Haircuts, Hens and Homicide
by
Stephanie Dagg
so today its my turn on this blog tour for this brilliant read. I loved every page and I hope you will too! thank you to Rachel's Random Resources and to Stephanie Dagg for my copy of this book.
Happy reading!
Book Description
Megan finds mayhem when she arrives in France to bury her Gran and sort out her affairs. She expected difficult encounters with civil servants and red tape but not with wandering chickens, an imperious policeman and a dead body. Together with her unlikely new friend, the elderly and grumpy Alphonse and his canine equivalent, Monsieur Moustache, Megan becomes involved in investigating the fowl-related foul play that’s at work in this sleepy part of rural France.
She’s helped but mainly hindered by the people she comes across. These include the local mayor, who wants Megan to stay and set up a hair salon in his village to help keep it alive. There are the cousins Romain, the gendarme, and Nico, the clumsy but hunky farmer. They have always clashed, but do so constantly now that Megan is on the scene. Michelle, Romain’s terrifying ex who wants him back, appears along the way, as does Claudette, a wheelchair-bound old lady, and Kayla, Megan’s best friend, who is hugely pregnant but not above taking on the forces of French law and order when Megan finds herself the prime suspect after Alphonse is stabbed.
There’s excitement, humour and lots of ruffled feathers in this rom-com slash cosy mystery, the first in a projected series.
She’s helped but mainly hindered by the people she comes across. These include the local mayor, who wants Megan to stay and set up a hair salon in his village to help keep it alive. There are the cousins Romain, the gendarme, and Nico, the clumsy but hunky farmer. They have always clashed, but do so constantly now that Megan is on the scene. Michelle, Romain’s terrifying ex who wants him back, appears along the way, as does Claudette, a wheelchair-bound old lady, and Kayla, Megan’s best friend, who is hugely pregnant but not above taking on the forces of French law and order when Megan finds herself the prime suspect after Alphonse is stabbed.
There’s excitement, humour and lots of ruffled feathers in this rom-com slash cosy mystery, the first in a projected series.
My Review
Wow what a brilliant and funny book that had me captivated from the first page to the last!
With a beautiful setting in a small French village, some very quirky and interesting characters and some poultry thrown into the mix this makes for a great fun read.
I really enjoyed getting to know all of the different characters within the book and it was great that the book was written from Megans perspective. Getting to hear about Megan's past gives you a good insight as to why she is now in France and about the relationship she had with her grandmother. All of the characters are so well described including some of the animals, and each of them is unique and they all have very different personalities which often leads to some heated discussions, especially between cousins Romain and Nico who are both very keen on becoming more than just friends with Megan. I loved the drama of the murder mystery in this book which will have you guessing right up to the end.
I thoroughly recommend this book and I think it really sets the scene for the next book in the series which you can get a sneak peak of at the end of the book. I am really looking forward to reading the next release from Stephanie Dagg
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Author Bio
I'm an English expat living in France, having moved here with my family in 2006 after fourteen years as an expat in Ireland. I now consider myself a European rather than 'belonging' to any particular country. The last ten years have been interesting, to put it mildly. Taking on seventy-five acres with three lakes, two hovels and one cathedral-sized barn, not to mention an ever increasing menagerie, makes for exciting times. The current array of animals includes alpacas, llamas, huarizos (alpaca- llama crossbreds, unintended in our case and all of them thanks to one very determined alpaca male), sheep, goats, pigs, ducks, geese, chickens and turkeys, not forgetting our pets of dogs, cats, zebra finches, budgies , canaries, lovebirds and Chinese quail. Before we came to France all we had was a dog and two chickens, so it's been a steep learning curve. I recount these experiences in my book Heads Above Water: Staying Afloat in France and the sequel to that, Total Immersion: Ten Years in France. I also blog regularly at www.bloginfrance.com.
I'm married to Chris and we have three bilingual TCKs (third culture kids) who are resilient and resourceful and generally wonderful.
I'm a traditionally-published author of many children's books, and am now self-publishing too. I have worked part-time as a freelance editor for thirty years after starting out as a desk editor for Hodder & Stoughton. Find me at www.editing.zone. The rest of the time I'm running carp fishing lakes with Chris and inevitably cleaning up some or other animal's poop.
Social Media
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Have a look on the left to read more reviews about Megan and her friends on this blog tour. Enjoy catching up with them all and seeing what other bloggers think.
1 comment:
Thank you for featuring my novel on your super blog today. I'm delighted you had fun reading it :-)
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