Frances Lloyd

family, family-dynamics, wealthy, series, situational-humor, verbal-humor, witty, law-enforcement, England, revenge, unputdownable, caterer, cooks, restauranteur, small-business, small-town, women-sleuths, wife-and-husband-sleuths, procedural, multiple-murder, underworld-gangs, cozy-crime, ex-husband, office-politics, false-information, falsely-accused*****

Hilarious! One police team and one wives team do meticulous due diligence while a second police team is led by a veritable farce of a bumbling copper as comic relief. DI Dawes has to recuse himself when his wife is in the frame for the murder of her ex-husband so she and the "Fearless Five" go about investigating on their own. The whole thing is a laugh riot while also being an excellent crime thriller!
Now I have to go back and binge-read!
I requested and received an EARC from Joffe Books via NetGalley. Thank you!
#DIJack DawesMysteries11… (meer)

One woman linked to two murders in her desire to rule a crime family.

Tom Broadbent disastrous burglary causes him to see his ex-wife's help after witnessing a murder. Cornie runs a successful catering business and becomes a suspect when her dead ex-husband's body is found in her van. Cornie's friends band together to prove her innocence. The discover a crime involving illegal merchandise. Detectives link Venetia's murder with two others after solving the crime.

Frances Lloyd's eleventh installment of Detective Jack Dawes Mystery series was very entertaining. Detective Crump serves as a comic relief since he is determined to pin the murder of her ex-husband on Cornie with no real evidence.

I recommend this book.… (meer)

law-enforcement, murder-investigation, politics, false-information, family, family-dynamics, small-business, small-town, England, revenge, winery, wife-and-husband-sleuths, catering, witty, situational-humor, verbal-humor*****

All the characters are fascinating, but the ones on the Murder Investigation Team and their spouses (and the SOCOs and ME team) are the fun ones! It looks like several of the killings have been well planned, but the who and why take a while to be revealed among all the red herrings and plot twists. Don't forget about police politics! The murders are well planned but this is not one of those grim procedurals. The team is excellent at doing their due diligence and the wives help along behind the scenes. I loved it!
I requested and received a free ebook copy from Joffe Books via NetGalley. Thank you!… (meer)