Showing posts with label Victoria Walters. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Victoria Walters. Show all posts

Friday, March 11, 2022

Murder at the Summer Fete by Victoria Walters

Nancy, her grandmother Jane, and her friend Jonathon have a new mystery to solve. Nancy is hosting author Thomas Green but someone has been defacing his promotional posters. Who has a grudge against Green? Well, it turns out that several people might. And it will be up to the mystery-solving triad to work together and figure it out.
I don't love that Nancy's ex is still hanging around. Love triangles are one of my least favorite tropes in a cozy mystery. This book was also a little predictable but that can happen in this genre. 

Three stars
This book comes out March 17, 2022
ARC kindly provided by Hera Books and NetGalley
Opinions are my own

Saturday, December 4, 2021

Murder at the House on the Hill by Victoria Walters

I didn't read this book in time before it archived in NetGalley but I was interested enough to buy it when it became available on Kindle. Overall, it was an okay read but I really couldn't get over the fact that Nancy (named after Drew) decided to investigate a death because of a bet. Yep. A woman dies and Nancy and her grandmother decide that they will try and beat the police to the answer because Nancy's best friend (who is probably desperately in love with her but leading other women on) thinks they can't. Ew. 
The Roths are a wealthy family that live in Dedly End. Around thirty years ago, they had a party that ended when the housekeeper was accused of stealing money. That was the last time the mansion was open to the public. Now, they are having a party again and Nancy and her grandmother, as  business owners (a mystery bookstore that is arranged according to Nancy's deceased father's whims). The party is to celebrate the granddaughter of the house's engagement. There are two other children, both sons, and the elder son is married to a woman that the rest of the family doesn't seem to approve of. And she is the one who ends up dead.

Three stars
This book came out September 23rd 2021
Ebook from Kindle
Opinions are my own