Blog Tour: A Murder of Crows – Bev Harris

Reader beware; this story tackles serious themes and does not flinch from them.

Fed up with female characters playing the victim? Like a bit of a laugh with your pitch black drama? Then ‘A Murder of Crows’ could be right up your alley.

At nineteen-years-old Jade Crow is fed up being the victim, so gives her abusive boyfriend a hand down some steep stairs. She gets away with it.

With the help of a rather flamboyant mentor… and Felice is a woman with her own incredible backstory, Jade embarks upon a very successful career in stage-managing ‘accidental deaths’.
Until she kills the wrong man.

Then Jade finds herself in a kitchen, somewhere in France, fighting for her life and the chance to escape to paradise with the man she loves.

As dark as it is funny, this thriller is not for the faint hearted.

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B C Harris lives in Dumfries & Galloway with her husband and their two dogs. Surrounded by hills and forests, she has plenty of space for walking, and plotting new and interesting ways to murder her characters. Conspiracy of Cats, published in 2021 was her first book. In 2023 she
followed that up with Making Sacrifices. A Murder of Crows is her latest release.

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My thoughts: I really enjoyed this, I liked Jade and I loved the outrageous Felice. This is very funny and very entertaining, although if you don’t find jokes about murder and mayhem funny, it might not be for you.

Jade Crow has survived a horrible childhood in care, and is stuck in a wretched relationship with an abusive thug. She works as a home carer, her only highlight is visiting her client Felice, an elderly woman who has lived quite a life.

Felice is worried about Jade and after she dies unexpectedly, comes back as a ghost, to begin with only Jade can see her. And together they embark on a new life for Jade, with some help from Felice’s old life.

Years later, Jade has been very successful in her new career with Felice as her very own secret weapon. But unfortunately her last job has got her onto the radar of the security services and that brings with it consequences that Jade might not be able to escape this time.

I won’t spoil things for you, but I wasn’t happy with the ending, I think I even boo’d. Out loud. Like a lunatic. I had enjoyed it that much and liked the characters enough that I wanted more adventures for them.

*I was kindly gifted a copy of this book in exchange for taking part in this blog tour, but all opinions remain my own.