Lake District Mysteries Series Collection 7 Books Set

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Someone mentioned about Simmy's deceased baby Edith being mentioned constantly. I guess that these books cover a period of about 10 months, so it would be understandable to mention it at the most once in each book. The competitions are all announced now. See https://www.myfanwycook.com/writing-competitions-for-the-sabine-baring-gould-celebrations-in-2024-fiction-and-poetry/

Longlisted for Crimefest "Sounds of Crime longlist – unabridged" for Slaughter in the Cotswolds (read by Caroline Lennon) [16] There is no real plot. Simmy's fiance is supposedly suspected of murdering his friend, but this doesn't really ring true, as apart from one round of questioning immediately after the body is discovered, the police pretty much ignore him. Poor Chris has not only just discovered the dead body of one friend, he has recently lost both his parents and has another friend dying in hospital. Enough to make anyone feel bad, yet when he appears withdrawn and stressed, Simmy criticises him and even wonders if his attitude means he's guilty of the murder. Yet her only doubts over their engagement are due to her wondering if she'll still want to be married to him if he can't give her children! She currently writes two distinct crime series - set in the Cotswolds, and the Lake District. She also has historicasl fiction available as ebooks only. Author oftwo majormurder mystery series, featuringThea Osborne, house sitter in the Cotswolds andPersimmon Brown, Lake District florist. Also "ghost writer" of the novels based on the ITV series Rosemary and Thyme. Seven earlier titles (known as the Westcountry mysteries) feature Drew Slocombe, undertaker (who turns up again in the Cotswolds) and Den Cooper, police officer. These titles are to be reissued by Joffe Books as ebooks, summer 2022. Valentine's Day proves to be overwhelming for several reasons. Simmy's workload is suddenly all-consuming, with some disconcerting reactions to the flowers she delivers. An old friend turns up, bringing confusion with her, just as a murder victim is discovered in Coniston.We then have the story....oh great. The plot was extremely slow, none of the characters really seemed to want to actively do anything regarding the disappearance of their 'friend', there was only one character who did go and search for them (coincidentally my favourite of all the characters just purely because she did something) and contributed to the plot at all. There were talks of a game which didn't really seem to amount to anything. The police were pretty much useless (which I think is highly unlikely given the circumstances but ok).

Some found the book to be a little drawn out, making the ending come a lot later than they thought it should. Some found the book to have a shallow story and dull characters. Some felt that the book features characters with odd names to try to stand out, as nothing else that Tope writes about does stand out. It all just sort of fades away almost minutes after they are done reading it. They also found some of the events to not be very realistic either. Memory of Water (published in 2006, based on the feature-length opening episode of Series 2) Allison & Busby ISBN 978-0749081270Longlisted for Crimefest (International Crime Fiction Convention) "Sounds of Crime (unabridged)" for Blood in the Cotswolds (read by Caroline Lennon) [15] Lastly the language and writing was strangely simplistic, like it was aimed at children although it clearly isn’t. Occasionally it describes things like a science fiction novel describes technology that doesn’t really exist so it needs explaining; “Simmy took her mobile phone out of her bag and switched it on. There were two text messages…” The series is of the cozy mysteries genre, and is not to be mistaken for the series of novels that Martin Edwards has written with the same name. Thetop of the listto come up says 'currently unavailable' which refers to the cancelled Sharpe Books version.

Rebecca Tope was born on 2 October 1948, in Worcestershire, and has lived in many parts of England since then. She has nearly 40 crime novels in print, published by Allison & Busby. Her two main series are set in the Cotswolds and the Lake District, both featuring amateur female detectives.There was a bit of a discrepency relating to DI Nolan Moxon.... In a previous book, Simmy learns that Moxon is married to Sue and actually has two sons. This book, Simmy doesn't know whether Moxon has any children or not..... Most of the book consists either of Simmy & Chris having repetitive discussions about their future, Simmy driving around the Lake District on random errands or Simmy, Ben & Bonnie having equally repetitive discussions about the murder. Throughout, Simmy remains smugly self-absorbed and self-congratulatory, while being critical of everyone else.