The plotting is sharp, the prose lean and the atmosphere pure joy. have become my favorite new comfort reads. I hope you give them a shot too, and like these books as much as I do.Īdd Mirror Lake to your Goodreads here, and order a copy via Bookshop here (affiliate link).“Black’s books - Shady Hollow, Cold Clay and Mirror Lake. The series is just lovely and Mirror Lake is a worthy conclusion. I’m looking forward to diving back into these in the autumn – they’ve got such autumnal vibes – with a mug of mulled cider. Nevertheless, they are reasonably fast paced and never boring, creating a place that the reader likes to spend time in and would love to visit (not least for the maple pumpkin pancakes Vera eats at Joe’s coffee shop…). These books are charming because of their whole package – the community of Shady Hollow, Vera Vixen who manages to get a smile out of everyone she meets and the mysteries are just the red thread that allows for forward momentum within the stories. I found that some elements of the mystery were rather transparent, but I don’t think these are books to read because they contain gripping plots. This last book in the trilogy has Vera investigate the case of a murdered man who very clearly alive in the town, and in the process uncovering family secrets, discovering more murders and helping her beau get a promotion. They’re so far out of what I ordinarily read, but I’ve found them such heartwarming comfort reads over the past few months as I’ve been able to read the trilogy as they’ve been released – and now that Mirror Lake is out, you can binge them all at once! This last installment is just as good as the first two, and now that we’ve had the opportunity to spend a fair bit of time with the characters, we really know them and their dynamics well, which makes it even more comforting. And it’s not long before the discovery of a body, minus the head, complicates things further… (from Hodder)
Has Dorothy finally lost her grip on reality? Or is the rat who claims to be Edward an imposter? Vera’s fox nose scents a story. Dorothy Springfield, a rat with a reputation for eccentricity, claims her husband – who is standing right next to her – has been murdered. SUMMARY: Keen journalist Vera Vixen is recovering from the Harvest Festival (and its bounty of local cheeses, cider and pies) when the calm is shattered by a scream from one of the small town’s grandest houses.
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