This was definitely a cosy crime novel. The ending was different to my expectations when reading. Thanks for the opportunity to read

An interesting start to what becomes a series. Flora is convinced that Rosie, who has confessed. did not kill her mother so she sets out to find the real villain. As is often the case, there are many secrets in the village. Thanks to Netgalley for the ARC. A good read.

This was a slow and steady read that keeps you gripped. Recommended for anyone who loves a good read.

Three stars.
The characters were hard to get into and I found myself just honestly not caring anymore about them or the outcome. I was trying to get through it to get through it. Maybe it was that the mystery type here wasn't for me.
Thank you #NetGalley, the author and publisher for my ARC in exchange for my honest opinion.

This book grabbed my attention and had me right to the end . If you love your british mysteries you will love this one. Why would someone admit to a crime they didn't do?

Thankyou to NetGalley, Sapere Books and Cora Harrison for the opportunity to read an advanced readers copy of False Accusations.
I found the storyline to be well thought out and fast paced. This book was intriguing and kept me up until I reached the conclusion.
Well worth a read.

I want to thank Netgalley website and Sapere book editions for this partnership except that I lost the book on my kindle I had to buy it.

I was immediately attracted by the cover I think we see Flora walking on a path. Just below the title, a catchphrase says a lot about the story: "There is nothing to fear if you have nothing to hide"

It all starts in the summer of 1991 when a woman is found dead, her daughter Rosie denounces herself. Flora will want to help him. She knows the girl and does not think it's her. She will do everything to prove her innocence.

A book filled with suspense and twists with a captivating, moving story. The characters of Flora and Rosie are endearing. Can wait to read the book 2..

Love amateur sleuths and maybe that's why I enjoy this type of book. The book was entertaining and the characters were ok. The storyline wasn't the best but not bad.

This book is described as a cosy mystery and is the first in the series of Willowgrove mysteries. The story is set in 1991 and focuses around Mrs Trevor being murdered. Her Daughter Rosie, who has special needs confesses to the murder. Flora, Rosie’s ex Head teacher is appointed as her designated appropriate adult and seeks to prove that Rosie didn’t commit the crime.
This book seemed to drift on for longer and include more information than was particularly necessary to the plot. It felt just too ‘cosy’ for me and I struggled a little to finish it.

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" There is nothing to fear if you have nothing to hide … Summer of 1991 Nothing unusual ever happens in the sleepy village of Willowgrove.,everyone is shocked to their core when a local woman – Mrs Trevor – is murdered. Her daughter, Rosie confesses ..but Rosie has learning difficulties,and Flora Morgan –trained to help those who can’t represent themselves – is called in to assist. Flora has known Rosie for years.. Rosie wouldn’t hurt a fly. "

Thanks to NetGalley for giving me this ARC by one of my favorite authors, Cora Harrison. It is a new series and perhaps the next one will be more of what I was expecting. I did like the last chapter which showed Flora and Ted, the local solicitor growing quite fond of each other.

Not so sure that the two chapters prior to the last one made great sense to me. Flora's mysterious catastrophic illness leading to a long hospitalization, which ended in a series of hallucinations ,in which the murder investigation was wrapped up. Hmmm. Did Flora solve it or just think she solved it?

It was a unique type of British crime novel, a "cozy" of sorts, and Cora Harrison is a very fine writer and seemed to pull it off pretty well. Try it! 3.5 stars rounded to 4.

This is a gentle crime book set in a tranquil country town felt a bit like reading a script for midsummer murders with the appropriate adult being a Miss Marple character a nice unchallenging read but not for hard core crime readers

Thank you to NetGalley and Sapere Books for a digital galley of this book.

False Accusations is the first book in a new series by one of my favorite authors, Cora Harrison. My particular favorites are the Burren stories set in 16th century Ireland. I knew this book was going to be set in 1991 in a small village in Kent so I wanted to see what new path Ms. Harrison was taking. It turns out this style of mystery is not a favorite for me. I prefer that family problems remain mostly in the background but are used to help fill in what is going on in the life of the investigator as they try to solve the mystery.. This story was completely centered on young adults who had been in Flora Morgan's life during her career as a head teacher with her own son as a member of that school group. Now the mother of two of the girls has been found dead and Rosie, the daughter on the Autism spectrum, has confessed. Why does Rosie insist she killed her mother?

The basis for Flora Morgan to have a presence in this and future investigations is that she is on the list of "designated appropriate adults" at the police station to be called on if a young adult with intellectual disabilities of any kind finds themselves in trouble with the police. This first story in the series concerns young adults she has been aware of previously but I can certainly see how there is scope for many more calls for Flora's type of guidance and help. I am just not interested in reading mystery stories based on that type of premise. Also, and this is just me being picky, as an owner of German Shepherd dogs for well over 30 years it was very hard for me to read about the untrained dog in this story. My first thought was that someone irresponsible enough to allow their dog to go untrained would certainly not be my first choice to ask for help if my child was having problems. So.....not for me.

I received an advanced readers copy in exchange for an honest review.
I found this one a little slow – and granted I’m not usually a cozy mystery fan, but this one was exceptionally cozy. I had been intrigued with the idea of an autistic teenager confessing to a murder that most likely she did not commit, and being eager to see who could manipulate such a vulnerable chikd in order to frame her for murder, But the autism just seemed like a convenient backstory like mentioning that the protagonist has blue eyes. It didn’t really add any twists or depths to the story, and Rosie did not read to me like a 19-year-old with mild autism. For cozy fans only.