5 stars = Outstanding!

Oliver the talking corgi takes this great mystery to the next level. I loved the dog, loved the way the author incorporates the dog into the story (a few POV chapters) and also the limitations she places on what the dog can do regarding the mystery. "World building" isn't often a word associated with contemporary mysteries, but it fits here. She creates boundaries and systems for this talking dog piece of the story that are consistent throughout and "logical" in the way they work. And it's just SO fun! Oliver has a great voice and really added a nice layer to what is otherwise a great cozy.

The main character, Emma, is engaging. I liked the friends she makes and the new home she is building in this community. The setting is great. And the mystery is top notch. Lots of great sleuthing - both human and canine - and some interesting twists. This was really a ton of fun to read and I will definitely be sticking with this series in the future!

This is the first in a brand new Chatty Corgi mystery series. Emma Reed has left London and her job in finance to pursue a dream of opening a tea shoppe and baking all sorts of sweet treats handed down to her from her Mother and Grandmother. She is in Trevena, a small village in Cornwall that she would visit as a child with her parents and brother. She is currently staying at the local B&B where she can have her pet corgi Oliver with her. Oliver is special as he can talk to Emma and when they go out on a walk to explore they encounter a cranky shouty lady named Victoria who yells at Emma because Oliver was trying to get in her garden. Emma tries to make nice but Victoria is not fond of strangers and is definitely not thrilled when she learns Emma wants to open a new tea shoppe perhaps at the old shop Emma visited as a child Penhallows which is vacant. Unknown to Emma, Victoria owns Penhallows and a good portion of the real estate in the village until she meets with Maggie her estate agent when she is looking at a cottage to lease. Maggie says she will work on it but in the meantime, Emma decides to make some scones and do a peace offering and goes to visit with Victoria. When she arrives at her house, Oliver warns her not to go in when Victoria does not answer the door and she goes in and finds her dead. She drops the scones heads outside and faints. She calls the police and also a former tabloid reporter is on the scene who was just happening to walk by. The small town is now full of gossip and Emma wants to investigate a little and the former reporter wants her to help him find a story. This was a good start to a new mystery series and Oliver is so cute and the parts in which he is using his talents he just wants to help Emma. Emma is so likeable and she is already making friends in the village and is able to get people to talk without her being pushy or taking extreme risks. Looking forward to what is next for Emma and Oliver.

I really loved this first book in a new to my series and author. I can't wait to read the next one. The characters and location really add to the plot. This book keeps you guessing until the end.

This is the first in a brand new Chatty Corgi mystery series. Emma Reed has left London and her job in finance to pursue a dream of opening a tea shoppe and baking all sorts of sweet treats handed down to her from her Mother and Grandmother. She is in Trevena, a small village in Cornwall that she would visit as a child with her parents and brother. She is currently staying at the local B&B where she can have her pet corgi Oliver with her. Oliver is special as he can talk to Emma and when they go out on a walk to explore they encounter a cranky shouty lady named Victoria who yells at Emma because Oliver was trying to get in her garden. Emma tries to make nice but Victoria is not fond of strangers and is definitely not thrilled when she learns Emma wants to open a new tea shoppe perhaps at the old shop Emma visited as a child Penhallows which is vacant. Unknown to Emma, Victoria owns Penhallows and a good portion of the real estate in the village until she meets with Maggie her estate agent when she is looking at a cottage to lease. Maggie says she will work on it but in the meantime, Emma decides to make some scones and do a peace offering and goes to visit with Victoria. When she arrives at her house, Oliver warns her not to go in when Victoria does not answer the door and she goes in and finds her dead. She drops the scones heads outside and faints. She calls the police and also a former tabloid reporter is on the scene who was just happening to walk by. The small town is now full of gossip and Emma wants to investigate a little and the former reporter wants her to help him find a story. This was a good start to a new mystery series and Oliver is so cute and the parts in which he is using his talents he just wants to help Emma. Emma is so likeable and she is already making friends in the village and is able to get people to talk without her being pushy or taking extreme risks. Looking forward to what is next for Emma and Oliver.

When I saw the cover I said PLEASE and when I read the description I said, a bit weird but let’s give it a try. Boy am I happy that I did. The story of Emma Reed and her corgi Oliver is everything that is right in cozy mysteries. Being a new puppy owner I instantly became jealous by Emma’s ability to speak to Oliver and for him to speak back to her. The story is a lot and there are a lot of twists and turns but Jennifer Hawkins has plotted it perfectly. In many cozies I find myself figuring out the killer early on but Jennifer includes just enough suspects and red herrings to throw you off the track. I cannot wait to see where this series goes and cannot wait for book 2!

I received an advanced copy from the publisher and net galley and chose to write and honest review.

This month I decided to request the first book in a cute new cozy series, A Chatty Corgi mystery series. Jennifer Hawkins’s To Fetch a Felon was released yesterday (December 29th) from the Berkley Publishing Group. As usual, I must thank them and NetGalley for access to an ARC in exchange for an honest and unbiased review. Let’s get on with it!

To Fetch a Felon follows Emma and Oliver, her corgi, as they move from a fast paced city life in London to a small village life full of nosy neighbors and drama in Trevena. The goal? To start a tea shop complete with homemade treats. The problem? The village witch (read that with a b instead of w) owns the shop Emma really wants to rent, along with most of the rest of the village. After a brief altercation over Oliver getting in the woman’s garden, Emma loses hope of getting the space unless she can smooth things over with the woman. The bigger problem? Emma and Oliver find the woman dead when bringing her some reconciliation scones. Now, Emma feels compelled to help solve the murder with the assistance of Oliver’s superior sense of smell. It helps that he can tell her everything he knows (yes, she and Oliver can understand each other), but sometimes she has to interpret his doggy views of the world, which can be tricky. But together they can take on any case!

I admit that I’m a sucker for stories with cute puppers, so I was excited to dig into this one. The plot was nice and twisty, adding new layers every few chapters. Every time I figured things out, a new puzzle popped up. That helped keep me invested even when no one in the story had put things together. Whenever things started dragging, something new happened. The inclusion of the decades old disappearance subplot was nice as well. I also enjoyed that we got to see some of the story from Oliver’s point of view. Those were probably the chapters I enjoyed the most.

As far as the characters go, I loved most of them. Emma was interesting and well rounded, but I kept reading her as younger than she’s supposed to be. I don’t really know why. It’s probably just me, so I’ll just say she’s young at heart. Oliver was completely adorable. He deserves all the cuddles. I felt like Taite was too obviously a greedy, sneaky dick. I had zero attachment to him and certainly no sympathy. But I liked Victoria (the village witch). She didn’t get a chance to grow as a character, but the snippets from her past made her likeable in the end. Louise and Jimmy and the rest of the characters were also intriguing people. And the other animals were great as well.

The writing was smooth and made for a quick read. It’s a relatively short book that’s broken down into 53 chapters. I actually prefer this to longer chapters because it’s easier to find a stopping point for the night (or to squeeze in just one more chapter). But there was a nice balance between description and dialogue that made the reading experience pretty pleasant.

Ultimately, I really enjoyed To Fetch a Felon. I’ll definitely be getting the second book in this series when it comes out next year. Have to get my cute pupper fix somehow and what’s better than reading about an excitable little corgi?

Overall, I gave it 4 out of 5 stars. Some of it’s a little predictable, but it’s fun and full of adorableness. If you’re looking for a quick cozy with cuddly animals, I definitely recommend checking this one out.

I would give this book 3.5 stars. I did enjoy it but it was just too long.

Emma Reed moves to the English village of Trevana to start over and open a tea shop. She soon becomes wrapped up in local politics when a real estate maven whom everyone loathed turns up dead. Emma finds herself smack in the middle of the mystery and determined to solve the crime, along with the assistance of her talking Corgi, Oliver.

I normally do not like books that are "normal" with a talking animal but Oliver is a darling character. I found Emma to be a mixed bag, she can be headstrong and then she is mousy. She is not your typical cozy heroine. The star of the book is obviously the Corgi.

I thought the plot was good and well thought out but as I said the book just went on for far too long. I think if it had been 50-100 pages shorter, without constant unnecessary additions of the town's landscape and a lot of second guessing among the characters, it would be a good book. However, I would not be adverse to reading another if this becomes a series.

This cozy corgi mystery centers around Emma, who's giving up her finance career in London for a fresh start running her own tea shop. It's fulfillment of a childhood dream, so she and her devoted corgi, Oliver, pack up and move to the village where her family used to spend their summers. Not part of the dream is the murder that turns the village upside down soon after their arrival, and Emma is the one who stumbles upon the body.

The quirky twist on this cozy is that Emma talks to Oliver... and he talks back. His sense of smell, ability to cause cute distractions, and penchant for sneaking in and out of small spaces makes him the perfect, loyal ally as Emma can't help but succumb to her curiosity and work the gossip mill while sleuthing around a bit to find out what happened.

I know this adorable, talking sidekick might not be to everyone's taste, but I often find protagonists in cozy mysteries lack strictly plausible means for solving a murder, so I didn't mind that this avenue was fresh and unusual. I actually preferred Oliver's snooping to Emma's gossip, which often became circular as she reported her findings to multiple people in an effort to elicit new divulgences or forge new friendships. A paragraph recap of the investigation would preclude the sharing of one new clue.

I recommend this to cozy readers looking for something whimsical and to dog-lovers wanting to hear one take on our furry friends' perspective.

After two decades working in The City, Emma Reed has decided to quit high finance and move to the small Cornish town of Trevena to pursue her real dream: operating a tea room in the same seaside resort town where she once spent idle childhood summers reading Daphne du Maurier and imagining illicit goings-on beneath the sunny, tranquil surface of her surroundings. With her intrepid Pembroke Welsh Corgi companion Oliver, she’s determined to find a place to live and hopefully be able to rent the very same site, now shuttered, in which she whiled away long afternoons drinking tea and observing passersby.

Unfortunately, the former Penhallow’s tea shop is owned by village curmudgeon Victoria Roberts, who not only manages to get into an argument with Emma on the latter’s first day in town but also engages in another loud and public altercation with two of her supposedly nearest and dearest, nephew Jimmy Lambert and best friend Louise Craddock. Victoria is very much against the encroachment of Londoners on her hometown, particularly vilifying Emma’s real estate agent, Maggie Trenwith, as a harbinger of evil. So Emma knows she’s got a difficult path ahead of her in trying to persuade Victoria to let her reopen Penhallow’s, even before she hears the rumors about the death that may have happened there decades before, a death that Victoria may know far more about than she lets on.

However, Emma hadn’t thrived in her previous career by being a shrinking violet, even if her life till now hasn’t been as much her own as she’s wanted:

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Emma’s life up to this point had been about making sure other people--ber brother and his family, her parents, all the little overprivileged boys at work--had what they needed. She’d helped take care of her nieces when they were young, then cared for her parents while they aged. Even her choice of a career in finance had been a compromise. It was a way to follow in the family footsteps while still asserting some independence. It had also, incidentally, allowed her to gather a nest egg big enough that she had been able to help the family during the last financial crash.

But now her parents were gone, her nieces were on the brink of leaving for uni, and Henry was talking about taking on a new partner at the accounting firm. Emma wanted to build something new, something that was fully hers, and she was choosing to not waste any opportunity to get what she wanted.
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Deciding to go on a charm offensive, Emma uses the kitchen of the B&B she’s temporarily staying in to bake a sample tray of goodies to help win Victoria over. It’s thus a huge shock when she arrives at Victoria’s cottage to find the older woman dead, apparently poisoned by something in her tea, if Oliver’s excellent sense of smell is to be believed. You see, Oliver is able to talk to Emma, though no one else can hear him; neither can Emma communicate directly with other dogs. She and Oliver have a weird and wonderful relationship, which they’ll need to rely on as they find themselves more and more involved in investigating Victoria’s death.

Emma definitely has her misgivings about digging into who would want Victoria dead and why. When disgraced journalist and fellow B&B guest Parker Taite tries to enlist her help in uncovering the truth, in part so he can help resurrect his own career, Emma hesitates. Fortunately, Oliver is around to help her sort out her conflicting emotions:

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[“]Why am I even thinking about trying to get involved?”

Oliver came trotting out and plopped down beside her. “Are we staying here?”

“Here in the B&B?”

“Here, this place, this town, <i>here</i>.” Oliver woofed. “You like it here?”

“Yes, I do. I like it a lot.”

“Then that’s why.” Oliver poked her gently with his nose. “You care about this place, and your humans, and you want to keep it safe. You want to be a… a… <i>guard</i> human.”

“But what if I make things worse?”

“What if you make things better?”
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Oliver is a delightful companion, a fully-fleshed out canine sleuth who is an always loyal warrior dog first and foremost, or at least intends to be. He makes a fine sidekick to middle-aged, determined Emma, whom I enjoy so much as a cozy heroine, in part because of the somewhat unusual perspective she brings to the genre. Most heroines are either decades younger or older, so it’s refreshing to see someone with her combination of personal and work history embark on a nearly brand new life, starting a business and sleuthing all at once. I also really enjoyed the ending: it isn’t exactly what Emma imagined when she thought of her future in Trevena, but it’s arguably better.

This debut novel in the Chatty Corgi series effortlessly blends a woman’s drastic midlife career and environment change with a solid murder mystery and a dash of paranormal pet communication. It’s unique and intriguing and full of heart, and I’m looking forward to seeing where the series goes next.

The cover with the corgi is eye-catching, the writing will keep the reader hooked! This book has every ingredient to make an engaging read, a talking corgi, a charming village, and murder. The storyline was written beautifully, With little twists thrown in to keep the reader guessing while still keeping the reader completely enamored with the story. A perfect start to what promises to be a great new series.

Sometimes, what you need is a good old-fashioned cozy mystery, complete with idyllic small-town setting, an amateur sleuth, and a talking animal.

Just me?

It was definitely what I needed, and this book delivered. Oliver, the noble warrior Corgi, and Emma are absolutely charming. The murder victim is the classic cozy victim: someone who, when you ask, “Who would kill this person?”, the answer is along the lines of, “Almost anyone who ever met them, maybe?” Except, of course, the person is more complicated than that.

This is just the start of a new series, and I’m already looking forward to future sleuthing with Emma and Oliver.

Being owned by a small dog (a mini Aussie) with a strong attitude who is my best buddy, I was drawn to this mystery from my first glance at the cover, then to the title. I was not disappointed. When I started reading it I had planned to just dip my nose into the first chapter, just a quick taste, as one does. I was then going to fix dinner. Well, best laid plans and next thing I knew, my tummy was rumbling telling me it was way, way past dinner time. Needless to say, I stayed up rather past my bedtime. You see, I had fallen in love with Oliver and his human, Emma.
The setting also charmed me - Cornwall is my favorite part of Britain. A summer day in a Cornish village, enjoying fish and chips followed by the very best ice cream on the planet - pure bliss. Add a well crafted murder mystery full of twists, turns and red herrings, along with a well fleshed out supporting cast and it was easy to give this new series five stars. It was the kind of mystery that felt comfortable from the first page and I'm eager to read the next in the series.
My thanks to the publisher Berkley and to NetGalley for giving me an advance copy in exchange for my honest review.

A nice start to a charming new cozy series set in Cornwall! Emma and her corgi Oliver have moved to Trevenna after she tired of her finance job in London. She really wants to open a tea shop but nasty old Victoria blocks her until......Emma finds Victoria dead, poisoned with a cup of tea. Cozy readers know that more than one person in the village disliked the woman and that Emma, even though (or perhaps because) she is new to town will work out the solution. There's more than one mystery though- what happened to the man who owned the building Emma wants to rent? You should know (well, you probably can tell) that Oliver offers his own opinions on things and Emma takes his advice. I liked this device which isn't really paranormal but is in fact something many pet owners might relate to. The characters are nicely drawn (even if some of them are mere sketches who I assume will be developed further in future installments) and the setting, well, I'm always a sucker for Cornwall. Thanks to Netgalley for the ARC. A fun read and I'm really looking forward to the next one.

To Fetch A Felon is the start of a new mystery series with a unique twist, Emma’s corgi, Oliver, speaks to her and she can understand him. Emma has moved from London to a small village location where she hopes to open a tea shop. Unfortunately the building she wants is owned by Victoria Roberts and Oliver just trounced and ruined her garden. Seems everyone in the village dislikes Victoria and when Emma finds her dead the next day the list of suspects is very long.
Set in a great location, the mystery and characters are interesting and well developed. However the middle of the book is extremely repetitive. Ad nauseum, over and over and over again Emma rotates between three suspects, did they do it, did they not do it, only to repeat the cycle the entire book.
I will read the next in the series hoping this is not the case because as a series it has so much potential.

I really, really liked this book. It ticks most of the boxes for me: dogs, English village and baking! There's actually even a historical mystery to solve but it's too recent for my interests or else this would tick all the boxes. Trevana is charming but once all was revealed, I found the village full of dark, sad secrets and maybe not so charming. I loved traveling to Cornwall though, I place I fell in love with through the The Poldark Saga. Here we see modern Cornwall, still stuck in time very much as it was way back when, just after the Poldark times. There's a high street, a fish and chips shop, a B&B, a vintage home furnishings store, a closed tea room and friendly people, aside from one. There are also two cute dogs and some yummy treats!

The mystery is very good. The suspect pool is limited but I didn't guess whodunit. I did sort of suspect the first part but not the second. It was very heartbreaking. The writing style is lively and engaging. Non-crazy dog ladies might not enjoy the chapters from Oliver's point-of-view. At first even I thought it was weird but I quickly fell in love with this unique way of telling a story. I noticed only a few errors in the ARC I hope are corrected before the paperback hits the market in a month. All were in the second half of the book. The only real problem I had with this novel is that it's too long for a cozy and too repetitive. If it can be trimmed (Emma's parts), it would be a 4.5 star read from me. Not 5 because of the big reveal.

The characters are so well-developed, they fully come alive to me. Emma, a 45-year-old finance sector veteran, is a little older than I normally like my heroines, but she seems younger. Her age isn't relevant to the story, just her experience working as a banker. It made her wise but wore her down. I absolutely ADORE her unique relationship with her Corgi pup Oliver. Oliver is absolutely adorable. He's super loyal to Emma and sees it as his duty to guard her and protect her. He doesn't ever WANT to leave her but sometimes he can't help but chase a fox- you know, just to scare it away from his Emma. Emma can speak to Oliver- literally. She hears his thoughts in English and he understands everything she says back. What I found enjoyable about this concept is that unlike the other novels I've read, the dog speaks dog and not human. Oliver reports his impressions from scents. Names of people and things are not important. Emma doesn't always know what he means because of the way they communicate. The house smells like flowers. bad. wrong. It's up to Emma to interpret what that means. Oliver is just too darn adorable. Emma does know when he wants more sausages or to visit the fish and chips shop. He may speak doggie English but anyone who is owned by a canine know their stomachs speak louder than words LOL! Oliver is a true Watson to Emma's Sherlock.

Victoria Roberts was the village crank but she had a heart of pure gold when it came to those she loved and cared about. Victoria wanted to keep the village pristine and untouched by modern life (I believe they have wifi though and cell towers). She owns half the village to keep it the way she likes it-free of tourists and developers. I understand that feeling and I'm not sure the development deal is a good one but the village already has one closed shop, how long before others follow? How long before Trevana gets left behind and the young people move to more touristy areas or the cities where the jobs are? Victoria was a complicated character and in many ways I feel sorry for her. In other ways, I don't.

Maggie Trenwith (love the name, wink wink), the real estate agent, is fierce. She's determined to get what she wants and won't let anyone or anything stand in her way. She can be ruthless. Her charm seems fake and turned on to land a commission. I don't know if I trust her. I don't think she'd stoop to murder but maybe? Like Maggie, Parker Taite is not always likable. I didn't like him or trust him from the start. However, Oliver seems to like him, so... maybe he's OK? I think his ethics are shady and perhaps his morals as well. I liked him for murderer until... well, it seemed like he wasn't. I think he came to Trevana to cause trouble.

Louise Craddock, Victoria's best friend, is a nervous type. Victoria was certainly the alpha in the relationship, but I assume Louise was content to leave it that way. I think Louise cared about Victoria and what Victoria thought was right. Without Victoria she has to make her own decisions. Did she kill her friend to inherit the land to sell to developers? I don't think she has it in her to murder someone but I think she knows more than she lets on. Victoria's nephew, Jimmy, seems to know what happened. He made a mistake and is paying for it. As a result, he needs money. Could he have murdered his aunt to inherit? I believe he poisoned his aunt to put her out of commission for awhile so he could take over her business deals and sell to the developer. Unlike his aunt, he likes dogs and is kind to Oliver. I don't think Jimmy killed his aunt on purpose.

Oliver makes a new friend too, Percy, the Yorkshire Terrier, who is staying with Parker Taite. Percy is a Houdini. He likes to run away and explore and play. He's like a toddler. I don't like Oliver's attitude towards Percy. I happen to love terriers for their terriertude and their selective hearing. Yorkies aren't real terriers though. They've been bred down to be companions more than working dogs, as Percy is supposed to be. I think Percy's problem is his human is away and his human's brother has no idea what to do with him or any interest in him at all. Percy has a huge role to play at the end of the story though.

Ruth, Louise and Victoria's best friend, no longer lives in the village. She lives in a care home. Why? She's only about my mom's age~ 70ish. That's not old enough to be in a nursing home in a wheelchair. Ruth's childhood was utterly heartbreaking and sadly, rather common. What on earth was wrong with people back then?! I don't get it. Her father was despicable and should have been in jail. No wonder no one missed him when he disappeared. The secondary mystery revolves around him.

Emma's first friend in the village, Genny Knowles, owner of the fish and chips shop, is a huge gossip. I can't stand that normally but Genny is friendly and fun. She appreciates the village as is but knows the tourists bring in business. She can take or leave the development. Genny also knows a good thing when she eats it and encourages Emma's dreams. I think Genny can be a bit mischievous but a good friend to have around. Angelique, the B&B owner, is a motherly figure who cares about her guests. She's kind and supportive of Emma and good to Oliver. Her daughter, Pearl, has some big ideas that could help Trevana stay relevant with the B&B at the center. I'm not sure I like her ideas. They make sense but she moves FAST and I'm not sure everyone else is ready to keep up. Other quirky villagers include PC Patel, a kind young man who grew up in the village. His family is a bit eccentric but proud of him. He seems extremely sympathetic for a cop. DCI Constance Brent, a female detective, is wonderful. She's intelligent and seems to know more than she lets on. She's very sweet with Oliver and according to Oliver, she has dogs of her own. She's firm with Emma but not mean and for a change, doesn't think Emma is the killer. Ben, the taxi driver, is friendly and Emma seems to be developing a crush on him. Only time will tell if he will reciprocate.

I highly recommend this book to dog lovers and English village cozy mystery lovers. Baking mystery fans will enjoy it too. MOSTLY recommended though for crazy dog people, like myself. You do have to suspend some disbelief but the dog stuff is cute and fun. I can't wait to read more about Emma and Oliver's adventures in Cornwall! I need some recipes, too, in the completed paperback edition, thank you!

4.5 stars

I never thought a mystery could be both cute and suspenseful, but this story proved me wrong!

Emma Reed is tea shop owner who just moved to a small British village after leaving a life of high finance in London. For the most part, the villagers are welcoming of the newest resident...until Emma and her corgi, Oliver, bump into Victoria. Her hatred of dogs is an understatement, and after Oliver weasels his way into Victoria’s garden, she learns that Emma is the one who wants to buy her building to open a tea shop. After the interaction with Oliver, Victoria is suddenly unwilling to sell it to her, but Emma is determined to make amends and win her over. Unfortunately, she never gets the chance to because she finds Victoria dead in her home and under suspicious circumstances.

I really enjoyed reading this book and loved all of the dynamic characters, especially Oliver. He was equally involved in trying to solve Victoria’s murder, and I loved the conversations between him and Emma. I did find the end to be a bit underwhelming once the truth was revealed, and I wish there had been a bit more to round out the end of the story. But overall, I thought it was a great book and highly recommend it!

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I received this ARC via Netgalley and Berkley, in return for an honest review. This is the first book in what I hope is a long running series (the Chatty Corgi mystery series). I enjoyed this book very much. It’s a fun take on a modern English mystery, with a little bit of ‘magic’ thrown in. Emma Reed is a former London accountant and happily relocated to the Cornish coast with her corgi, Oliver. The magic is that Emma can actually hear Oliver when he talks. That can make for rather strange conversations if someone hears Emma responding to Oliver’s comments/observations.
Emma plans to open a tea shop on the main street of her new town. Things don’t start off well as she and Oliver have a negative encounter with the owner of the building that Emma hopes to use. When Emma decides to try a charm offensive and deliver some of her amazing baked goods, things go even worse as she discovers a dead body!
There are lots of possible suspects and several friendly townspeople as well. Emma makes new friends and gets involved in solving the murder, which may or may not tie into a disappearance from years earlier.
I figured out who did the murder about ¾ of the way through although the author’s writing and the storyline kept me happily immersed in the book. I’m looking forward to the next in this series. I really want to eat English fish & chips & scones now

Emma Reid is a fun and nosy MC. This is a great mystery in an English town, tea shop and a cute corgi! When she leaves London and moves to Trevena she thinks a calm life awaits her. Instead murder, gossip and local legends.
I really enjoyed it!
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What a hoot! When Emma moves out of London to rural Cornwall, she is seeking a place to open a tea shop. With her trusty sidekick Corgi, Oliver, she is thrust into a murder mystery. Odd thing is, she can talk with Oliver and they hold conversations. At first I was thinking What?????, but once I got past that I really enjoyed this one and had a hard time putting it down. Highly recommend this cozy mystery, and look forward to more to come.

Through NetGalley, I received a free copy of TO FETCH A FELON by Jennifer Hawkins in exchange for an honest review. Emma Reed is ready to leave her London life in high finance to pursue her dream of a tea and bakeshop in Cornwall. Emma has inherited a family quirk; she can talk to and understand her beloved pet Corgi, Oliver. However, Corgis are dogs, and their canine instincts often rule them. During a chance meeting with the village’s town grump, Oliver’s instincts overwhelm his good sense, and his resulting trespass causes offense. When Emma finds out the woman owns most of the village, including the property where she wants to open her shop, Emma bakes some scones and goes to make amends. Emma’s trip to the cottage reveals there can be no amends; the woman has been murdered. Soon, Emma and Oliver find themselves sniffing out a killer.

I liked this book and thought it was a good start to a series. I recommend this book to fans of cozy mysteries featuring murder, pets, pet psychics, baking, gardening, and real estate.

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