of cosy (cozy) mysteries everywhere, Best Murder in Show will make you laugh out loud at the idiosyncrasies of English country life, and rack your brains to discover the murderer before Sophie can.… (plus d'informations)

bookseller, Cotswolds, small-town, small-business, Y/A-only-means-no-gratuitous-erotica, situational and verbal-humor, writers, wry-humor, partners, local-gossip, situational-humor, local-law-enforcement, unpleasant-neighbors*****

Wonderful escape read! Fun characters, wonderful details, picturesque descriptions all make for a great cosy. The transport company is eliminating the bus route through the village and that is making everything and everyone upset. Then an unpleasant neighbor is found dead and superglued to her seat and it all gets even crazier. Loved it!
I requested and received an EARC from Boldwood Books via NetGalley. Thank you!… (plus d'informations)