Welcome to France, Kitty Underhay! Finally our intrepid investigator/hotelier has made it abroad and, under the guise of holidaying, will be sampling the delights of Nice with Matt whilst they wait to collect some politically sensitive papers from British agent Federico Benedetto aka Fred Bennet.

Unfortunately instead of collecting the papers they stumble over his body in a dark alley in the wrong part of town which leads to a lot of questions, no answers and the need for a bit of sleuthing to work out who can be trusted to then solve the case and save the day by finding the documents.

Kitty and Matt can always be trusted to dig deep and investigate thoroughly and I really enjoyed the espionage aspect to this particular story. Overall  it was a really enjoyable addition to the series and I liked the new elements added. Taking the Bryant's to a new locale, out of their comfort zone and isolated from their support network worked really well and building up to the breakout of WW2 gave it a new dimension with lots of potential for future stories. 

We still have plenty glitz and glamour which I love but to have such a monumental period of world history shaping events makes for a really interesting dynamic and I'm interested in how the series will develop with that in mind.

For me this series is a fun, reliable and comfort read. I love the characters, I love the situations they get into and how the mystery unravels - in this case with an action packed conclusion that brought everything together in a really satisfying way. At Book 16 Helena Dixon shows no signs of slowing down in pace or quality and I, as always, look forward to the next instalment!

Thank you to NetGalley and Bookouture for a digital review copy of "Murder on the French Riviera" in exchange for my honest and voluntary review.