Lake District Mysteries Series Collection 7 Books Set

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I have four children and fivegrandchildren. Coming from large famiies on both sides, I have relatives everywhere, and have been enjoying reading old letters and diaries, family trees and memoirs, prompted by the acqusition of a mass of material when my mother died. Longlisted for Crimefest (International Crime Fiction Convention) "Sounds of Crime (unabridged)" for Blood in the Cotswolds (read by Caroline Lennon) [15] Valentine's Day proves to be overwhelming for several reasons. Simmy's workload is suddenly all-consuming, with some disconcerting reactions to the flowers she delivers. An old friend turns up, bringing confusion with her, just as a murder victim is discovered in Coniston.

I started this book expecting a good cosy. The name of the main character , Persimmon, is a turnoff. No wonder she shortened it to Simmy. And nothing about book , not the characters, the setting which is not portrayed clearly, or the plot really engaged me. It all felt rather ho hum and when the culprit is revealed it still felt that way. She currently writes two distinct crime series - set in the Cotswolds, and the Lake District. She also has historicasl fiction available as ebooks only. The Tree of Death (published in 2005, based on the final episode of Series 1) Allison & Busby ISBN 978-0749081409 Rebecca Tope is a British author who writes mainly in the Mystery and Thriller genres. She has written four successful murder mystery series’ and also some ghost stories. Rebecca is known is known to have penned down a few famous fictional characters such as Den Cooper, a Devon police detective, Thea Osborne, a house sitter in Cotswold, Drew Slocombe, former nurse, etc. She is also a journalist by profession. Rebecca Tope was born on January 1, 1948 in the Midlands and was raised in Chesire. Later, she moved to Devon along with her family full of farmers by profession. She had some extreme experiences during her farming days, which inspired her to write her first novel titled ‘A Dirty Death’. In this novel, she has very well depicted the cruelty, the frustration of idyllic summer days, harvesting teamwork, delights of staying among young animals and death based on her experiences. I blundered accidentally into writing crime fiction, and stillwonder how it happened. It could just as easily have been historical, or sagas or even non-fiction. Indeed, I am currently trying my hand at two of those genres, as a change of pace. And I have large plans for a series of memoirs.

Publication Order of Lake District Books

Three novelisations of Rosemary and Thyme, credited to ITV series creator Brian Eastman, which were published in Britain by Allison and Busby and in Australia by Hardie Grant Books:

Memory of Water (published in 2006, based on the feature-length opening episode of Series 2) Allison & Busby ISBN 978-0749081270 I travel whenever possible, with France and Greece firm favourites. Plus America, Australia, Argentina...places with wide open roads and easy driving.Lastly the language and writing was strangely simplistic, like it was aimed at children although it clearly isn’t. Occasionally it describes things like a science fiction novel describes technology that doesn’t really exist so it needs explaining; “Simmy took her mobile phone out of her bag and switched it on. There were two text messages…” There was a bit of a discrepency relating to DI Nolan Moxon.... In a previous book, Simmy learns that Moxon is married to Sue and actually has two sons. This book, Simmy doesn't know whether Moxon has any children or not.....

Most of the book consists either of Simmy & Chris having repetitive discussions about their future, Simmy driving around the Lake District on random errands or Simmy, Ben & Bonnie having equally repetitive discussions about the murder. Throughout, Simmy remains smugly self-absorbed and self-congratulatory, while being critical of everyone else.Oh dear... I first encountered Rebecca Tope's writing in her Cotswold series, but stopped reading those books after becoming too enraged by her main character's selfish and childish behaviour. When I tried reading the Ambleside Alibi, I was pleasantly surprised, and have enjoyed every book since, although I did feel that in the last book, The Staveley Suspect, the series was starting to go downhill. But The Grasmere Grudge is terrible! Longlisted for Crimefest "Audible Sounds of Crime" for Deception in the Cotswolds (read by Caroline Lennon) The series is of the cozy mysteries genre, and is not to be mistaken for the series of novels that Martin Edwards has written with the same name. Longlisted for Crimefest "Sounds of Crime longlist – unabridged" for A Grave in the Cotswolds (read by Caroline Lennon) [17]