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As Chimney Sweepers Come to Dust by Alan Bradley

By MarinaSofia

3 February, 2016

If you come to this book expecting something sombre about human frailty based on Shakespeare’s line, “Golden lads and girls all must, As chimney sweepers come to dust,” then you’re in the wrong place. This book is a charming recreation of the 1950s with a…

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Murder for Christmas by Francis Duncan

By DeathBecomesHer

18 December, 2015

The gorgeous old-school cover of this book gives a hint of what’s in store here; this is a golden age murder mystery that’ll certainly appeal to lovers of Agatha Christie – or anyone who enjoys a good, old-fashioned whodunnit. Not many people have heard of…

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Headline Murder by Peter Bartram

By DavidPrestidge

26 October, 2015

In this cosy mystery, Peter Bartram introduces us to a delightfully old fashioned journalist. Colin Crampton is the chief crime reporter for the Brighton Evening Chronicle. Old fashioned? Well yes, because it is 1962, and Crampton’s method of securing a scoop comes via a spiral…

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CIS: Martha Grimes - Reinventing the British cosy

By MarinaSofia

28 September, 2015

Is it too soon to call Martha Grimes a classic author? At 84 years old she is still going strong, releasing a book a year on average. She is best known for her long-running Richard Jury and Melrose Plant series set in England, but the American…

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A Pattern of Lies by Charles Todd

By Vicki Weisfeld

12 August, 2015

In book seven in the Bess Crawford mystery series, Bess works as a World War I field hospital nurse in France, 1918. Despite the well-imagined and effectively described violence of her surroundings, it this is a cosy mystery. The action begins when, on leave and…

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Mrs Hudson and the Spirits' Curse by Martin Davies

By DavidPrestidge

5 August, 2015

Sherlock Holmes is the gift that simply goes on giving. We have read of him as a young man, and a man in his dotage. We have seen his mysterious brother at Mycroft centre stage too, and his arch villain Moriarty has been rehabilitated and…

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The Case of the Dotty Dowager by Cathy Ace

By MarinaSofia

24 March, 2015

Cathy Ace has made a name for herself with her cosy mysteries set in foodie-heaven locations like the South of France, Canadian vineyards, Las Vegas and Mexico. The books in her The Corpse… series have all starred intrepid academic Cait Morgan and we’ve reviewed a few…

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Cognac Conspiracies

By MarinaSofia

25 February, 2015

Written by Jean-Pierre Alaux and Noël Balen, translated by Sally Pane — The Winemaker Detective series from Le French Book continues here and this time we’re in the Cognac region. As the heirs to one of the oldest family-run Cognac estates, the Lavoisier, face a hostile…

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As Chimney Sweepers Come to Dust by Alan Bradley

Murder for Christmas by Francis Duncan

Headline Murder by Peter Bartram

CIS: Martha Grimes - Reinventing the British cosy

A Pattern of Lies by Charles Todd

Mrs Hudson and the Spirits' Curse by Martin Davies

The Case of the Dotty Dowager by Cathy Ace

Cognac Conspiracies

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