A Most Malicious Messenger

By: Katherine Black

Many thanks to Love Books Tours and Bloodhound Books for the ARC of this book and the stop on the book tour.

ABOUT THE BOOK

Menacing texts lead to murder in an English village, in this unmissable, witty mystery by the Dagger Award–nominated author of A Most Unusual Demise.

May Morrigan is in her bookshop one morning when she—and everyone else in the shop—receives an anonymous text. It contains a reference to a Shakespeare quotation—and seems to be aimed at the vicar and his partner, Juan. The next morning, one of them is dead.

Meanwhile, May’s elderly mother, Minty, is staying with her, her old friend Fletcher, and her two dogs. To her dismay, Minty is quite preoccupied with death herself lately. She also keeps reminiscing about her past in ways that make May wonder what secrets she’s hiding. 

As disturbing texts continue to arrive, the Blackheath residents are threatened with further revelations and titillations. Then Fletcher becomes the focus of the tormenting texter . . . and barely escapes an attempt on his life. It’s time for May to send a strong message—and block this killer permanently . . 

MY REVIEW

This is the perfect cozy mystery! Of course we get the mystery part of it, but this one had SO much humor in it that I found myself laughing out loud a LOT. There was one or two complete chapters that I just couldn’t stop laughing. This author did a great job of mixing the funny with the mystery.

Then there’s the mystery. I loved being along for the ride with every message that came in. I was right along side May in trying to figure it out. I didn’t know who was going be the target of the messages, what was going to happen to that person, nor could I figure out who was behind the messages. And when it was revealed! Ohh!! You have to read it to find out, but I’m sure glad that I’ve never eaten minced pies.

This book is really perfect for anyone who loves a good cozy mystery. Oh, and the dogs in the book were great supporting actors.

If you’d like to check this book out, you can find it here.