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Cotswold Mysteries Collection: A Cotswold Killing, A Cotswold Ordeal, Death in the Cotswolds, A Cotswold Mystery
By Rebecca Tope
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The Cotswolds are filled with idyllic and quintessentially English villages: the perfect, peaceful location for recently widowed Thea Osbourne to housesit, if perhaps a little dull. Until a body turns up. At the centre of the tragedy, Thea discovers that the cosy facades hide than their share of secrets...Includes the first four instalments in the Cotswold Mysteries series: A Cotswold Killing, A Cotswold Ordeal, Death in the Cotswolds and A Cotswold Mystery.
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Rebecca Tope
Rebecca Tope is the author of three bestselling crime series, set in the Cotswolds, Lake District and West Country. She lives on a smallholding in rural Herefordshire, where she enjoys the silence and plants a lot of trees.
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- Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5One of the things I enjoy about this series is "visiting" all these lovely little villages in the Cotswolds in England. The villages actually exist; the author has just taken artistic license with the people, the houses and the businesses. Despite the necessary changes, the reader is able to learn about the area, and the setting adds a great deal of flavor to each book. (In Death in the Cotswolds, I learned more about sheep, about spinning and dyeing wool, and about the care and feeding of a pig, among other things.)Tope tries something a little different in this third book in the series. The story is told from the point of view of Ariadne, not Thea. This is tricky-- and it doesn't always work-- but Ariadne is so eccentric, so prickly, that I found her side of things fascinating. She tells us about herself, from childhood to the present, and she certainly isn't shy about voicing her opinions. In addition, the author's turning Ariadne into the storyteller means that we get to see Thea Osborne from a completely different perspective-- and one that isn't always flattering. As the two women find themselves spending more and more time together, it's interesting to see how Ariadne's opinion of Thea changes. Moreover, all the time these two women are searching for a killer, Ariadne also begins learning some home truths about herself. She's a complex and ultimately sympathetic character that I hope to see in future books.Speaking of complex, the plot itself certainly fills that bill. Tope plants clues all along the way, and I don't know if I was enjoying Ariadne and her interactions with Thea too much or what because I saw the clues and refused to admit where they were leading. That'll teach me! Hopefully I'll remember this lesson learned when I pick up the next book in the series!
- Rating: 3 out of 5 stars3/5Found it a rather odd book hard to get into. Lots of characters to remember, none memorable .
- Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Third in the series of Thea's house-sitting mysteries set in the Cotswolds. This is slightly different to the previous two in that the story is told completely from a third party, Adriane, whom Thea only intermittently interacts with. Thea is on holiday with her new boyfriend the DI Phil Hollis. They are both 'camping' in Phil's Aunt's house. The Aunt Helen has recently died and Phil and Thea are taking this as their first holiday together to go through Helen's possessions. Adriane has known Phil for many years, used to look after Helen, and lives across the road. The first day or two proceed normally with Adriane being involved in various dealings with her friends and acquaintances, until she finds the body of one of her friends. Phil and hence Thea are the first people she turns to.As beguiling as the previous to. Adriane is a great character and well written. She knows the old homestead crafts well, and the author has obviously done much research. Thea's voice is still there in the background but sufficiently distinct from Adriane's to work well. The mystery itself isn't too confusing, the list of suspects fairly short - all involved in the Freemasons. A lot more could have been made of the DI's prior involvement with them, but perhaps it is a better story for not going down the obvious route. Enjoyable cosy crime mystery. Well worth reading set in a delightful part of england.
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