Review: ‘Revenge on the Rye’, by Alice Castle

Blurb

Beth Haldane, SE21’s answer to Miss Marple, thinks she is going for a carefree stroll on Peckham Rye with her best friend, Katie, and her annoying new puppy, Teddy. But before Beth knows it, she is embroiled in her most perplexing mystery yet.

Strange events from her family’s past, present-day skulduggery in the art world, and the pressures of moving school in south London threaten to overwhelm Beth. Will she be able to piece together the puzzle before her son’s crucial interview at Wyatt’s? Or will Beth’s insatiable curiosity finally drag down all her dreams for the future?

Join Beth, her irascible on-off boyfriend, Detective Inspector Harry York of the Metropolitan Police, and the dog walkers of Peckham Rye in a tale of murder, mayhem – and bloody revenge.

For a chance to win a signed copy of Revenge on the Rye, keep reading.

My Review

Thanks to Rachel at Rachel’s Random Resources and the author for supplying an e-book copy of this book as part of the blog tour and in return for an honest review.

This is not going to be the most fulsome review because I am struggling with mental health problems right now, but I’ve done what I can. Enjoy.

Beth’s back. Out walking in Peckham Rye with her friend Katie and Katie’s new puppy, the irrepressible Teddy, she finds a body. Actually, Teddy finds the body, Beth finds Teddy. And a rather elderly, and forlorn, Labrador. And thus starts another adventure for South London’s answer to Miss Marple. She’s also supposed to be working for, and helping her son get into, Wyatt’s School. Her relationship with Harry is moving along nicely, although he isn’t too happy when she finds a body, but who would be?

It took me a bit to get into this book, but by 20% I was gripped. As usual, Alice Castle writes fluently and her characters are rounded. The plot is interesting.

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Author Bio –

Before turning to crime, Alice Castle was a UK newspaper journalist for The Daily Express, The Times and The Daily Telegraph. Her first book, Hot Chocolate, set in Brussels and London, was a European hit and sold out in two weeks.

Death in Dulwich was published in September 2017 and has been a number one best-seller in the UK, US, France, Spain and Germany. A sequel, The Girl in the Gallery was published in December 2017 to critical acclaim. Calamity in Camberwell, the third book in the London Murder Mystery series, was published this summer, with Homicide in Herne Hill following in October 2018. Alice is currently working on the sixth London Murder Mystery adventure. Once again, it will feature Beth Haldane and DI Harry York.

Alice is also a top mummy blogger and book reviewer via her website.

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