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A Small Hill to Die On (Penny Brannigan #4)
by
Elizabeth J. Duncan (Goodreads Author)
The North Wales market town of Llanelen is abuzz when a Vietnamese family moves into Ty Brith Hall. It isn’t long before the family’s business dealings have the townsfolk wondering what’s really going on up at the big house on the hill.
Things take a sinister turn when Penny Brannigan, spending a midwinter afternoon sketching the magnificent views that surround the town, di...more
Things take a sinister turn when Penny Brannigan, spending a midwinter afternoon sketching the magnificent views that surround the town, di...more
Hardcover, 272 pages
Published
October 30th 2012
by Minotaur Books
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Penny Brannigan and her friend Victoria have their new spa and nail salon up and running smoothly. A Vietnamese family arrives in town and opens a new nail and tanning salon. Penny isn't too worried about the competition but looks for new ways to keep her old customers. One of the new innovations that Penny tries is a snake skin manicure. She gives one to the daughter of the new salon owner but the girl is found murdered shortly thereafter. Penny is curious and is looking into the mystery but th...more
Life is carrying on in North Wales for Penny and Victoria as they are choosing their first vacations since opening their spa. As Victoria readies to travel to Florence, Italy, a business threat appears in the form of a competitor spa/tanning salon run by a Vietnamese family. Quickly, things in gentle Llanelen clouds over. The daughter of the salon owner is found dead when Penny and her sketching friend, Gwennie go out to sketch the woods.
Add dog stealing and possible drug selling to the mix and...more
Add dog stealing and possible drug selling to the mix and...more
Penny and her friend Victoria, worry about a new nail and tanning salon opening up in their Welsh village and taking business away from their own Llanelen Spa. Mai Grimstead, the owner of Nailz, has just moved to town with her husband and two teenage children into Ty Brith Hall, a beautiful old property. When Penny discovers Mai's daughter Ashlee murdered near a waterfall, she is stunned. She's warned not to do any investigating of her own by her boyfriend, DCI Gareth Davies, but Penny ignores h...more
Delightful small town businesswoman, artist and sleuth Penny Brannigan finds a body and recognizes the victim from the manicure that Penny herself had given the girl. There's something disturbing about the girl's mother, a woman who has moved into the local manor with the intent of starting a manicure and tanning salon to compete with Penny's spa. Penny is also concerned for her beloved dog, since a lot of dogs in the small town of Llanelen are disappearing. Pieces come together a bit too conven...more
A very well crafted, well written cozy mystery that remains true to the strictest definition of a cozy. This is not an assembly line run-of-the-mill plot; it's obvious when reading it that the author spent a lot of time crafting this book, as well as the previous books in this series. I'd readily recommend this series and book to cozy readers; especially those who prefer their reads without language, sex, or overt violence.
Having said all of that, I'll most likely not continue this series myself...more
Having said all of that, I'll most likely not continue this series myself...more
Another good book in this series. I had missed the publication of the last one and so I read it and this one back to back. Sometimes that would be too much of a good thing, but not with this author. I enjoy the mystery, but also her description of Wales and the life of this town are really interesting. I think each book is getting better than the last.
What's not to love with a title like this? This is a "Penny Brannigan Mystery" which leads me to believe there are others. I am jealous of Penny and her manicure giving, murder solving escapades! Why can't I ever find a dead body when I'm walking my dogs...? (sigh).
Light mystery set in northern Wales. Very easy entertaining read. Fourth in the series starring Penny Brannigan who runs a spa in small town. All the books are good.
The fourth Penny Brannigan mystery has the picturesque Welsh setting and quirky characters that appealed in the earlier titles but the plotting falters.
The latest in a series, this mystery is a bit darker than previous ones but still enjoyable to read about characters and their evolving lives.
A little slow going but at least I didn't have to bleep out half of the text because of bad words or sexual content. Refreshing.
new author for me--like the Welsh setting, enjoyable read.
likable Heroine hopes she makes it official with her policeman boyfriend.
As always Elizabeth J. Duncan hit a home run.
wonderful. all the perfect elements of an intriguing, interesting cozy mystery. love this series!
read in one day!
read in one day!
The other stories weren't as predictable as this one, were they?
A nice cozy and a quick read.
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After graduating from Carleton University, Ottawa, with a BA in English, Elizabeth J. Duncan worked as a writer and editor for some of Canada’s largest newspapers, including the Ottawa Citizen and Hamilton Spectator. She lived and worked in London, England for five years as a freelance writer and broadcaster.
Since 1995 she has worked in communications, and now teaches writing and communication pla...more
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Since 1995 she has worked in communications, and now teaches writing and communication pla...more
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