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'The classic English village mystery is alive and well and living in Gloucestershire' Sherlock Magazine 'Exciting, humorous and topical, this is one of her best novels yet' Crime Time
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Thea Osborne and her spaniel Hepzibah embark on their second house-sitting commission with few worries. Despite her first disastrous venture, in which she became drawn into a murder case (A Cotswold Killing), Thea is convinced that lightning will not strike twice, and arrives at idyllic Frampton Mansell with renewed enthusiasm. However it seems she is jinxed: within days of her arrival she finds a body hanging from the rafters of one of the barns. But was it suicide...or murder? The second novel in the series, "A Cotswold Ordeal" weaves the reader into a tangle of village history, neighbourly betrayal and conflicting passions, which culminates in a gruelling climax for Thea herself.
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6 of 6 people found the following review helpful
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Thea Osborne has embarked on her second house-sitting assignment with her dog Hepzibah. She's hoping to spend some time walking in the surrounding countryside and exploring some of the disused canals in the area as she is interested in industrial archaeology. Unfortunately the body of a man is found hanging in a barn next to the house in which she is staying. The incident does have a good side in that it brings her into contact again with Superintendent Phil Hollis to whom she found herself attracted in the first book in the series Cotswold Killing, A (Cotswolds Mystery 1)
Thea thinks she has enough problems to deal with but her sister is about to land her with another one as she is having problems with her marriage and wants to stay in Thea's own house until the dust settles. Thea invites her to stay with her for a few days. I enjoyed this fast moving story with its many undercurrents and plot strands. It is soon clear that there is much more going on in the neighbourhood than either the police or Thea are aware of.
The villagers are an interesting collection with several very pushy and obnoxious characters who keep telling Thea it would be in her interests to go home as soon as possible. I found the characters interesting and the plot nicely complicated and the growing relationship between Thea and Phil was intriguing. I am looking forward to reading the rest of this series.
Thea thinks she has enough problems to deal with but her sister is about to land her with another one as she is having problems with her marriage and wants to stay in Thea's own house until the dust settles. Thea invites her to stay with her for a few days. I enjoyed this fast moving story with its many undercurrents and plot strands. It is soon clear that there is much more going on in the neighbourhood than either the police or Thea are aware of.
The villagers are an interesting collection with several very pushy and obnoxious characters who keep telling Thea it would be in her interests to go home as soon as possible. I found the characters interesting and the plot nicely complicated and the growing relationship between Thea and Phil was intriguing. I am looking forward to reading the rest of this series.
22 of 25 people found the following review helpful
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For me this was an entirely new take on the murder mystery genre. The whole is characterised by lucid description both emotional and physical (I have never felt so clearly 'oriented' in a novel before) and wry humour. It had me laughing all the time at Thea's (the heroine's) inappropriately appropriate observations and reactions. She places the welfare of her pooch first (quite right!), is irritated by her relatives, fancies one of the policemen... she proceeds by accident and is free of the irritating and incredible genius with which other lay-heroes are endowed. Can't wait to read more.
9 of 10 people found the following review helpful
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I love the Cotswolds so this had a great "place" interest for me. Not my usual crime fiction taste but I enjoyed it in one sitting on a rainy afternoon. An easy comfort read which demanded little of me other than to turn the pages. Quite satisfying really but certainly not literature. Enjoy it for what it is - a bit of escape from bad news which seems to surround us. Thea is very funny and doesn't really fit into the Cotswolds I know - not gentrified at all, which makes her all the nicer.
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Good Read, but Tedious at Times
Overall I enjoyed this book, but felt that there were places where it needed speeding up a bit.
I liked the developing relationship between Phil and Thea. Read more
I liked the developing relationship between Phil and Thea. Read more
Published 2 months ago by Mrs. A. L. Maddocks
Starting to dislike Thea
This is the second book I have read in this series, and although the plot was good, the character of Thea began to annoy me, especially regarding her attitude towards her sister's... Read more
Published 3 months ago by Mandy
Rebecca Tope should stop writing
Some time ago I read a Tope's Cotswold mystery and found it fairly borung. However, I considered trying another one, and picked up, A Cotswold Ordeal, just to see whether it was... Read more
Published 15 months ago by Madsen Bertil
Review of A Cotswold Ordeal
A light and easy-going story set in the Cotswolds. The main character and her dog Hepzibah are house sitting in a farmhouse while the family holiday abroad. Read more
Published 22 months ago by Jane G.
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