I received a copy of this book from Harper Collins in exchange for an honest review.

Nothing that exciting ever happens in Temple Regis so when a film star is found dead on a train and then a local man found dead at the bottom of a cliff, local reporter Miss Judy Dimont feels like something is up. What follows is a comedic investigation involving some starlets more interested in crying for the cameras, a bumbling policeman and a missing briefcase.

This story took me a while to really get into it, but once I did I found it a speedy read. It was quite funny at times and I loved all the quirky characters - definitely all the types you expect to find in a sleepy little town. I liked how a lot of hints were dropped about Miss Dimont's past, particularly during the war. It's clear she played some important, secret role but never bragged about it which is why she's always underestimated when it comes to her intuition as a reporter. I also liked how it's clear the town is still living in the shadow of the war from the reactions after the deaths and how people's fears are described when they see the boy with the telegrams.

However, unfortunately while I found the characters funny, I just didn't quite connect with them and so felt slightly disconnected from the story. I found I didn't overly care too much about the investigations into the deaths, which I did find seemed to go in circles at times and became a bit boring for me. I normally like to speculate about who did what in these kind of books and I didn't do it as much in this book as I don't think the reader was given enough information at times, rather than suspects who just seemed to obvious - we just had to follow along with Miss Dimont while she figured it out.

While this was mildly entertaining, I'm not sure if I would pick up more in this series.