MURDER ON MILVERTON SQUARE Milverton, Book 1

Charming characters populate this delightful series debut, wonderfully narrated by Philip Battley. City-dweller Addison Harper travels to the tiny New Zealand town of Milverton to deal with an inheritance from an uncle he barely remembers. He meets a snarky attorney whose irritating manner causes his blood to boil. When Addison finds the attorney murdered later that night, hunky Sergeant Jake Murphy is called in to investigate. Battley delivers the local community of elderly gossips, Addison's uncle's imperious orange cat, and the simmering attraction between Addison and Jake with an appropriately lighthearted air. As Addison grows fonder of the town and its people, Battley's performance makes clear that he'll stay in Milverton, at least long enough for the next installment of this entertaining cozy mystery. S.J.H. © AudioFile 2024, Portland, Maine [Published: NOVEMBER 2024]