Book Review | One Beats The Bush by Riall Nolan - The First in the Max Donovan Adventure Series

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One Beats The Bush is a well-paced action thriller that ticks multiple boxes; page-turning twists, fight scenes, a lot of crime and, more importantly, a main character you cannot help but love. Vietnam veteran Max Donovan is in Bangkok, and very hungover, when his friend “Fat” Freddie Fields is arrested in San Francisco for the murder of an Australian diplomat. He knows his old buddy would never hurt a fly, so he rushes back to the Bay Area to help. Suspecting Freddie is being framed, Donovan tries to rustle up some cash to bail him out, but only succeeds in getting into trouble with the local mob.  He’ll have to solve the case on his own. Unfortunately, the only clue he has suggest the answer lies in the jungle-covered mountains of Papua New Guinea. As he comes face-to-face with smugglers, hostile tribesmen, insurgents, and a web of corruption and deception, can Donovan achieve what is seemingly impossible? Nolan has managed to achieve a page-turning action thriller that doesn’t feel
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Book Review | Murder At Church Lodge by Greg Mosse - A Cosy Murder Mystery

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Today marks my stop on the Hodder & Stroughton blog tour for Murder A Church Lodge by a Greg Mosse; the perfect book for fans of Richard Osman and Victoria Walters. 

Maisie Cooper hasn’t seen her brother in years. So it’s a surprise when he gets in touch out of the blue. But when she returns to the village they grew up in, she discovers that he’s dead. And not just dead - murdered. As Maisie investigates, she starts to uncover a sinister mystery at the heart of the perfect little village. Why is everyone so reluctant to answer her questions? Is the murder connected to the recent Cathedral robbery? What was her brother going to tell her before his untimely demise? And when another death rocks the community, can Maisie solve the case before the killer strikes again?

The moment I saw “fans od Osman are in for a treat” review on the front cover of Murder At Church Lodge I knew I was going to enjoy this book - and I was not wrong. Mosse’s manages to capture the true essence of a cosy murder mystery, which is a massive guilty pleasure of mine! I raced through this book in under two days and that does not happen often. It was effortless to read and the short chapters made it almost impossible to stop myself from saying ‘just carry on reading, its only three more pages’ at the end of each chapter.

Murder At Church Lodge does contain a large number of ‘main’ characters, around 20, which at times I did find slightly overwhelming. This is partly down to the fact I am horrendous at remember characters names; I even struggle to remember the name of characters in my favourite tv shows! But that being said, Mosse does include a character index at the beginning of the book which is extremely helpful - I was continuously referring back to it. 

Thank you so much to Hodder & Stoughton, especially Emily Goulding, for inviting me on this blog tour. This was the perfect book for me and it was a pleasure to take part. And Mosse, I cannot wait to see what Maisie gets up to in the next book!

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