Mistletoe and Murder

Much like my last read by Lee Harris, this was included with audible for free, and is also in the middle of a series (Daisy Dalrymple) that I’ve never read.

The novel sets itself up well, without the feeling of needing to read the others. The family has an opportunity to spend Christmas in Cornwall and they decide to do it. But unlike my latest read, some of the additional background information was definitely lacking as I got deeper into the read. Daisy’s husband, much like Christine Bennett’s, is a police officer. But in actuality he seems to be doing most of the investigating, only asking her to take notes. There’s also several parts of the story where he tells her she’s not allowed to come along. So I was a little confused about her sitting back and figuring the whole thing out, something that I’m quite sure is part of the larger series.

This is a 1920’s era series that could also be marketed as cozy. The family speaks of good/ill breeding and the separated roles of men and women (not such a cozy conversation for today’s world). It has the old time feel of an Agatha Christie-esque story, which is more or less what I think of when people say “cozy.” Or basically, mysteries where the murder isn’t gory and not ‘on camera’. It was enjoyable though, and even though it isn’t from that time period, I couldn’t really tell, so that was well done.

Personally a 3/5*. A twisting mystery.