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Second Chances at Hollyhock Farm by Georgina Troy #Review #HollyhockFarmBook2

  Welcome back to the blog to Georgina Troy for another in her Hollyhock Farm series. Second Chances at Hollyhock Farm was published by Boldwood Books on November 7th and takes us back to beautiful Jersey.   Festival season has come to Hollyhock Farm… Since his sister Lettie took over their parents' farm on the beautiful island of Jersey at the start of the year, Zac Torel's life has changed completely. Zac loves Hollyhock Farm, and he's determined to help Lettie succeed, but when their insurance company refuses to pay for the restoration of one of their barns in time for winter, the clock is ticking for the Torrels to raise the money themselves. The siblings decide to host a wellness festival, but with the summer already well underway, they've got their work cut out to get everything ready before the season ends. Lettie recruits the help of Melody, a yoga teacher from Edinburgh. New to the island, Melody is determined to shake things up and make a success o
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A Messy Affair by Elizabeth Mundy #Review


 Today, I am featuring the latest standalone novel in Elizabeth Mundy's Lena Szarka Mysteries Series, A Messy Affair. It is the third in the series and was published on 2nd January by Constable Little,Brown.

The only way is murder…



Lena Szarka, a Hungarian cleaner working in London, is forced to brush up on her detective skills for a third time when her cousin Sarika is plunged into danger.



Sarika and her reality TV star boyfriend Terry both receive threatening notes.  When Terry stops calling, Lena assumes he’s lost interest. Until he turns up. Dead. Lena knows she must act fast to keep her cousin from the same fate.



Scrubbing her way through the grubby world of reality television, online dating and betrayed lovers, Lena finds it harder than she thought to discern what’s real – and what’s just for the cameras.



My Thoughts

I haven't read any of the earlier books in this series, but that didn't seem to matter. I was able to enjoy it just the same. Lena proved to be a feisty and determined sleuth with the perfect cover for her investigating activities- that of a cleaner. Able to go about unremarked on, she can watch and listen, swallowed up in the background to people's lives. 

    Lena's strong sense of family draws her into this mystery. References to Reality Television and multicultural life gives this cosy crime a slight edge which feels current. I also enjoyed the lightness of touch in the writing. It was light-hearted and never gruesome. The plot however turned out to be quite dense with some twists and turns along the way. In all, it is well worth a read.

In short: A satisfying cosy crime with an up to date edge. 
 
About the Author



Elizabeth Mundy’s grandmother was a Hungarian immigrant to America who raised five children on a chicken farm in Indiana. Elizabeth is a marketing director for an investment firm and lives in London with her messy husband and two young children. She writes the Lena Szarka Mysteries, featuring a Hungarian cleaner as detective.  

You can follow Elizabeth here: Twitter  |  Facebook   |  Instagram 
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Book links: Amazon UK   |  Amazon US

Thanks to Elizabeth Mundy, Constable Little,Brown and Rachel of Rachel's Random Resources  for a copy of the book and a place on the tour.


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