From the book description:
Murder on Thames is the first in an innovative Crime series written in English but published by Bastei Entertainment – an imprint of one of Germany’s leading publishers Bastei Lübbe. Published in English first, to be followed by German in March 2014, the crime series features 12 self-contained episodes written by co-authors Neil Richards (UK based) and Matthew Costello (US based).
In a revival of the Dickensian tradition, a new eBook episode will be published each month with the second episode Mystery at the Manorto be published in the UK on the 19th January 2014.
A New York detective has retired to a houseboat on the Thames in the small village of Cherringham. Jack Brennan is looking for a quiet life after his career as a homicide detective, and when Sara Edwards asks him to look into the death of an old friend, Brennan at first refuses. The quiet life might appeal to him, but the puzzle of the death does as well, and he changes his mind about helping Sara when he finds himself agreeing that maybe the death of Sammi Jackson was not an accident after all.
Jack and Sara investigate further, determined to discover the the truth.
Murder on Thames is an interesting little cozy. Cozy mysteries are not my favorite sub-genre, nor is the novella approach something I seek out, but this does everything it is supposed to within the parameters the authors have set, and I enjoyed it for what it is.
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Cozy Mystery. 2013. Print length: 119 pages.
This sounds interesting. For me, cozies have their time and place, but they tend not to be my favorites either.
ReplyDeleteI don't really like this tendency to shorter installment-type books, but I notice it appeals to some authors.
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