Tag Archives: British Cozy

Book Review and Blog Tour: Murder in an Irish Castle (Lady Eleanor Swift #12) by Verity Bright

Posted on November 30, 2022 by theplainspokenpen@gmail.com

Book Description: Irish whiskey, rolling green hills, a traditional Christmas feast and… a murder? Lady Swift will need the luck of the Irish to survive this holiday season! Christmas, 1923. Lady Eleanor Swift has received a rather unexpected invitation to the village … Continue reading →

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Book Review and Blog Tour: Murder at St. Saviour’s by Merryn Allingham

Posted on November 26, 2022 by theplainspokenpen@gmail.com

Book Description: Bookshop owner and amateur detective Flora Steele teams up with handsome crime writer Jack Carrington to unravel a curious murder in the village of Abbeymead! Sussex, 1956: When Flora and her partner-in-crime-solving, Jack, arrive at the charming church of St Saviour’s the … Continue reading →

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Book Review and Blog Tour: Mystery at Southwood School (Eve Mallow #9) by Clare Chase

Posted on November 15, 2022 by theplainspokenpen@gmail.com

About the book: Eve Mallow’s going back to school! But when a former student is murdered, Eve must discover who taught her a deadly lesson… Eve Mallow is delighted when she’s asked to cater Founders’ Day at Southwood School. It’s the … Continue reading →

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Book Review: A Spoonful of Gunpowder by Katherine H. Brown

Posted on October 1, 2022 by theplainspokenpen@gmail.com

Synopsis: Think steampunk meets Mary Poppins reimagined in a most delightful way! Anna-Marie Pauper prides herself on being perfectly practical in every way. Until one day, she isn’t. An orphan with an interest in tinkering finds herself grown into a … Continue reading →

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Book Review and Blog Tour: A Death at Neptune Cove (Jemima Jago Mystery #4) by Emma Jameson

Posted on September 29, 2022 by theplainspokenpen@gmail.com

Book Description: A birthday beach party gone wrong, buried treasure and… a dead body? This might be Jemima Jago’s most baffling case yet! When Jem knocks on the door of an isolated cottage overlooking beautiful Neptune Cove, she’s hoping for help fixing … Continue reading →

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Book Beginnings on Friday and Book Blogger Hop: September 23, 2022

Posted on September 23, 2022 by theplainspokenpen@gmail.com

Book Beginnings on Fridays is hosted each week by Rose City Reader. It’s a chance to share the first sentence or so of the book you are reading this week. You can check out others’ book beginnings here. I’m also going to link … Continue reading →

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Book Review and Blog Tour: Death Among the Diamonds by Fliss Chester

Posted on September 21, 2022 by theplainspokenpen@gmail.com

I’m delighted to help kick off the blog tour for Death Among the Diamonds by Fliss Chester! This is the first in her Cressida Fawcett series, and it is a treat. Synopsis: Everyone in 1920s London knows the Honourable Cressida … Continue reading →

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Book Review and Blog Tour: Death Down the Aisle (Lady Eleanor Swift #11) by Verity Bright

Posted on September 3, 2022 by theplainspokenpen@gmail.com

Synopsis: The society wedding of the decade has everything: the blushing bride, beautiful flowers… and the groom arrested before he can walk down the aisle? Thank goodness Lady Swift is on the guest list! Lady Eleanor Swift isn’t normally one … Continue reading →

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Book Review and Blog Tour: The Murder Mystery (Beth Haldane #1) by Alice Castle

Posted on August 29, 2022 by theplainspokenpen@gmail.com

Welcome to my stop on the blog tour for The Murder Mystery by Alice Castle! This is the first in Castle’s series featuring Beth Haldane, and I am hooked! Author:      Alice Castle Book:        The Murder Mystery … Continue reading →

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Book Review and Blog Tour: The French for Murder (A Lady Eleanor Swift Mystery #10) by Verity Bright

Posted on June 2, 2022 by theplainspokenpen@gmail.com

Book Description: A grand villa, croissants for breakfast and a dead body in the wine cellar… Lady Swift can’t seem to take a vacation from murder! Summer 1923. Lady Eleanor Swift is finally persuaded by her butler, Clifford, to take a villa in the south of France … Continue reading →

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