Aunt Bessie Assumes

An Isle of Man Cozy Mystery, Book 1

By: Diana Xarissa

Narrated by: Rosalind Ashford

Aunt Bessie assumes that she'll have the beach all to herself on a cold, wet, and windy March morning just after sunrise, then she stumbles (almost literally) over a dead body.

Elizabeth (Bessie) Cubbon, aged somewhere between free bus pass (60) and telegram from the Queen (100), has lived her entire adult life in a small cottage on Laxey Beach. For most of those years, she's been in the habit of taking a brisk morning walk along the beach. Dead men have never been part of the scenery before. Aunt Bessie assumes that the dead man died of natural causes, then the police find the knife in his chest. Try as she might, Bessie just can't find anything to like about the young widow that she provides tea and sympathy to in the immediate aftermath of finding the body. There isn't much to like about the rest of the victim's family either.

Aunt Bessie assumes that the police will have the case wrapped up in no time at all, then she finds a second body. Can Bessie and her friends find the killer before she ends up as the next victim?

©2014 Diana Xarissa (P)2016 Diana Xarissa

Good story

The performance cadence was too repetitive, putting me to sleep a couple of times but the story line was good so I stuck with it, enjoying the characters & plot very much.

Average start for the first book in a series

This is a predictable formula written book. Absolutely nothing new here. It is ok, and as I do not have much waiting in my wish list, I will try the second book as I do not mind the credit I spent on this one.

Good story

Listening to tHis audiobook was fun. It's full of memorable characters and believable situations. I think every small town has an "Aunt Bessie."

Aunt Bessie assumes

I really enjoyed this cozy mystery! The characters were colorful and I found myself chuckling at some of their antics.

The cutest little book about a cute little island

I've listened to a lot of books on Audible, but this has to be the cutest little murder mystery I've heard in a very long time. just enough to make you really question whodunit and laugh at the humourous banter. Glad I came across the series and I'll keep going.