Mirror Lake: Shady Hollow 3 - a cosy crime series of rare and sinister charm
By (Author) Juneau Black
Hodder & Stoughton
Hodder Paperback
13th September 2022
28th April 2022
United Kingdom
General
Fiction
Modern and contemporary fiction: general and literary
813.6
Paperback
240
Width 128mm, Height 198mm, Spine 20mm
170g
A MURDER TO SOLVE. A REPORTER ON THE TRAIL.
IS THIS A CASE OF MISTAKEN IDENTITY Welcome, dear reader! You have happened upon the delightful village of Shady Hollow, a place where rabbits and raptors, squirrels and snakes live together in civilised accord . . . with only the occasional murder to mar the peace of daily life. Keen journalist Vera Vixen is recovering from the Harvest Festival (and its bounty of local cheeses, cider and pies) when the calm is shattered by a scream from one of the small town's grandest houses. Dorothy Springfield, a rat with a reputation for eccentricity, claims her husband - who is standing right next to her - has been murdered. Has Dorothy finally lost her grip on reality Or is the rat who claims to be Edward an imposter Vera's fox nose scents a story. And it's not long before the discovery of a body, minus the head, complicates things further . . . Entertaining and perceptive, Mirror Lake is fast-paced and witty, with characters that jump off the page and a hugely satisfying mystery to solve. Once you've met the residents of ShadyHollow, you won't forget them.Sometimes you just need an entertaining, escapist read to while away the hours, and Juneau Black . . . delivers all the small-town cosy crime vibes, with the animal quirkiness of Wes Anderson's Fantastic Mr Fox . . . a perfect long weekend binge-read * Culture Fly *
Juneau Black is the pen name of authors Jocelyn Cole and Sharon Nagel. They share a love of excellent bookshops, fine cheeses, and a good murder (in fictional form only). Though they are two separate people, if you ask either of them a question about their childhood, you are likely to get the same answer. This is a little unnerving for any number of reasons.