A brand-new cosy crime series set in gorgeous Tuscany…It’s murder in paradise!
An ex-con…
Private investigator Dan Armstrong is no stranger to working with criminals, but when he’s approached for help by Bianca Moretti, he’s on high alert. Bianca is intelligent and beautiful, and Dan likes her, but he also once sent her to prison…
A suspicious death…
Bianca explains that a guest has been found dead at her father’s luxurious and private retreat on the beautiful Italian Riviera. The police are sure the death is accidental, but Bianca is convinced the
man’s been murdered. Dan’s sure he can get to the bottom of things…as long as Bianca is telling him the whole truth.
A very revealing case!
But when Dan arrives at the resort, he’s in for a shock. He finds that the place is a naturist retreat, and everybody is walking around stark naked! Dan is determined to discover the truth, but this is going to mean revealing a whole lot more of himself than he expected.
Can Dan sniff out the truth about this case before Oscar’s cold wet nose causes havoc?
I write under the androgynous name T A Williams because 65% of books are read by women. In my first book one of the (female) characters suggests the imbalance is due to the fact that men spend too much time getting drunk and watching football. I couldn’t possibly comment. Ask my wife…
I’ve written all sorts: thrillers, historical novels, short stories and now I’m enjoying myself hugely writing romance and whodunnits. Romantic comedies are what we all need from time to time. Life isn’t always very fair. It isn’t always a lot of fun, but when it is, we need to embrace it.
Murder mystery is all very well, but it needs to put a smile on your face, so that’s why I like to inject some humour. I’m having a lot of fun writing the Armstrong and Oscar cozy mystery series set in sunny
Italy. They are all standalone books but if you really want to do it properly, start with the first one in the series, Murder in Tuscany. If my books can whisk you away to gorgeous locations, put a smile on
your face and maybe give your heartstrings a tug, then I know I’ve done my job.
I’ve lived all over Europe, but now I live in a little village in sleepy Devon, tucked away in south west England. I love the place. That’s why you’ll find leafy lanes and thatched cottages in many of my
books. Oh, yes, and a black Labrador.
I’ve been writing since I was 14 and that is well over half a century ago. However, underneath this bald, wrinkly exterior, there beats the heart of a youngster. My wife is convinced I will never grow up.
I hope she’s right.
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My thoughts: return to lovely, sunny Tuscany and Dan Armstrong (and obviously the wonderful Oscar) has a new case. One that will take him to Liguria, right at the top and along a bit of the boot that is Italy.
Amid the winding roads and mountain vistas, is a naturist camp where a suspicious death has tragically taken place. The police think it’s an accident, but the resort’s owner and his daughter think differently. Recruiting Dan to help out, they forget to tell him that everyone, guests and staff, will be naked. Oops.
Dan gets digging, and with a little help from friends back in the UK police and intelligence services, realises the dead man was more than he appeared to be. After a second death, almost identical to the first, it’s clear to Dan, and the local police, that there’s a killer in the resort. But who? There’s some suspicious types letting it all hang out by the pool.
Another funny, witty and rather ingenious case for the former DCI and his canine sidekick (who manages not to stick his snout anywhere unmentionable).
*I was kindly gifted a copy of this book in exchange for taking part in this blog tour, but all opinions remain my own.
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