I liked it very much. Cozy but not cutesy, more about the characters than the murders. The POV shifts around between the main characters and I liked all of them. Definitely would have liked to know more about Peggy! When Kaur starts imagining her partner as a chipmunk (Climbs tree. Examines fur for fleas.) I snorted coffee out my nose. Griffiths gives us lots of suspects and some fun misdirection, but I was just going with the story, I didn't try to figure out whodunit. I did notice a similarity - but if I say what, it's a spoiler - with another recently published book I just read. Wondering if it's a trend. Anyway, it's good fun and a fast read.

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This is the 2nd book in the DS Harbinder Kaur series by Elly Griffiths. Crime novelists are turning up dead in this literary mystery and the death of Peggy Smith, a 90 year-old woman with a heart condition, should not be suspicious. But when DS Kaur finds a mysterious postscript in a novel dedicated to Peggy, she begins to wonder if the murders are related.
I love Elly Griffiths' books as I have read all of her Ruth Galloway and Brighton Mystery books. I find her characters to be believable and her plots unique. I found all the information about writers and publishing very interesting. The book had some humor which I thoroughly enjoyed and I look forward to reading the next book in the series. I would recommend this book to those who love mystery thrillers. I would like to thank NetGalley and Quercus Publishers for a free copy for an honest review.

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