I had to read this book in the series out of order (which I hate to do) because my library didn't have it. I'm to the point in the series now where Lois Meades kids have grown up and left the house. Now that I've gone back and read an earlier book I've found I prefer it when the kids are still at...
Not the type of book I usually read (or even think about) a "cozy"--a mystery set in an English village populated by odd but lovable people who fill time and space while the protagonist--generally a woman, almost never a police officer or private detective--solves a murder while going about her n...
In a small English village, an old gentleman is found dead beside his murdered rooster who has been disturbing the neighbours with his early morning crowing. There is a strange, grumpy recluse living next door. Meanwhile, an elderly blind woman has moved in across the street where there appears...