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chucks_library's review
4.0
This is book number 10 in the Hettie Bagshot/Feline Detective Agency series. This is the first one I have read, it does work as a standalone novel too.
I loved this fun, cosy mystery, we follow Hettie and Tilly who run the No2 Feline Detective Agency. They are hired by famous feline crime writer Agatha Crispy to find her missing manuscript in London. They stay with Agatha's cook in the town of Kitzrovia, this town is still very much in the Dickensian era. While they are solving that mystery, Copycat Jake the Nipper murders are happening, (play on the Jack the Ripper murders). The town is themed on these 1888 murders, the guesthouse has rooms named after each victim. The local bar has cocktails themed around them and of course we have Jake the Nipper tour walks to visit the places of each victims murder.
This story is a great mystery read while being a lot of fun. It starts with the two mysteries, the missing manuscript and the copycat murders. But we get so much more, twists turns and other small mysteries make this an enjoyable, unpredictable read.
There is many puns and it doesn't take itself too seriously. Mandy Morton does make serious point about profiting around murder, the theme park-esque way we can view serial killers etc. But it doesnt take away from the story, I do like that she acknowledges the victims at the end and also how her victims in her story where treated with respect.
Last but not least these cats love to eat, we get many descriptions of food and many meals. Makes me think of the hobbits with second breakfast, lunch and multiple dinners. Overall a very fun read and I will definitely be reading the back catalogue of this series.
Thanks to Farrago Books and InstaBookTours for my review copy of this book
I loved this fun, cosy mystery, we follow Hettie and Tilly who run the No2 Feline Detective Agency. They are hired by famous feline crime writer Agatha Crispy to find her missing manuscript in London. They stay with Agatha's cook in the town of Kitzrovia, this town is still very much in the Dickensian era. While they are solving that mystery, Copycat Jake the Nipper murders are happening, (play on the Jack the Ripper murders). The town is themed on these 1888 murders, the guesthouse has rooms named after each victim. The local bar has cocktails themed around them and of course we have Jake the Nipper tour walks to visit the places of each victims murder.
This story is a great mystery read while being a lot of fun. It starts with the two mysteries, the missing manuscript and the copycat murders. But we get so much more, twists turns and other small mysteries make this an enjoyable, unpredictable read.
There is many puns and it doesn't take itself too seriously. Mandy Morton does make serious point about profiting around murder, the theme park-esque way we can view serial killers etc. But it doesnt take away from the story, I do like that she acknowledges the victims at the end and also how her victims in her story where treated with respect.
Last but not least these cats love to eat, we get many descriptions of food and many meals. Makes me think of the hobbits with second breakfast, lunch and multiple dinners. Overall a very fun read and I will definitely be reading the back catalogue of this series.
Thanks to Farrago Books and InstaBookTours for my review copy of this book