Peril in the Cotswolds

Number 15 in the Cotswolds cosy crime series which began as Thea Osborne's misadventures as a house sitter and has continued since she married Drew Slocombe, the amateur investigator and professional undertaker hero of another series, whereby his series merged with hers, logically as the Slocombes a......more

Thea struggled a bit in this one. Digging into the past of murder suspects and asking awkward questions was so much easier when she was just there to house sit. But now she lives in the village where it happened. She would like to make friends and help grow her husband’s business. And he really isn’......more

On the plus side, we have an engaging protagonist/narrator in Thea Slocombe, inquisitive and bright, starting a new life with undertaker husband Drew and his two kids in a rural Cotswold village. There are pleasant scenes of local country life. But the mysterious death at the heart of this tale isn'......more

Interesting descriptions of the Cotswolds we visited on a hiking trip: the villages, villagers, countryside. Not so interesting and somewhat annoying were the repetitive and annoying neurotic repetition of the main character's thoughts. Won't seek out any of the author's other Cotswolds novels.......more