A Rolling Scone

Another fun mystery in the countryside with witches, ghosts and baking.

This book felt gentler than most, the inevitable death was well into the book so there was plenty of time for plot and setting to deepen before the actual investigation kicked off.

I read these books for fun - not for great mental workouts, however I've read quite a few mystery books and it's gotten to the slightly annoying point where I can often guess the culprit, not by solving the crime, which is satisfying, but by looking at how the story is written (“He's the least likely person who we're not overly invested in...so it's probably him”), which is not satisfying at all.

This book bucked the trend and I was absolutely shocked by the big reveal - yet looking back, all the clues were there!

And the story was jolly good fun too (and made me fancy a scone).

That's the sign of really good writing.