A Lake District Christmas Murder

I received a free copy of, A Lake District Christmas Murder, by Rebecca Tope, from the publisher and Netgalley in exchange for an honest review. This is book fourteen of The Lake District Mystery series. Simmy Henderson did not expect to be solving a murder this Christmas, but she is. The Lake Distr......more

Wow this was hard work. Flat characters with ridiculous and unnatural dialogue, the same half dozen facts repeated so many times among strange relationships between family and friends. Secondary characters might as well have all been the same person and the main protagonist, Simmy, is wholly unlikea......more

3.5* Murder mystery set in the Lake District - Hartsop, Patterdale, Glenridding Author Rebecca Tope is well known for her series of cozy crime mysteries set in the Lake District (also a series set in the Cotswolds). This is no.14 and the story is set just a couple of days before Christmas. Simmy (Persi......more

I read this book in the Lake District but on a hot summer's day, rather than the freezing Christmas weather depicted in the book. I enjoy this series focussing on Simmy, who owns a flower shop in Windermere and the two young people, who together are regularly involved in solving Lake District murder......more

Apparently this is book 14 in the series, but I don't think it affected my enjoyment in any way. Simmi is living in quite a small community/remote village with her husband and young son. As Christmas draws nearer she is both looking forward to and dreading it. Especially if the epic cold snap that's......more