The Curious Dispatch of Daniel Costello

Adam and sidekick Colin, convinced that their friend’s death was not an accident, set out amateur sleuthing to find the murderer of their friend at a marriage weekend get-together. It's simple, short, and not wholly engaging with 'detectives' that don't particularly convince. 'The Curious Dispatch’......more

I'm a huge fan of Chris McDonald's DI Erika Piper series so when I heard that he was writing a cosy crime series I couldn't wait to read it. The Curious Dispatch of Daniel Costello (what a great book title) is the first novella in the Stonebridge Mysteries series and it's a cracker! It's a quick rea......more

Quite a nice little mystery which begins life as a cross between Agatha Christie and Enid Blyton and develops nicely as it progresses.......more

The first in what I hope will be a new cosy crime series by Chris McDonald. Having read his DI Erika Piper novels I was looking forward to see what he could pull out of the bag this time. Have to say I wasn’t disappointed, this is a lighthearted quick read, lots of cosy crime novels can be set going......more

What can I say? Yet another smash hit from the pen of Chris McDonald. It’s a quick read, and the start of , thankfully, a whole new series. A short read, a novella, so if you’re time short it’s absolutely perfect. I love the amateur sleuthing of two friends who remain convinced that their friends deat......more