A good cozy mystery set in England. A murder at a garden show and lots of red herrings make for an enjoyable read. Would recommend.

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Review for 'The Missing Heirloom Mystery' by Rachel Ward.

This may be the first book I have read by this author but it most definitely will not be my last! It is also the fifth book in Rachels's ' The Supermarket Mysteries' series but can be read as a standalone.

Well done and thank you Rachel on, and for, an absolutely amazing cosy mystery and a fantastic start (for me) in what promises to be an addictive series!!! This book is very smoothly written with vivid descriptions which really help you see what's going on around you as well as the storyline. The blurb and the cover compliment the novel perfectly.

I absolutely LOVED this book and cannot wait to read previous and future books in this series!!

I may have never read any of this authors books prior to this one but after sinking my teeth into this cracking and intriguing mystery I cannot wait to get stuck into the previous book and future books!! Rachel's amazing and evocative writing skills really brought everything to life all throughout the story ensuring I could see the characters, the surroundings and feel everything the characters were feeling. In this cracking book Rachel transports us to the little town of Kingsleigh where we meet Bea. Bea works at her local Costsave supermarket along with her best friend Ant. Along with working in the local supermarket Bea and Ant are also amateur sleuths. Ant has also taken up gardening and invites Bea along to his allotment for a picnic. However, they are not there long when Ant discovers the body of his friend Dylan dead in his locked shed. Ant is determined to get to the bottom of who killed Dylan and usually has Bea at his side but with Bea still suffering mentally from their last cases she refuses to get involved. Ant enlists the help of his colleagues at Costsave and they decide to stake the allotment out at night. They end up discovering human remains which ends up in another mystery but one that is 40 years old! Bea still refuses to get involved but later visits the council to look at some artefacts and comes across a shocking discovery instead!! What did Bea uncover? Are the recent and old crimes linked? Will they be able to solve the mysteries before another body turns up?? Grab your copy of this absolutely fantastic page turner to find out more for yourselves and I can guarantee that you will not regret it!! With a fantastic storyline ram packed with friendship, mystery, murder, crime, fun, adventure, community, suspects, red herrings and everything you could ask for and much, much more in a cosy mystery what on Earth are you waiting for?? I absolutely love the fact that this series has a local supermarket and its workers at the centre of it as it is a completely unique concept for me having never come across a book based around a supermarket before!! I am not usually a fan of reading books out of order but once I seen this I could not help but read it!! there is a positive side to reading books out of order though and that is I can now go back and read the first four books in this series while I am impatiently waiting for the next book to come out!! The book is fast paced with one thing happening after another and I absolutely devoured it in one sitting. Every time I told myself just one more chapter it ended in a way that I just had to read one more and before I knew it I had devoured the whole book around in one sitting. I was walking around with my kindle glued to my hand as I just could not put it down!! Rachel's fantastic evocative writing skills really bring the surroundings and characters to life and it makes you feel that you are standing right next to them throughout. I absolutely loved everything about this book and I am so pleased that I can go back and read the first book in this series!! All of the characters are realistic, have their own unique personalities, strengths and weaknesses and are all very well developed. Grab your copy of this fantastic book and discover for yourself how great this book is and trust me, you will not regret it and if your anything like me you will find a new author whose work you will fall in love with!! The storyline was realistic which I always prefer as it makes it more enjoyable to read when you can see that it is something that could happen. It is well constructed and traditional and what starts off as one mystery becomes quite multi layered with all the characters backgrounds coming out. It was a very compelling read and I would never have guessed who did and was hiding what and I was completely shocked by the mega twists. An absolutely fantastic read filled with suspense, mystery, twists and much more (I can't say much more as I don't want to spoil it for future readers) Congratulations Rachel, it is getting harder and harder to surprise me and you did just that!!! I loved the addictive storyline and the fantastic characters and I really am looking forward to getting stuck into the rest of your books which I am off to add to my Amazon wish list as soon as I have finished this review!! With a fantastic storyline, unforgettable characters and twists and turns this book is perfect to devour in front of a fire on a winters day or relaxing on the beach under the sun! It really does not matter where you read this book as Rachel will pick you up and transport you straight into the middle of Kingsleigh where everything will come to life around you and it will feel like you have got on a sofa holiday!!

Although this is the fifth book in the series I had absolutely no problems reading it without reading the first four books. Any details or events that have previously happened are mentioned in just the right amount of detail to let a new reader know what has happened and yet not too much to bore a previous reader.

I absolutely LOVED meeting and getting to know all these refreshing new characters (for me as it is the first book I have read in this series) who are a delightful mix of personalities with intriguing backgrounds and each one was very compelling. Each and every character is realistic, well defined and leapt out of the pages at me every turn of a page!! I was surprised at how quickly it was for me to think of the majority of them as more as friends than fictional characters. I absolutely loved getting to know many of these characters and Rachel's vivid and evocative descriptions makes it feels like the reader is standing next to Ant and Bea and meeting them and the other characters for yourself. I really cannot wait to get to meet many more of them again on my next visit in the first book in 'The Supermarket Mysteries' series. I loved watching the way they all interacted with each other and seeing them change as individuals as well as relationships between characters throughout the storyline. Rachel ensures that you really get close to them feeling everything that they are feeling and seeing everything that they are! Congratulations Rachel on creating a fantastic collection of unique, varied, realistic and memorable characters who I am looking forward to meeting over and over!

Congratulations Rachel on an absolutely fantastic and successful cosy mystery and I cannot wait to get stuck into more books in this promising series especially the first four books to meet some of these amazing characters from the start!!! An absolutely perfect introduction to this series for me and I would like to welcome you to my favourite author club!! Here's to many more successes!!

Overall a quirky, fun, page turning, intriguing murder mystery that will keep you hooked!

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The Supermarket Mysteries is on my favourite cozy series and one the most original I read as there's refreshing realism and the characters are down to the earth and relatable.
Bea is great, I would like to hug her from time to time but also give a bonus for her great brain and heart.
This is another winner in this series, a compelling and well plotted mystery full of intrigues, secrets, and twists.
Well done, highly entertaining and solid.
Highly recommended.
Many thanks to Joffe Books for this ARC, all opinions are mine

I’ll begin by saying that I have not read the prior books in this series, so in part, my thoughts are skewed simply because I had four books of relationships to figure out from context, and that was pretty hard!
This book was such a fun time. I wanted a cozy mystery and I got it! Just a coupla young folks solving crime and helping their neighbors. At times, I found it all a bit pedestrian and I was like, “okaaay get back to the mystery please.” But once I got about a third into the book, I realized that it didn’t actually bother me—and it helped with the not-having-read-the-other-books.
The mystery/mysteries were well presented and thought out, I sort of predicted but only because I like clues and am suspicious by nature. I still was surprised seeing how everything came together!
The romance between Bea and Ant felt a little under developed and a bit confusing at times. I didn’t really feel the chemistry between them? They spent so much of the book apart, so I wasn’t really rooting for them (aside from me always rooting for what is clearly the romance). Again, part of that is probably because I didn’t read the other books in the series, so I haven’t eased into what I’m assuming is a will they/won’t they slow burn situation.
Overall the writing was solid, the story was sweet, and I will def be checking out the others in this series. I have to figure out 1) who all these other characters are and if I should still be suspicious of Bob (idk, I got a vibe!) and 2) what happened to Bea in the allotment shed!!

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Coming back to the characters from the supermarket is like a visit with old friends and catching up with anything new. I enjoyed this one a lot even though I've only read one other in series and there was no loss of continuity. The characters are so alive and the story is both entertaining and a good investigation. Loved it!
I requested and received a temporary uncorrected proof copy from Joffe Books via NetGalley. Thank you!
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Love a good amateur sleuth read and this one was a lot of fun. I haven't read all the books in this series but have enjoyed the ones I have read.
A murder, a mystery and of course a checkout girl who will give her all to solve this crime.

This is a book that has it all. Humour, murder, mystery an annual Flower and Produce Show. Great characters, an easy to read story that still has some depth in the murder mystery story within the pages. I really do need to go back and find the first three books now too.

Thank you NetGalley and Joffe Books for giving me the opportunity to read and review this book.

I have not read the other books in the series but I didn’t feel at a disadvantage like you do sometimes. This is a modern cosy mystery that not only has a murder to be solved but also a theft and a romance between the main character's Bea and Ant. The story moves along at a good pace and held my interest though out. There were lots of twists and turns one of which I didn't see coming at all. Highly Enjoyable. I received an advance review copy for free, and I am leaving this review voluntarily.

Fabulous return to the world of Costsave and our amateur detective duo of Ant and Bea. Lovely developments and realisations in their relationship with each other and also where the future may take them. Great dual mystery to piece together with some interesting twists to keep readers on their toes. Can't wait for the next one, hoping it'll be a wedding for Dot and Bob!