The Sea View Cottage Conspiracy (The Lady Jane and Mrs Forbes Mysteries) Paperback – 9 July 2023

Our two dear ladies are on great form in this tail.Known characters were true to their previous outing, new characters well described in a few words. Story was solid and interesting.Well done to all involved.

The author needs more training in writing. There are too many characters introduced to the reader with no details about their personality.

I enjoyed reading this book. It was an easy read and it’s the second book in the series. I’m going to read the next one

So many characters and when two murders occur this who done it gives a local seaside town sleuths a chance to investigate.Lady Jane and her aunt talk to local characters they know and gain clues in this murder mystery.....

Lovely story,I read in one sitting looking forward to the next one.This is the second one of this series

Is there international crime taking place in the seaside town? What a cast of characters! Are they all they appear to be?

This isn't a terrible book, but I found it a bit of a slog. Our sleuths wander about talking to some people, then wander around some more, stumbling across a body or two as they go. You can reasonably argue this is what happens in most detective fiction, but my problem is with the two main characters. They are so dull! There's no charm, no humour, and no unique 'voice' for each character. They're simply bland, and this makes the book bland and rather uninteresting too. I can forgive a lot if a book has engaging characters. Unfortunately that's not the case here.