A Mirror Murder – review (ad)

I was kindly given an electronic copy of A Mirror Murder by Helen Hollick in exchange for an honest review*.

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A Mirror Murder book blurb

Eighteen-year-old library assistant Jan Christopher’s life is to change on a rainy Friday evening in July 1971, when her legal guardian and uncle, DCI Toby Christopher, gives her a lift home after work.

Driving the car, is her uncle’s new Detective Constable, Laurie Walker – and it is love at first sight for the young couple.

But romance is soon to take a back seat when a baby boy is taken from his pram, a naked man is scaring young ladies in nearby Epping Forest, and an elderly lady is found, brutally murdered…

Are the events related?

How will they affect the staff and public of the local library where Jan works – and will a blossoming romance survive a police investigation into murder?

The first in a new series of quick-read, cosy mysteries set in the 1970s …

Will romance blossom between library assistant Jan Christopher and DC Laurie Walker – or will a brutal murder intervene?

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My overall thoughts on A Mirror Murder

A Mirror Murder is the first in a new series of mysteries featuring Jan Christopher.

I found this a really good, easy, well-paced read that I throughly enjoyed.

Jan Christopher is an 18-year-old librarian who happens to stumble upon a murder scene completely by accident.

She’s also been victim of a flasher and has the start of a romance blossoming with the new DC working with her uncle.

There’s a few threads within the main plot who is the flasher, is Gloria lying about more than just her boyfriend beating her and why is Mr Hurst so mean?

A baby boy is taken from his pram, a naked man is scaring young ladies in nearby Epping Forest, and an elderly lady is found, brutally murdered…

Are the events related?

The chapters are mainly from Jan’s perspective with a few “interludes” featuring DC Laurie Walker’s point of view.

I really hope to read more Jan Christopher mysteries as I enjoyed this first installment so much.

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