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Summary: Charming and Clever
Review: After finishing this thoroughly satisfying cozy, you'll feel as if you had an insider's visit to a charming little village of Llanfair in Wales. The characters actually breathe, the language is just plain FUN, these are people you've sure you have truly met. The writing is clever and inspired and the scenes are wonderfully painted. Constable Evan Evans is the policeman with both a heart and a brain, as well as a coodling landlady and enough love interest to keep tongues wagging. Dueling church billboards are a witty and delightful touch.This reader is delighted that there is more of Evans and Llanfair waiting. If you have made it through the series and wonder what's next - then M.C. Beaton's Hamish MacBeth series of cozies might should be added to your reading list.
Rating:
Summary: Charming and Clever
Review: After finishing this thoroughly satisfying cozy, you'll feel as if you had an insider's visit to a charming little village of Llanfair in Wales. The characters actually breathe, the language is just plain FUN, these are people you've sure you have truly met. The writing is clever and inspired and the scenes are wonderfully painted. Constable Evan Evans is the policeman with both a heart and a brain, as well as a coodling landlady and enough love interest to keep tongues wagging. Dueling church billboards are a witty and delightful touch. This reader is delighted that there is more of Evans and Llanfair waiting. If you have made it through the series and wonder what's next - then M.C. Beaton's Hamish MacBeth series of cozies might should be added to your reading list.
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Summary: Second Book as Great as the First
Review: Life in Llanfair is about to get another jolt. Colonel Arbuthnot is hit over the head and killed right after discovering an ancient ruin on the nearby mountains. Meanwhile, tensions build in the town when Evans-the-Meat announces a plan to put the village on the map and returning resident Ted Morgan announces plans to turn the old slate mine into an amusement park. Then a second body turns up. Constable Evan Evans finds himself overwhelmed with events and trying to find the pieces to make sense of it all. But if that's not complication enough, there's a new female resident in town, and she also has her eye on the eligible lawman. I just discovered this series last month, and I've already read two of them. The characters and setting are charming. The author's obvious love of them comes through on every page. The plot is great as well. While I had some things figured out, there were still enough twists to keep me surprised until the end. Anyone looking for a relaxing cozy mystery would do well to book some time in Llanfair. I'm hooked and look forward to many happy visits with Evan and his neighbors.
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Summary: Second Book as Great as the First
Review: Life in Llanfair is about to get another jolt. Colonel Arbuthnot is hit over the head and killed right after discovering an ancient ruin on the nearby mountains. Meanwhile, tensions build in the town when Evans-the-Meat announces a plan to put the village on the map and returning resident Ted Morgan announces plans to turn the old slate mine into an amusement park. Then a second body turns up. Constable Evan Evans finds himself overwhelmed with events and trying to find the pieces to make sense of it all. But if that's not complication enough, there's a new female resident in town, and she also has her eye on the eligible lawman. I just discovered this series last month, and I've already read two of them. The characters and setting are charming. The author's obvious love of them comes through on every page. The plot is great as well. While I had some things figured out, there were still enough twists to keep me surprised until the end. Anyone looking for a relaxing cozy mystery would do well to book some time in Llanfair. I'm hooked and look forward to many happy visits with Evan and his neighbors.
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Summary: This book made me want to visit Wales
Review: That's surprising given I've been to Wales and it was very foggy and damp -- but the Wales described in this book is a wonderful place indeed -- beautiful and filled with kind, caring people (who unfortunately for any outsider speak Welsh!)
This is the second book in the series -- I'm reading them in order -- and I think I liked it better than the first. I thought at first I had everything all figured out, and was disappointed, but as it turned out, I wasn't even close. That's a great mystery. Add to that a wonderful world you enter when you read this book...
The plot involves a summer resident (a retired Colonel living on a pension who comes to this tiny village in Wales every year for a holiday) who is found dead right after he's discovered some ruins. The local constable, Evan Evans, immediately believes he was murdered, but the police higher up the chain of command try to insist it's an accident. Then there is another death -- made to look like a suicide. Is there one killer or two? Evans gets involved in trying to find the connection between these two deaths as the key to discovering what happened.
All in all, a great book to curl up with when you have the time to read uninterrupted -- it creates a wonderful mood.
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Summary: So cute and homey
Review: This book is cosy and even though I'm a city girl and far from Welsh, the whole thing reeks of Home. It's funny and light and the characters a delight. The mystery is good and the pacing as well, but no: this book is not a thriller or nail-biter or really dumbfounding, shocking or complex mystery. Doesn't make it any less a good book or nice read, however. Try it. I'm enjoying all four books of the Evan Evans series so far.
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Summary: So cute and homey
Review: This book is cosy and even though I'm a city girl and far from Welsh, the whole thing reeks of Home. It's funny and light and the characters a delight. The mystery is good and the pacing as well, but no: this book is not a thriller or nail-biter or really dumbfounding, shocking or complex mystery. Doesn't make it any less a good book or nice read, however. Try it. I'm enjoying all four books of the Evan Evans series so far.
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Summary: Evan Evans becoming established as a Welsh Hamish MacBeth
Review: This is the second book in the series featuring likeable young Welsh policeman Evan Evans (Evans Above was the first). Reviewers compare Evan to Hamish MacBeth, and indeed the two series do have a lot in common--the are both light, regional village mysteries. However my books are based on my own childhood summers spent with relatives in North Wales. Many of my eccentric characters really existed. The area is very close to my heart. I am so glad it hasn't changed over the years. If you want a taste of Wales, my books will take you there.
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Summary: Wonderful Series
Review: This series is set in the peaceful Welsh village of Llanfair and features Evan Evans, the local constable. When two recently arrived Londoners are murdered, Evans must sift through the rivalries that the victims were involved in. This is a well-crafted series with likable characters and well-written plots. Each entry in the series is better than the one before. If you like British procedurals, add this to your to-buy list.
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Summary: Warm and Enjoyable
Review: Warm humor; enjoyable. Comforting read
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