Book Review

Basic Details:

Book Title: Antiques and Alibis

Subtitle: (Cass Claymore Investigates Book 1)

Author: Wendy H. Jones

Genre: Murder Mystery

Part of a series? Yes

Order in series: 1

Best read after earlier books in series?

Available: https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/40968364-antiques-and-alibis

Overall score:

I scored this book 4/5

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Short Summary of the book:

Cass Claymore inherits a detective agency and a Burnese mountain dog from her uncle. The former ballet dancer now needs to forge a career as a private investigator. Will she be up to the job?

What I liked about the book:

A detective story with a generous helping of humorous occurrences.

What I didn’t like about the book:

I liked the entire book.

My favourite bits in the book:

How her dog keeps making a mess of things.

My least favourite bits in the book:

There were none.

Any further books in the series? Any more planned by this author?

This was the second book I’ve read by this author and I would love to read some further books in the series.

What books could this be compared to and why?

This is a great humorous detective story.

Recommendation:

In summary, I would recommend this book to the following readers:

Children No

Young Adult Yes

Adult Yes

If you like detective stories with some humour mixed in, this book may be the book for you

Book Description by Author:

Cass Claymore, a red headed, motorbike riding, ex-ballerina inherits a Detective Agency, and accidentally employs an ex-con dwarf and an octogenarian. Hired by a client who should know better, Cass has no leads, no clue and a complete inability to solve a case. Still a girl needs to eat and her highbred client’s offering good money. Join her as, with bungling incompetence, she follows a trail littered with missing antique teddies, hapless crooks, a misplaced Lord of the Realm and dead bodies. Will Cass, and Scotland, survive?

About the Author:

Wendy H. Jones lives in Scotland, and her police procedural series featuring Detective Inspector Shona McKenzie, is set in the beautiful city of Dundee, Scotland. Wendy has led a varied and adventurous life. Her love for adventure led to her joining the Royal Navy to undertake nurse training. After six years in the Navy she joined the Army where she served as an Officer for a further 17 years. This took her all over the world including Europe, the Middle East and the Far East. Much of her spare time is now spent travelling around the UK, and lands much further afield. As well as nursing Wendy also worked for many years in Academia. This led to publication in academic textbooks and journals. Killer's Countdown is her first novel and the first book in the Shona McKenzie Mystery series