Genre: Mystery
LGBTQ+ Category: Ace (Autism)
Reviewer: Xanthe, Paranormal Romance Guild
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About The Book
On a casual walk along the Cornish Coast, Pineapple “Motts” Mottley stumbles upon a body and a perilous new murder case in the second novel in the Motts Cold Case Mystery series.
As spring rolls into summer, Motts settles into her cottage. She’s enjoying a daily stroll when a body in the sea destroys her peace and quiet. It brings yet another mystery for her to solve.
How does a woman who vanished from Polperro three years prior wind up battered by waves?
Motts is drawn into the investigation despite her best attempts. She finds a family in turmoil and loads of suspects. With no easy answers, she tumbles further into chaos and ever closer to danger.
Can Motts find the killer before she’s the one put on ice?
Will she survive a bone-chilling brush with death?
The Review
Pierced Peony in the second book in this cosy mystery series. In book one Motts was unlucky enough to dig up a body in the back garden of her new bungalow. This time she spots a day body floating along the coast when out for a walk near her home in a village in Cornwall, England. Just like before, she can’t help but do at least a little bit of investigating to sate her curiosity.
Motts is such a lovely character. I love how comfortable she is in being herself, an asexual autistic woman, which I’m guessing comes from years of practice, living in a place that is good for her mental health and being surrounded by such loving family and friends. She’s quirky in how she treats her pets, Cactus the Sphynx cat and Moss the turtle, properly having conversations with them but as someone who shares a word of two with their dog, I can’t say much. She’s an entertaining character to read, and I love how she deals with daily life and relationships when it comes to her autism and asexuality – two things not often included in books so it’s a wonderful thing to have both here.
The mystery is good as it’s a constant guess who with pieces of information randomly being found out, mostly by Motts, as well as the odd red herring to keep everyone on their toes.
With the mystery being three years old and the family not being the nicest one in the village, it takes the work of the local police, the cold case detective who just happens to be dating Motts, as well as Motts and her group of just as most friends to crack the case.
There’s a bit of danger for her along the way but she has Vina, Nash, River, Marnie, her aunt and uncle along with several other who love and care for her, knowing when to be there for her but also when she needs her space. It’s really endearing to read and one of my favourite things about this series, the community around Motts.
This has a really good story that’s entertaining as well and interesting, keeping you engaged with the mystery and Motts herself as we get closer to the reveal. I’m looking forward to where we go next in the series, with Pickled Petunia!
The Reviewer
Hello all, my name is Xanthe and I am excited to be a reviewer for the PRG.
I read a lot, every night for at least 4-5 hours and I love to get lost in the world that an author has created. The best ones leave you wanting more and at a loss for words to describe just how good it is but I’ll try my best.
I live in a small town in South West England, just me and my dog Bonnie. I work part time in administration and really enjoy my job and the people I work with which I am very aware is not always the case!
I’ll read pretty much any sub genre within the mm genre. Since discovering it a few years ago, I rarely read anything else. One thing I won’t touch is horror, a definite no no for me!
Never ask me what my favourite anything is as I’ll have to give you a list of about ten or twenty things. How am I able to pick one food, book or film out of so many that I love?!
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