Tag Archives: British Cozy

Book Review and Blog Tour: Murder by Invitation by Verity Bright

Posted on September 28, 2023 by theplainspokenpen@gmail.com

Book Description: Lady Swift has been cordially invited to a huge royal celebration in Little Buckford to toast the King’s birthday… but wait, is that a body in the village hall? Lady Eleanor Swift and her loyal butler Clifford are busy lending a … Continue reading →

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Book Review and Blog Tour: A Death at Bay View Hotel (Jemima Jago #5) by Emma Jameson

Posted on August 25, 2023 by theplainspokenpen@gmail.com

Huzzah! I’m on the Bookouture blog tour for Emma Jameson’s fifth Jemima Jago mystery, A Death at Bay View Hotel. Book Description: Join Jemima Jago—librarian, cake lover and fearless super-sleuth—on her next puzzling case, when an entry at a baking … Continue reading →

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Book Review and Blog Tour: Mystery at Farfield Castle by Clare Chase

Posted on May 8, 2023 by theplainspokenpen@gmail.com

Welcome to my stop on the blog tour for Mystery at Farfield Castle, the tenth in Clare Chase’s Eve Mallow series! Synopsis: Beautiful Farfield Castle is opening its grounds for a party, and everyone in Saxford’s invited. But as the … Continue reading →

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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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