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- first book read from this author and did not dissapoint . it gotten be hooked from the first chapter .
i think the ending was lacking and need more answer but probably best if there is a season 2 for this and it will be answered . well recommended thriller!

+thankyou netgalley for the opportunity

❤️shaye.read

My first read with this author it won’t be my last. The book had a great plot that played out well. It had me hooked from the beginning. Was slow in paces but soon picked up again.

I started this book realising this belongs to a series. I now need to go back to book one.
i really like Siv she is a great detective. This case starts out quite difficult when the only clue you have is Mallow Cottage and the person who has any information on the dead body has disappeared.
This is a fast paced read and unputdownable.

A dead body on the steps of the crematorium in a historic cemetery.

I'm hooked!

In Gretta Mulrooney's latest book, Murder In Mallow Cottage, DI Siv Drummond returns to solve the case. With interesting clues, twists and turns, and a hint of romance, fans of this series will not be disappointed. I will be adding this book to my classroom to show students examples of descriptive writing and dialogue.

Thank you NetGalley and Joffe Books for the ARC..

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I don't know if my having not read the previous books in this series hindered my ability to enjoy this one, but I struggled to stay engaged throughout this book. 🤷🏻‍♀️ The plethora of characters made it hard to keep everyone straight. On top of that, I struggled to find DI Siv Drummond likable. On a more positive note, this is a relatively quick read, and the author does a good job leading us on a merry chase of red herrings until all is revealed.

**ARC Via NetGalley**

Someone’s out for revenge.
The colder the better.

Eugene Warren is found at the local crematorium. But he shouldn’t be there. Nobody knew he was dead.

Detective Siv Drummond and her team are on the case. But the only person the victim seemed to be friends with is missing.

Now the search is on to track down Henry Kilgore. But what they find is Eugene’s car and a cryptic message:

Siv Drummond is heading up an investigation into a body found on the steps of a crematorium , and the team also gains a missing person enquiry , the plot thickens when it becomes apparent there is a link between the two men.
I like the protagonist she is a strong and complex character and the writing is of a high calibre and keeps the readers interest with the twists and turns through the story. It kept me guessing right through to the conclusion.
The book is an absorbing and enjoyable read , I look forward to the next in the series.
Thanks to NetGalley and Joffe Books.

Murder,mystery with a bit of romance thrown in. Interesting,diverse characters who are thrown together by unfortunate circumstances.Relationship between the team add to the story. A good read.

Took me a while to get into this one, but glad I kept at it as I really enjoyed it in the end.

Thank you to NetGalley and to the publisher for allowing me to read this book in exchange for an honest review.

Siv is in charge of the investigation that becomes so much more than expected. Bodies stack up, family and friends are evading the truth and the twists keep coming. Personal lives of her team and herself add interest to the story. The pressure is mounting and results are in short supply. You can feel the stress mounting until the team starts finding pieces to the puzzle. Who is killing the people that used to live in the town? I liked the book....I do enjoy a murder mystery.

This is the third instalment of the Detective Inspectior Siv Drummond series. It starts out with DI Drummond headed to a crematorium for the service of a fallen officer, but before the service can begin she and her team have to deal with the artfully arrranged corpse on the steps. With difficulty they manage to identify the victim as Eugene Warren who left Berminster after high school and disappeared off the grid. Locating some high school friends they discover one of them is now missing. This is an excellent read. I’ll certainly be on the look out for more of Greta Mulrooney’s work and plan to read the two earlier books in the series.

It's the second book I read in this series and it's a gripping and entertaining.
Siv Drummond is a complex and cleverly written character and I like her.
The plot is a bit confusing at the beginning but I thoroughly enjoyed it as it's full of twists.
The solid mystery kept me guessing.
Recommended.
Many thanks to the publisher and Netgalley for this ARC, all opinions are mine

DI Siv Drummond is called into a murder of a man found on the outside of a funeral home. No one knows who he is. Then a guy doesn't show up at the house his fiancee and friends are staying at. Do the two incidents have anything in common?
I really enjoyed this book. I had not read the other two books in the series but that didn't take away from this story. I really liked the Drummond character.

I love Detective Siv Drummond so was really excited to join the tour for Book #3 – Murder in Mallow Cottage.
A wreath covered, dead body on the steps of the crematorium sparks a murder investigation for Siv Drummond in her usually sleepy home town where she moved to get away from London. With no clues or evidence, and a lot of personal grief to overcome, can Siv solve the murder in time?
I really felt for Siv. I love her character but she had so much to deal with. The untimely and tragic death of her husband and the loss of a work colleague whose funeral she is attending the day the body is found. She is also relatively new to her team and against some resistance so things are a little difficult for her. She’s such a determined and intelligent character and I adore her.
I loved how this slowly unravelled but Siv and the team had to work really hard for it. With the only potential link to the victim missing and events from the past being well and truly covered up, it’s a tough case that pushes them to their limits. I love how the story builds at a good pace but doesn’t give much away. The plot is twisty and unpredictable, and I enjoyed trying to guess the motive and who the murderer was (badly).
A really enjoyable detective novel and I recommend this series to any crime fans out there. They have the perfect balance of character development , their personal lives and the investigation. Highly recommended.

Past youthful indiscretions come back to haunt in the 3rd instalment of the D I Siv Drummond series

A bit confusing at the start with all the characters being introduced but get last that and this is a one sitting read

Toby Foxwell arrives at work at the crematorium and sees a bunch of wreaths at the main entrance. Getting closer, he sees they are balanced on a dead body. Meanwhile, Henry Kilgore, his girlfriend Saffie, and college friends, Viv and Damien, are staying in a cottage Henry's Mom Imelda rents out. After dinner the first night Henry, Viv, and Damien go to a pub while Saffie goes to sleep. Early the next morning when Saffie wakes up, Henry isn't there. She finds a message on her phone that he went to his Mom's so he wouldn't wake her. However, no one can find Henry!

DI Siv Drummond begins looking for Henry and looking into the dead man at the cemetery. For a long time, the dead man is not identified, but they finally find out he is Eugene Warren, a school friend of Henry, and not exactly the nicest person in his school days. They finally find Eugene's car near Mallow Cottage (another of Imelda's rentals) and a brochure with a note saying "Remember fun at Mallow Cottage." Shortly thereafter, Henry's body is found hidden behind Mallow Cottage.

This is the third book in the series, and I haven't yet read the first two. There were a lot of characters in the story, and I had a little trouble keeping track of all of them. I have just purchased the first two and hope to catch up. The story was good, although other than the police, the characters didn't seem very likable.

Siv Drummond is back in this stunning addition to the series. While this is book 3 they do work perfectly as stand alone.

A body is left on the steps of the crematorium, no ID and nobody seems to have missed him. However, a young man is missing but it would be too easy for it to be the same man and nothing for Siv Drummond's team.

Henry, the missing man, and his friends are spending a few days in a cottage owned by his family. The fact the group are not based here is just one problem of many for the team. The other problems include a number of secrets being kept hidden.

Filled to the brim with suspense this story is a roller coaster ride of twists and turns as Siv and her team try to uncover the motive behind the murder and at the same time try to find the missing man.

The characters continue to develop and their background fleshes out nicely over the course of the book. Siv is still grieving for her dead fiance, Ed, and working through her grief and trying to move on with her life ads interest to the story. Other aspects of the characters in this series are also brought in to the story.

This story has it all great characters that are well drawn, intrigue, secrets, drugs, revenge, guilt and relationships all play a part in gripping read that keeps the pages turning.

This is an interesting series- Sid is an older character (!!) and one we can all relate to- she is good at her job, but still grieving and trying to find her way in a world that isn't as familiar as it once was. Add to that some changes with her team, and she's fighting to get back in the proverbial groove and make sure her team stays with her. This is an interesting mystery with lots of little twists to make you think their may be more than one suspect, and question what is REALLY going on! For those of you who enjoyed the PBS series Unforgiven, this will be a series to sink your teeth into!

I have been a fan of Gretta’s work for a little while now. I have read each and every book that she has released to date. I especially love her new series, which features Detective Inspector Siv Drummond. ‘Murder In Mallow Cottage’ is the third in the series and it is another cracker of a read and then some. I thoroughly enjoyed reading ‘Murder In Mallow Cottage’ but more about that in a bit.
As soon as I saw Gretta’s name on the front cover of the book, I just knew that I had to start reading it immediately. When I started reading, I knew that I wasn’t going to be able to put the book to one side. My Kindle wasn’t exactly glued to my hand but it might as well have been because it travelled everywhere with me. I just couldn’t bear to miss a single second of the story. I became so wrapped up in the story that I lost all track of time and just how quickly I was getting through the story. All too quickly I reached the end of the story and I had to say goodbye to DI Siv Drummond. I found ‘Murder In Mallow Cottage’ to be a gripping read, which kept me guessing and which kept me on the edge of my seat throughout.
‘Murder In Mallow Cottage’ is superbly written but then that is true of all of Gretta’s books. She certainly knows how to grab the reader’s attention and draw them into what proves to be one hell of a story. For me, the story hit the ground running and maintained a fast pace throughout. I love the way in which Gretta makes the reader feel as though they are part of the story themselves and at the heart of the action. Reading ‘Murder In Mallow Cottage’ felt like being on a scary and unpredictable rollercoaster with many twists and turns along the way.
In short, I thoroughly enjoyed reading ‘Murder In Mallow Cottage’ and I would definitely recommend this book to other readers. I hope to read much more of Gretta’s work in the future. The score on the Ginger Book Geek board is a very well deserved 5* out of 5*.

Murder in Mallow Cottage is the third instalment in the Detective Inspector Siv Drummond series set in the small town of Berminster, Sussex. Siv is on her way to attend Berminster crematorium as the funeral of fallen colleague DC Lisa Flore is about to take place there. They hadn't worked together long when she was tragically killed at New Year by a drunk driver who collided with her mowing her down with his vehicle as she strolled along the pavement. But before it can take place, the crematorium manager, Toby Foxwell, discovers the deceased body of a man sprawled out on the front steps beneath a line of wreaths. He looked to have been strangled and is later identified as 27-year-old Eugene Warren who moved from Berminster as a teenager after attending Fulbrook Upper School. As Siv and her team investigate the murder, another man goes missing; 28-year-old Henry Kilgore had attended the same school as Warren and they had been friends during their formative years.

The incidents, therefore, appear to be connected. During the investigation and interviews of those who knew the two victims, a link is forged with a death that happened years prior in the town when a young girl died after ingesting alcohol and party drugs during a school holiday shindig. It's clear that there's a conspiracy to keep what happened a secret, so Siv and the team certainly have their work cut out for them. This is an intriguing, engrossing and original mystery and with few suspects, Siv must work her team doggedly to get to the truth. There are ample twists and turns to keep you guessing until the morning light and a few red herrings too which alter the direction of the plot. Mulrooney does a staggering job of keeping the perpetrator under wraps until near the end and even then the culprit and the information that unravels about the links between the cases leaves you in shock. It's compulsive, cleverly plotted and features interesting, well-developed characters. Highly recommended.