A Little Bird Told Me by Rachael Gray is a cosy crime mystery where Laurel Nightingale moves to a pretty Yorkshire village and on her first day discovers a body.
What is A Little Bird Told Me about?
Criminal psychologist Dr Nightingale has moved ‘Up North’ to start again. But things don’t start out too well when she finds retired neighbour Lily Armitage dead in an armchair.
At first it’s ruled as natural causes and then a tragic accident. But Laurel isn’t so sure. She senses foul play and with her new friend, Maggie, they start some amateur sleuthing.
What was my verdict?
Gray has created a wonderful cast of characters and I wonder how much of the protagonist, Dr. Nightingale, is based on the author who was a former clinical psychologist?
As you’d expect there’s a list of suspects including prickly neighbours who don’t mind rubbing people up the wrong way; an ambitious busybody councillor and a community split over a new property development at a grand house dogged by tragedy. And for all the foodies out there, the delicious baked delicacies at The Plump Tart will leave you drooling.
A Little Bird Told Me is set in the fictitious village of Elderwick and is perfect for fans of Agatha Christie and Midsomer Murders. In fact, both are referenced in this glorious tale of shenanigans in the East Riding of Yorkshire.
I thoroughly enjoyed my Elderwick outing and I’ll be checking out the other cosy crime mysteries in this four-part series. Thank you Rachael Gray for a highly entertaining read that I devoured in one day on my holiday in Yorkshire. I look forward to finding out where you take your characters next.
Oh yes, did I guess who did it? Well, only at the point in the story when I couldn’t take much credit for it!