Please note my review should be a 3.5 stars but sadly Goodreads doesn't allow for that all-important half star that this book deserves. I hope that changes one day soon!

The author sent me this book in exchange for an honest review and so I was very pleasantly surprised to find it a gentle, but authentic and tension-building murder mystery set in a very unique residential home for elderly folk with interesting backgrounds (indeed this is a pre-requisite for a resident's acceptance). What a great idea! And it proved to be the perfect setting for not only this murder mystery but for many more adventures I anticipate to follow in the subsequent books.

The story started strongly and I sat back and relaxed as the author introduced me to a handful of eccentric characters and the neatly thought out mystery did all it was supposed to do, i.e. had me chewing my lip or furrowing my brow on occasion as I tried to figure out whodunnit. Written with a great confidence - demonstrable through gentlly flowing prose describing Grasshopper Lawns and its beguiling collection of characters - as soon I "met" the charistmatic "Aunt Edge" I hoped she would take the lead in the story so I was very glad she did. The ending was as quirky as I hoped, but I will add that there were a few occasions in this book when I felt a more thorough copy edit or proofread could have really benefited the story to make it the polished and convincing novella that it is for the most part. I understand now from the author that an updated version addressing this has been released since.