Murder in Rome by T A Williams #Review #PublicationDay
The BRAND NEW instalment in the bestselling, beloved Armstrong & Oscar Cozy Mystery series!
A road leading to Rome
Former DCI Dan Armstrong has been living and working in Florence for nearly three years—yet somehow, Rome has always eluded him. That is, until glamorous TV celebrity Tamsin Goodfaith turns up with a request he can’t refuse: investigate her uncle’s suspicious death in the Eternal City.
Murder at the castle
Philip Hastings was a billionaire financier, found dead at his magnificent—if slightly spooky—medieval castle in the Roman hills. Dan and his faithful canine companion, Oscar, soon find themselves surrounded by luxury, secrets and more suspects than sightseeing opportunities.
This time it's personal
But when a second murder follows close behind, the case turns dangerously personal. With whispers of ghosts and crumbling alibis, Dan and Oscar must sniff out the truth before he becomes the next victim. Harder to crack than castle walls—and harder still than stopping Oscar from stealing snacks—this Roman holiday is anything but relaxing.
My Thoughts
This cozy crime series continues with a visit to a castle on the outskirts of Rome. Dan goes to investigate the death of Philip Hastings but in a not very surprising outcome, more deaths are to follow. I enjoyed the closed room feel of the story with a group of family, friends and staff who are all so different and who have their own set of aspirations. Money is no object in this affluent family but it is not clear why these deaths have occurred.
Oscar is an important part of the story, as ever, and he adds humour to the story, as well as an unerring nose for the truth. If you notice that Oscar avoids a character, you tend to look at them with suspicion and conversely, his approval is an excellent sign. Dan is also helped in this story by the academic knowledge of his new wife and he has to dodge danger himself. With a cracking pace and an excellent story, this is a mystery I enjoyed unravelling.
In short: skilful sleuthing
About the Author
Nottingham University a long time ago and then lived and worked in France and Switzerland before going to work in Italy for seven years. My Italian wife and I then came back to the UK with our little daughter (now long-since grown up) where I ran a big English language school for many years. We now live in a sleepy little village in Devonshire. I’ve been writing almost all my life but it was only thirteen years ago that I finally managed to find a publisher who liked my work enough to offer me my first contract.
I started off writing romances but after 28 of them, I knew I wanted to try something different, and so the first of the Armstrong and Oscar cozy mysteries, Murder in Tuscany, was born three years ago. I’ve been having a lot of fun ever since getting to know the dynamic duo (and introducing them to people all over the world). These books are cosy crime [a genre I didn't even know existed when I started writing them). They are murder mysteries, but not gory, over-violent stuff, but stories designed to exercise the brain of the reader and to put a smile on their face. Maybe it’s because there are so many horrible things happening in the world today that I feel I need to do my best to provide something to cheer my readers up. My books provide escapism to some gorgeous locations all over my beloved Italy.
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