Crisis in the Cotswolds

I love Rebecca Tope - because not a one of her primary protagonists is a "perfect" person. They get cranky, they make mistakes, they get judgmental, they are sometimes dishonest. I love that she allows them to be so vulnerable. Thea is no different - and we've seen her at her worst and best. I haven......more

I've read all of Rebecca Topes' novels and enjoyed them. This is latest in The Cotswolds series. I find them engaging reads as well as informative. I knew very little about natural burials until reading this series and now feel well informed. In some ways I preferred the earlier stories when the her......more

Picked this book out at random looking for a mystery book. I enjoyed it enough, I'm picky with books so I wouldn't have finished it if not. But I was particularly impressed. I liked that it wasn't overly dramatic for the most part, and although the main character isn't very endearing she also has a......more

This was the first book I had read by this author. It was an easy to read book with lots of detail about other things that were going on which I found a bit distracting. These included Thea’s attraction to Clovis, the question about what to do about Peaceful Repose, users of the Paxton Centre And Th......more

This was a quick pick from the library as the cover matched the criteria for a book club read. It was ok but I certainly didn't love it. There were times when the author suggested that there was humour in the interactions between characters but it didn't come across like that. It's one of a large se......more