Live and Let Diet: Cozy Mystery

Morgana Best

Mar 2016 · Australian Amateur Sleuth Book 1 · Best Cosy Books

About this eBook

What will Sibyl find when she moves to a small Aussie town? Deadly snakes and redback spiders? Sure, but she also finds something unexpected . . .

Sybil Potts moves to Little Tatterford, a small town in the middle of nowhere in Australia, seeking to find peace and quiet after the upheaval of her divorce. 

Although the town is sleepy and nothing has ever happened, her arrival coincides with a murder in the boarding house adjacent to her cottage. 

Sybil soon finds she is at odds with the attractive Blake Wessley, the exasperated police officer trying to solve the murder.

After Sibyl narrowly misses becoming the next victim, she turns her attention to the suspects. Is it the posh English gentleman, Mr. Buttons, who serves everyone tea and cucumber sandwiches -- crusts off, of course -- or her quirky landlady, Cressida Upthorpe, who is convinced she knows what her spoiled cat, Lord Farringdon, is thinking? 

Or is it somebody else entirely?

This fun, traditional cozy mystery is the first book in the USA Today Bestselling series, Australian Amateur Sleuth.

Ratings and reviews

An excellent series starter! Sybil Potts is hoping to find the peace and quiet she has been missing when she moves to the small town of Little Tatterford. The eclectic mix of boarding house residents, including her landlord, soon have her wondering if she made a mistake and when she finds herself a suspect in a murder she is sure of it. Sybil soon realizes that she will have to solve the case in order to clear her name. This is a good series starter. The characters are quirky and likeable and the author builds a solid mystery plot. I enjoyed the book and look forward to the next one.

I don't usually give 5 stars. If I like it, it gets 4 stars. I imagine this book isn't for everyone, but I like this kind of quirky cozy mystery. Also, karma. I won't say more about that so as not to provide any spoilers. But, I did love the reference to Murdoch Mysteries. I'm not much into CSI, but I do love that Murdoch!

It was so stupid I read it just for giggles. The lost of stupid things that happen is almost as long as the book.

About the author

USA Today bestselling author Morgana Best survived a childhood of deadly spiders and venomous snakes in the Australian outback. Morgana Best writes cozy mysteries and enjoys thinking of delightful new ways to murder her victims.