Lemonade and Lies

By: Agatha Frost

Narrated by: Jilly Bond

When the entire village is invited to a garden party for a mysterious announcement, nobody expects it to end with a man being thrown to his death.

In a race against the clock, Julia must juggle her blossoming romance with DI Brown whilst interpreting her lodger's strange behaviour to uncover the truth behind the untimely death. With members of her family in the frame, will Julia like what she discovers?

©2017 Agatha Frost (P)2017 W. F. Howes Ltd

Posh Party for the Pompous in Peridale

The second in the Peridale Café series is just as much fun as the first one. Julia South, owner of the café, has been invited to her father’s posh Garden Party, and is SO dreading it. Her father and his young rich wife, Katie Wellington, have some BIG announcement to make. Fearing that they may be having a baby (at his age!), Julia and her young friend, Jessie, (not long off the streets) go to the party together. When Katie’s brother coming crashing out of a second story window to his death, following a fight with his sister, the celebration comes to a halt. Julia and her neighbor, Detective Barker Brown both start to investigate the matter . . . finding that there’s more than what appears on the surface. This series is clean, interesting and I did not figure out who the murder was. I am liking the characters more and more. Jessie, the young girl from the streets, and newest café employee is one of my favorites. Spunky, compassionate and curious Julia is also the cat’s meow 😊.

SPOILER ALERT..!! Read Them In Order

Why in the world the author chose to completely disclose the entire synopsis and solution to her previous book throughout this one is beyond me..
Not everyone reads the first book in the series before finding one that just catches their eye.. then,.. if Good they’ll usually back up and start from the beginning and go in order.. It was incredibly disappointing that she didn’t stop to think she might be shooting herself in the foot for future sales..
Bummer....sigh...

Character Narration Doesn't Work

You can't have an older person narrate the voices of younger people. It doesn't work. I couldn't make it through the first chapter.