Died and Gone to Devon – Blog Tour

GoodReads:

X marks the spot for murder…

In the seaside town of Temple Regis, seagulls are wheeling overhead and the holidays are getting close. And then the body of political candidate Odile Clifford is discovered on the balcony of the lighthouse.

Fearless Riviera Express reporter Judy Dimont goes in search of the killer – but who is it? And where will they strike next?

What’s more, Judy’s position as chief reporter is under threat when her editor takes on hot-shot journalist David Renishaw, whose work is just too good to be true.

Life is busier than ever for Devon’s most famous detective. Can Judy solve the mystery – and protect her position as Temple Regis’s best reporter – before the murderer strikes again?

My Review

‘Died and Gone to Devon’ was a cute book a ‘cozy’ murder mystery with a very neat protagonist.

Though I did enjoy reading this, it unfortunately wasn’t for the mystery of it. The murder mystery was lacking for me, it felt as if this were more of a journalist who was living in a quirky town with an enjoyable cast of characters, but, for nearly the first half of the book there was nothing really to do with the mystery part other than an occasional mention.

The buildup was unsatisfying as a mystery, but, I did enjoy learning about the town and the crew of the ‘Riviera.’

Judy is a fun character and overall I would say this was still an enjoyable read and I thought the writing style was the definition of cozy. So, I gave this three stars, but, again, not for it fitting its genre.

One thing I really appreciated in the end was the way the time realistically lapsed, Judy didn’t solve this in two days, it took months for everything to come together and the way it all did mesh was clever and it really was a nice way to end it all.

Overall, it was a three cups of coffee read for me, and I do look forward to hopefully reading the others at some point in this series! [Though this could easily be read as a standalone as I read it]

Thanks so much to BloggerHQ and Harper Collins for a chance to read and review this honestly as part of the tour.

The Rest of the Tour