This is truly a mystery! The mystery starts at Summerstrand Lighthouse. A dead body has been discovered and it is a man named Eliot Manson. He has quite a few enemies in town so there are quite a few people for Detective Colin Bradshaw to clear. Along with another dead body that has been discovered that organ Everett.
Georgina is a professional photographer and she had an appointment to go out to meet the man that was going to be renovating the lighthouse. Bert her spaniel came with her and unfortunately for her and him he brought back a bone to her. Being that Colin was there they went to investigate and found the other body..
Are the two bodies connected or is it a coincidence?

Truly a fantastic book highly recommend!

Happy Mystery Reading!!

Another fabulous story in this awesome series, this one takes us to a lighthouse in Summerstrand when Georgina has an assignment to take photos and interview the owner, Eliot Manson who is renovating it, much to the dislike of many of the locals, but when she arrives with her trusty dog Bert and her partner DI Colin Bradshaw what they find is the owner dead and then Bert digs up a bone, which means two cases to investigate.

The investigation starts in earnest with Doris helping with the body found buried, and Georgina is enthused to help uncover what happened to them and who they are, but the scene in the lighthouse looks very suspicious to Colin and Georgina and with the fact that the victim is not well liked by anyone only his fiancé there may be a lot of suspects to interview with the forensic team on the case there are some answers coming in and it classed as a murder.

When the victims fiancé is found dead as well more questions are piling up and the pressure is on Colin to find the answers, of course Georgina is there to help she is very good at getting answers to her questions and with Doris helping with the buried body they soon discover who this person is and are uncovering the reason for his death, but will they discover who killed Eliot Manson.

This is a page turner of a book one that I read in one sitting, I could not put it down, so well written it kept my mind turning trying to work out who done it, Kate Hardy brings the characters and the setting to life in her stories and of course Georgina, Colin, Doris and Bert are a formidable team they work through things and get the answers, I do highly recommend this one and the series and look forward to many more mysteries to uncover in this beautiful setting.

My thanks to Storm Publishing and Netgalley for my copy to read and review.

This is book four in this series. I haven’t read the previous ones and I don’t think you really have to. However I think I would just so you get some sense of the main characters and how they came to be together.
There’s two mysteries to solve in the book. I thought each one was good and kept me guessing. I did think it started a bit slow but it picked up and moved fairly quickly then. I will definitely be looking forward to the next ones in this series.

This was a great cozy mystery set on the coastline with historic pasts. When Georgina’s invited to photograph the lighthouse with a business, all is not well. Her dog starts digging and they find a body in the garden. The mystery begins. Then another body turns up inside the lighthouse.
It’s a great quick read, I enjoyed the characters and will go onto read the first three books in this series. Can be read as a stand-alone thought. Got into it quickly and read it in one sitting. A cozy 4 star read.

This was my first Kate Hardy book and I thoroughly enjoyed it. I will certainly be looking for the previous 3 books in this series, and any that come after as well.

This book read just fine as a stand alone novel, with previous events explained to that I didn't feel like I missed anything.

Georgina Drake is a wonderful character. I just loved her. She's only a year older than me so I really identified with her, but not with her tragic history of course. Bert the dog is just gorgeous and reminds me of my dog Holly.
Colin also sounds lovely, especially looking like Mr Darcy! Lucky Georgie.

The storyline was really interesting and I felt that it just moved along at the right pace. I didn't want to stop reading last night but I couldn't keep my eyes open so had to finish the story this afternoon.

Thank you to NetGalley and Storm Publishing for the digital ARC. All opinions are my own.

I couldn't put this book by Kate Hardy down.
It's a well written mystery and full of twists and turns and great characters

When Georgina Drake was sent to photograph a scenic, soon to be redeveloped lighthouse, she was with DI Colin Bradshaw and her dog Bert. Having to meet with the current owner, Georgie was bemused when no one answered her knocking at the door. And Bert was determined to do some digging close to the lighthouse. When he uncovered human bones, and Colin had sent for a set of keys for the lighthouse door, it soon became clear that they had two deaths - one obviously suspicious, and one (the owner/developer in the lighthouse) perhaps not suspicious. But Georgie wasn't convinced and Colin felt the same. Forensics and his team soon arrived on scene, and the job of interviewing members of the public began. Georgie set herself the job of discovering who the bones belonged to, but could she after the time which had lapsed?

With the help of Doris, Georgie dug deeply. Her daughter Bea provided her mother with links to past missing persons so they had something to work with. Meanwhile, Colin was frustrated, continually hitting a brick wall regarding the body in the lighthouse. Then another body was discovered, the clock was ticking; time was of the essence...

The Body in the Lighthouse is the 4th in A Georgina Drake Mystery series by Kate Hardy and I thoroughly enjoyed it. Georgie and Colin are becoming close, Bert the spaniel is digging up more bones, and Doris is wonderful. I've loved every one in this series, and am looking forward to #5. Highly recommended.

With thanks to NetGalley & Bookouture for my digital ARC to read and review.

I like this series. I enjoyed the mystery and it kept me guessing. I find the characters interesting as well.

Thank you to the author, publisher and NetGalley for my eARC in exchange for an honest review.

Another instatelment in the Georgia Drake cozy mystery series. The same loveable characters and gor new readers this vould be read as a standalone which would probably have you reaching for the orher titles in the series.
As always a nice mystery set against a lighthouse backdrop with another historic crime in the background. This was a quick enjoyable read full of returning characters and new ones who were well written . I loved the way the mystery unfolded and was solved. It was enjoyable throughout with clear character arc. I loved the way the interactions highlighted the various relationship changes and how the characters had grown throughout the series. I really hope there is another one as I gave grown yo love Georgian her ghost and Colin.
Thank you do much netgallery publisher and author for this cracking 5 star read.

I have no read any of the other books in this series, got this one through Netgalley (thanks netgalley!!!) but if they are anything like this one!!!! I'm going to go buy them all now!!!

I've been a fan since book 1 so I was really exited to see book 4! Unfortunately this didn't do anything for me.

Doris was basically absent for 90% and even then she didn't shine as usual. We didn't really have the golden girls, nor Georgies children, so the main selling point (the connection between all of them) of this series was missing.

The writing was also lazier, a lot of repetition and lot's of detail that didn't add to the story. I was actually happy when I reached the end :(

Not sure I give book 5 another chance - I'll have to see.

I hadn't realised this was a series but it reads well as a stand alone book. I love the central character Georgina and the detective Colin Bradshaw. It is a gentle enjoyable read. I shall look for more from this author.

Thank you NetGalley and Storm Publishing for the opportunity to read "The Body in the Lighthouse" in exchange for my honest opinion.

This was the fourth book in the Georgina Drake series and Kate Hardy has written another fabulous story. I look forward to her books because you know they will have characters you like and the story is always interesting and well crafted. I especially like how she weaves together a current case with a historic case.

Georgina's 53rd birthday on Valentine's Day is also the 53rd anniversary of the death of Doris. Since solving what really happened the day she died and "reuniting" her with her true love Harrison 3 months ago, the ghost that only Georgina can hear through her hearing aids had gone silent. But she was back in this story and once again led Bert the springer spaniel to a historic body buried underneath a patio behind the lighthouse. Then same way she had led him to bodies at harrington hall and the Regency Theatre.

Eliot Manson bought the Summerstrand lighthouse and is renovating it. Georgina had been hired to photograph the renovations. When she arrives for the meeting, he doesn't answer the door. As usual Georgie is the first on the scene when a body is found, though this time DI Colin Bradshaw was with her. Manson has no pulse, he's cold and he's very red in the face.

We learn that the body under the patio was Ryan Everett who was staying with his great-aunt in the mid-to late 1960s. His death ties to the current residents of Little Wenbrough. Once again many of Georgie's friends are questioned as suspects. Ms. Hardy has woven the characters backgrounds so seamlessly, it is easy to follow who is related to who, and who might have wanted Manson dead and why.

When another body turns up, Georgie wonders how it's related to the death of Manson, if at all. Why was Manson at the lighthouse by himself? HIs whiskey was spiked but who would be able to do that when the lighthouse was locked from the inside? Why was Manson so careless with a paraffin heater? Why was his home ransacked?

Also in the story are tales of smugglers, priest holes and tunnels that no one seems to believe could exist.

We learn about the case that haunts Colin to this day and why he left London and moved here. We learn a lot about secrets. Georgie fears that she is keeping a big one from Colin but how can she tell him or really anyone that she can communicate with a ghost.

I absolutely love this series and the stories just get better and better. I look forward to each new book in the series because I know it will be another book that I will have a hard time putting down. Definitely giving it more than 5 stars!

I love this series! Photographer Georgie is such a likable heroine and the relationship between her and police detective Colin is touching and believable. The Body in the Lighthouse has everything: a tangle of intriguing suspects, exciting and atmospheric historical details, excellent pacing and a satisfying conclusion. It’s a thoroughly enjoyable, puzzling and gripping cosy mystery!

These books are always a delight. What a marvellous creation Doris is and the other characters now feel like old friends. Suitably awful victim with plenty of motives for him to be killed, so lots to keep you guessing.

I knew I’d love this and I was absolutely right. There are so many fantastic elements, a cosy crime set in a beautiful coastal backdrop is a good starter. A historic crime always has an extra element of intrigue and the long lasting effects on the people left behind up until present day. The very human story of being homosexual in less enlightened times and the historical differences and deep sadness playing out. I also likes the Enid Blighton esque smuggler and lighthouse aspect although I can’t go into too much detail as I’ll inadvertently give spoilers. I’d read a previous book in the series and the added facet of Doris the ghost wasn’t something I thought I’d warm to then but I most certainly did then and definitely did now. She’s charming and a brilliant addition to the storyline. Overall love love love this and truly hoping for more. A great read.

This is another story in this delightful series of cosy murder mysteries. The main character, Georgina Drake, is a professional photographer who has agreed to do publicity photos and an article on an unpopular building developer and his ambitious project converting a disused lighthouse. Her plans go awry when she along with her partner, DI Colin Bradshaw, discover the developers body in the locked lighthouse. The situation gets more complex when Bert, her dog, digs up a human skeleton nearby.

The relationship between Georgina and Colin is nicely developed and with him in charge of both cases this makes for some interesting dialogue. Georgina is also helped in her investigations by Doris, the ghost of a young woman who died some 50 years ago. This quirky relationship provides the basis for interesting subplots. The coastal and rural scenery is carefully described. The characters are well developed and there are plenty of twists and red herrings making this a very enjoyable read. I look forward to further adventures for Georgina, Collin and Doris.

Not read any in this series before and I am afraid it wasn't for me. not a great cosy mystery fan

Thanks for the opportunity to review

Another hugely enjoyable installment in Hardy's Georgina Drake series. I love many things about this series, the gorgeous Norfolk setting which always makes me feel like I'm on holiday, the believable and well drawn characters from Georgina's eccentric friends to her children as well as the main cast of Georgina, Colina and Doris, and of course the dual plotline, mixing a historic murder with a current one. This time the action takes place around a coastal lighthouse. An unpopular bully is found dead, was it murder or an accident? And who was the skeleton found under the patio? Fun, fast paced and the perfect rainy day read. Highly recommended.

Georgina Drake book four. Cosy mystery.
Norfolk little Wenborough and Georgina has been celebrating her birthday with policeman Colin, their relationship is going really well.
Georgina along with Colin are heading to summerstrand lighthouse to meet Eliot Manson the lighthouse has been empty for some time and he is making it into a holiday home, so she has set up a interview and some photos his car is outside but the man is nowhere to be found. Colin unearthed a skeleton then they find Mr Manson body inside the cottage attached to the lighthouse.
Never a dull moment in this book lots of twists, turns, with added banter.
I always look forward to reading from this author. Loved it.