The twisting twenty-fifth instalment of Lesley Cookman’s much-loved Libby Sarjeant series.
Libby Sarjeant is deep into rehearsals for the annual pantomime when a body is found in a doorway two weeks before Christmas – and Libby and her friend Fran are called into action once again, when
their investigation leads them to a local brewery and the sale of many of its pubs.
With the help of a team of local publicans, can Libby and Fran unravel the case before it’s too late?
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Lesley started writing almost as soon as she could read, and filled many Woolworth’s exercise books with pony stories until she was old enough to go out with boys. Since she’s been grown up, following a varied career as a model, air stewardess and disc jockey, she’s written short fiction and features for a variety of magazines, achieved an MA in Creative Writing from the University of Wales, taught writing for both Kent Adult Education and the WEA and edited the first Sexy Shorts collection of short stories, in aid of the Breast Cancer Campaign. Lesley is a member of the Society of Authors and the Crime Writers’ Association.
Lesley has also written pantomimes performed all over Britain, and published a book on how to do it!
Learn more about Lesley by visiting her blog.
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My thoughts: this was a lot of fun, as this series always is, full of laughs, despite being a murder investigation (the bit where Libby and Fran comment on the absurdity of calling crime novels “cosy” made me laugh).
Despite it being panto season, and Libby playing the Fairy Godmother, she still finds time to help Ian and the local police out asking questions about the deceased and his family. The family owned a brewery and a number of pubs and other property, but have been divesting themselves of a lot of it recently. Something iffy seems to have been going on, did Dickie try to stop it and lose his life or was there something else?
Libby has a good knack in getting people to open up and talk, even when they’re a bit suspicious, they trust her reputation and her various links to the local community over the police.
I had a great time reading this book, and I can’t wait till next time.
*I was kindly gifted a copy of this book in exchange for taking part in the blog tour but all opinions remain my own.
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