#blogtour The Haunting of Mount Cod by Nicky Stratton 

Hi everyone, today The Haunting of Mount Cod blog tour stops here, and it is my pleasure to introduce you to Lady Boxford and her pug, Parker. 

Summary:
Lady Laura Boxford lives with her pug, Parker, in the retirement complex of Wellworth Lawns, formerly her family home.

One day she and her friend Venetia see the ancient actor Sir Repton Willowby arriving. He’s Venetia’s cousin by marriage and Venetia says he murdered his wife.

He lives at the Edwardian pile, Mount Cod and he says he’s being haunted by the ghost of an eighteenth century serving wench called Rosalind.

Laura is convinced he’s a charlatan using the ghost as a ruse for finding a new wife.

She determines to get to the bottom of the mystery on account of Venetia’s daughter, who stands to inherit Mount Cod.

But did Sir Repton murder his wife and is the house haunted?

My Review:

I really enjoyed this crime mystery. Lady Boxford is a spirited heroine, who takes absolutely no nonsense whatsoever and doesn't suffer fools gladly, she brought to mind an elderly Jessica Fletcher. ( Murder she Wrote )

I'm not sure I've ever read a crime novel set in a retirement complex before, but it works! The age of the characters didn't slow the action down at all, and if anything, their life experience, along with their joie de vivre made for some thrilling moments. 

Lady Boxford has a lot to contend with, murder, a ghost, theft, illegal marriages, seances... but she doesn't falter, and with the help of some friends follows the clues and attempts to solve the crimes. 

I believe this is the second in the Lady Boxford mysteries and am looking forward to reading more. 

Information about the Book
Title: The Haunting of Mount Cod
Author: Nicky Stratton
Release Date: 28th June 2018
Genre: Cozy Mystery
Publisher: Clink Street Publishing
Format: Paperback 


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Author Information


Nicky Stratton came second in a short story competition when she was twenty; the prize was a brown typewriter called The Underdog 2000, but rather than become a novelist, she embarked on a thirty year career as a copywriter. Alongside work, Stratton raised two children plus a veritable menagerie of animals, including a hawk; she also took an Open University degree in Humanities, graduating at the age of fifty with a 2.1. She finally published her first novel, The Weight of Death, in 2016. Nicky Stratton lives in Stratford upon Avon with her partner Myles.