To Fetch a Felon by Jennifer Hawkins

 

I love cozy mysteries. This one is set in the small English town of Trevena. Being set in England just makes it dearer to me.

This is the first in the Chatty Corgi series. Emma Reed has plans to open a tea shop, however, this woman has the rare talent of being able to understand what Oliver, her Corgi, says.

Trevena has the usual stories however, there is one about the disappearance of a resident who was not liked by many. Nicholas Penhallow owned the building that Emma would like to make her tea shop. Now it seems the rumor mill believes that his wife may have killed him and burned his body in their bakery oven.

This isn't the only mystery in this small town. Emma no sooner arrived in town, than she found the dead body of the woman who was interfering with her purchasing the tea shop, Victoria Roberts. Oliver decides to aid his senses to help find out the truth behind this murder

I highly recommend this book to anyone who enjoys cozy mysteries, stories set in England or those that include a dog.

I was given this book by NetGalley and Berkley Publishing in exchange for my honest review. All opinions stated are my own. 

Book Review: Winter of the World

Winter of the World is the second book in the Century Trilogy by Ken Follett.
This book begins soon after the Fall of the Giants ends. We still have the American, German, Russian, English and Welsh families as they each face the start of the Third Reich. The story continues through World War II and into the beginning of the Cold War.

Now we are discovering the children of the families. Carla von Ulrich has a German father and English mother. Faced with the Nazi world that in engulfing her she decided to commit an act that took bravery. Woody and Chuck Dewar are brothers who have secrets. Their story takes one of them into Washington, while the other goes to the Pacific. Lloyd Williams is a student who faces the Spanish Civil and he wants to fight Communism and Fascism. Daisy Peshkov wants to be popular, that is until the war changes her. Volodya is Daisy's cousin who is able to work his way into the Soviet intelligence.

Each of these lives are connected, yet they may not know each other. Follett has created such diverse characters that the reader may not always like, but does not want to see their lives end. The second book in the series has kept my attention and made me want to continue reading the series.

I cannot rate this book high enough. I most highly recommend it.