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| A Body on the Doorstep |
This is the first book in a new series by one of my favorite cozy mystery authors, Marty Wingate. I have read all of her 3 other series and love them. The Potting Shed series features Pru Parke, an American gardner transplanted to England. Great stories! Her Birds of a Feather series features Julia Lanchester, a bird lover, who runs the local tourist office in her quaint Suffolk, England town. Her third series, The First Edition Library series, features Hayley Burke as the curator of The First Edition Society’s library in Bath, England. There were only 3 books in this series, but I enjoyed each one. I am seeing that the earlier two series have recently been re-released and I would heartily recommend them for sure!
In A Body on the Doorstep Mabel Canning moves to London to pursue a life as an independent woman and takes a job working for the ‘Useful Women’s Agency’ doing various jobs for gentlewomen from washing dogs to accompanying young, unruly charges to the railway station. At one particular job she opens the front door to discover a dead body. Mabel’s curiosity leads her to investigate, along with some newfound friends including a former detective and his dog. :)
This turned out to be a really enjoyable book. I am looking forward to more in this new series. While I figured out who the killer was pretty early in the book, that did not detract from my enjoyment one bit. Marty Wingate creates such engaging characters and I am looking forward to reading more books in this series and ‘getting to know’ those characters even more.
I rated this book a 4+
A Body on the Doorstep - London Ladies' Murder Club #1 by Marty Wingate
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