Chef Charlie Hunter’s arrival in the beautiful Chilterns is the fulfilment of a long-held dream: to open her own restaurant in an idyllic countryside location. The Old Forge sits on the village green (complete with duck pond and flint-faced houses) and seems just the place for the high-quality cooking she wants to be known for.
But instead of rural peace and a chance to lick her wounds, Charlie finds something ugly stirring under the chocolate box perfection. When a prominent local builder is found dead in suspicious circumstances, Charlie the outsider becomes a suspect. And the only way to clear her name seems to be to find out who the real killer is.
Luckily she has allies: her student waitress, a kitchen porter making up in muscles what he lacks in brain and a briskly efficient clairvoyant. Using all the craft Charlie’s learned in kitchens – discipline, timing, preparation and grim determination – she will be as relentless in her quest to bring a murderer to justice as she is in creating the perfect meal.
I loved this book! From the off I liked our main character Charlie and felt so sorry for her that the cafe / flat that she had bought seemed so rundown and dismal. I quickly got into the storyline and wondered how Charlie was going to be relevant to it all.
I loved how it unfolded and came together as I carried on reading. I must admit I was absolutely with Charlie with her thoughts about DI Slattery however, I knew something was off with Justin - I just couldn't work out what.
I loved how the village was described and it did make me laugh as I live in a village too and even though my village is larger than the one Charlie was in - everyone knows everything somehow lol!
I loved the writing style and thought that the book flowed brilliantly. Ialso liked the fact that there were multiple people in the frame and ther was clues pointing to them all so it kept me guessing! I hope that we get to hear more from Charlie and see how the cafe is doing.
Huge Thank you to Random Things Tours, Alex Coombs & No Exit Press for allowing me to take part in the blog tour in exchange for a free honest review.
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