Hello! Welcome to JuliaPalooza for my stop on the Blog Tour for A Deadly Affair by E.V. Hunter, which was published by Boldwood Books on 18 August 2024.
About the book
A local gossip is about to get her just desserts!
Life at Hopgood Hall is never boring, but Alexi Ellis hopes that there will be no more murders for the time being – she’s solved four already and is getting a reputation in the local area for being bad luck.
So when local gossip Polly Pearson arrives at Hopgood hall, Alexi knows this can only mean bad news. Polly has made it clear that she dislikes Alexi, and has campaigned for her to leave Hopgood Hall forever – so what could Polly want?
Then Polly reveals that her partner, Gerry has been found murdered in her B&B and that she is the main suspect! Alexi, her partner Jack and Cosmo the cat are all left speechless. More so when Polly begs Alexi for help improving her innocence.
But Alexi isn’t sure she wants to help this spiteful gossip. Is she really innocent or as deadly as the police believe her to be?
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A Deadly Affair is another solid cozy murder mystery by E.V. Hunter and I really enjoyed it. It was good to meet up with sleuths Alexi and Jack again and, of course, Cosmo the cat. There are characters mentioned from the previous books but there is enough explanation of who they are if this is the first book in the series that you read. The story jumps straight into the action with Alexi trying to decide whether or not to help her nemesis out of a tricky situation.
The book has a very likeable easy to read style and I read it very quickly. It has a modern timeframe and tone. Lambourn sounds a lovely village to live in, apart from all the murders! The smart hotel is well described, as are the less salubrious destinations visited during this case. There’s a wide cast of suspects for Alexi and Jack to question and their investigations lead them from Polly’s past to the current local horse racing community. There’s also a nasty surprise for Jack when an unwelcome face from the past reappears.
I really like this cozy whodunit series, and highly recommend it to fans of the genre. The investigations are entertaining and I did not guess whodunit, so the ending was a surprise and everything was tied up neatly. I enjoyed my time with Alexi and Jack, and I look forward to E.V. Hunter‘s next Hopgood Hall book.
With huge thanks to the publisher for my copy of A Deadly Affair and to Rachel’s Random Resources for my spot on the blog tour.
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About the author
E.V. Hunter has written a great many successful regency romances as Wendy Soliman and revenge thrillers as Evie Hunter. She is now redirecting her talents to produce cosy murder mysteries. For the past twenty years she has lived the life of a nomad, roaming the world on interesting forms of transport, but has now settled back in the UK.
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About the Blog Tour
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