This was a quick light read. Every time Bingo, a retriever, goes for a walk with his owner he stumbles across a dead body. It seems if everyone is in the woods watching one another. There is a lot of humor in the story. I liked the characters and the small town setting. The author did a good job with setting the small town scene. The mystery was good and the solution made sense. There were enough red herrings to make the mystery interesting. Everyone in the small town seemed to be hiding something. A nice light read for an enjoyable afternoon. Enjoy

Julian Worker created an amazingly dysfunctional – verging on needing to be walled off from the rest of the world – English village where everyone appears to be deeply engrossed in criminal and sexually deviant behavior. Don’t get excited, it isn’t descriptive of the sexual deviancy, it doesn’t even provide interest in that area. The detectives are plodding, avoiding moments of brilliance expertly. The victims garner no sympathy. The townspeople who do NOT die are nothing to write home about. There really is nothing to compel the reader in the story.

I cannot recommend the book and would never elect to read another of his in this genre.

I really enjoyed this mystery. It's well written, entertaining and fun to read. The characters were really likeable.
Many thanks to Netgalley and the publisher.

A wonderful mystery that will have you giggling at times. I'm definitely buying this for my mom and for my grandma! Great for mystery lovers.

A nice enjoyable read, nothing deep, but certainly entertaining with a twist of humour. I certainly read more

Most unusual story of a very dysfunctional town and the citizens living there. Attempting to keep up with all of the citizen's criminal behavior would keep a much larger police force working day and night.

The Goat Parva Murders is a very entertaining and quirky cozy mystery. It’s populated with many very colourful characters who are a delight,even if some of them are a touch creepy. Our investigative heroes are Inspector Knowles and his sidekick Barnes. They have their hands full trying to make sense of things in Goat Parva, that’s for sure.
Julian Worker is a wonderful writer. There’s sharp observation of detail, loads of tongue-in-cheek humour, and an ingenious and imaginative plot. The story bounds along and drags you with it, with lots of action and excitement.
This is a super piece of writing, one of those indie gems that make you so grateful for the ebook revolution.

This is a comic, crazy dash around the woods and fields surrounding a small village called Goat Parva.

We have a witty set of detectives who really are not the kind that inspire confidence. We have an indomitable lady who sets off every morning with her trusty labrador for a walk in the woods. Only problem is that Bingo is very good at retrieving and he finds things he brings back to his owner who then follows him to find a dead body - and then the next morning in another wood, another dead body - and so on. There are plenty of people who want plenty of other people dead. There are stalkers and walkers, and walkers stalking the stalkers, and police officers watching the stalkers who are watching the walkers. Then there are the perverts with their long-distance camera lenses who photograph all these walkers and stalkers. Pay attention because it gets convoluted like a tangled ball of wool.
Great fun, no gore or bad language - three cheers for Bingo!

I had high hopes for this....the premise suggested a slightly risqué, humorous English mystery. The writing was amateurish and the humor was tacky. It seemed like a teenage boy’s attempt at the genre.
I had to stop at 25% because it was simply so poor.

A variety of unique and quirky characters make for entertaining reading. Like watching an episode of "Midsomer Murders" one of our favorite television series.

Thank you to the author, publisher and NetGalley for the opportunity to preview the book.

Well darn it this book is like a maze when you think you found the exit it’s another dead end no pun intended, it’s filled with a lot of twists some perverted others just whacked. Detective Knowles and Barnes had a time of it but their studiousness and unwavering investigating skills paid off. Bingo had the nose for finding things especially bodies, and it was his brilliant retriever’s nose that helps solve the murders, what a dog. A most intriguing sometimes frustrating but always engaging book, the storyline is an excellent one and the characters are great from deranging to psychotic even too loving, it was hilarious at some points. I would definitely say this has been a captivating and intriguing story that was very entertaining and enjoyable.