Death at Dinner: A female private detective cozy murder mystery

A festive hotel cosy mystery featuring a former television detective turned real amateur sleuth, a blackmail plot and a Christmas event teetering on disaster. British village-crime charm with a celebrity heroine and her loyal, comic sidekicks.A festive hotel, a deadly secret, and Mary s Christmas is about to get complicatedWhen Mary Blake agrees to help an old acquaintance being blackmailed, she never imagined she d stumble into another murder investigation.Within 24 hours of her arrival, a suspicious death occurs, plunging the Rudolph Hotel into chaos just before their big Christmas event. With the police dismissing foul play, Mary dives headfirst into the case, joined by her trusty assistant Dot and her eager brother Pea. Together, they must track down the killer and prove their worth in their new career as amateur sleuths.A Death at Dinner is the second book of the Mary Blake Mysteries, a clever, character-driven cosy mystery, with a fantastic heroine and a charming supporting duo, Dot and Pea.A Death at Dinner is book two in A Mary Blake Mystery, a thriller for fans of M.C. Beaton and T.E. Kinsey.Praise for the Mary Blake Mysteries:? ? ? ? ? plenty of suspects and twists lead to an unexpected conclusion.? ? ? ? ? The threads, twists and red herrings are superb.? ? ? ? ? What a wonderful read, couldn't put the book down once I started. I felt so at home with the characters and totally enjoyed it.? ? ? ? ? Five stars given as this was an enjoyable and uncomplicated cosy mystery which I could put down and pick up at any time.? ? ? ? ? I really enjoyed reading this book, it was just like reading an Agatha Christie book but a bit more up to date.? ? ? ? ? Treat yourself to this quaint very enjoyable book.? ? ? ? ? A nicely written, easy to follow story. Interesting characters and plenty of drama.? ? ? ? ? Totally enjoyable read with humour and a good storyline.