Peril in the Cotswolds, Rebecca Tope
Peril in the Cotswolds, Rebecca Tope
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Peril in the Cotswolds

Author: Rebecca Tope

Narrator: Caroline Lennon

Unabridged: 8 hr 50 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Publisher: Soundings

Published: 03/01/2018


Synopsis

Thea Slocombe, nee Osborne, is trying to settle into normal, domestic life with Drew and his two children in Broad Campden. But in the course of an attempt to make friends locally, she finds the body of a close neighbour and suddenly feels much less settled and secure. No longer a house-sitter, she has no choice but to stay in the village and deal with whatever happens next. And doing this risks damage to her marriage.

Reviews

Goodreads review by Pam

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

Goodreads review by Jane

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

Goodreads review by Casey

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