The Last Word Is Death

Oh dear, we all have off days! The author has written some superb books in various series. Including the first book in this series which was a great start to a new series, but this one has not matched the standard. As an other review pointed out not a lot happened for first 40% of the book, it did p......more

The second outing for Arbie Swift, gentleman of leisure and author of the wildly successful travel book The Gentleman's Guide to Ghost-Hunting and his childhood friend/nemesis, vicar's daughter Val Coulton-James. Arbie is visiting the Dashwood House Hotel, a newly refurbished hotel in the seaside tow......more

The body is found in the writing room, the victim part of a set visiting the seaside town for an engagement party, which happens to include Arbie’s old friend, Val. Familiar with Val and Arbie’s previous experience in solving puzzling crimes, the bride asks the pair to investigate. They quickly disc......more

Very much a cozy crime, nothing really happens until 40% of the book, there are a multitude of characters who I find difficult to understand so I can’t say it’s my favourite Faith Martin book. I loved all the Hilary Green books and live in hope that she’ll go back to that kind of writing......more

It's September 1925 somewhere on the English coast. Arbuthnot (Arbie) Swift is feeling pretty good. He's supposed to be working on the last chapter of his second book, a sequel to the surprise bestseller, The Gentleman's Guide to Ghost-Hunting, but Arbie isn't really keen on doing any work. In fact,......more