Crafts and Life

Marty Wingate has the small British village vibe off to a tee and this one certainly doesn't disappoint.

We open with a wedding, NOT Julia and Michael but Vesta and Akash, after the reception at the local pub Julia and Michael wander home hoping to spend some quality time in the garden with some wine (and Julia hopes a proposal!), everything is derailed when they get there to discover Michael's very flightly sister Pammy camped on the doorstep, she has to stay overnight and she soon becomes the cuckoo in the nest as she seems to have no intention of leaving.

To add to this problem there is a dead body at the church (err not buried) discovered by Willow, a man who seems determined to entice Nuala (the excellent baker and current interest of the terminally shy Lord Linus Fotheringill) away, Gavin Lecky seems to have latched onto Pammy, oh and various people keep asking Julia if Michael has proposed (including the officer in charge of the murder investigation).

Now Julia ends up investigating (although to be fair she does try not to) and she also is determined to be friends with Pammy (how ever hard that is as the cottage is barely big enough for two adults and three is pushing it …. a lot), the twists and turns through this book make it a great read and the final twist took my breath away!