A Witch Hunt in Whitby - Helen Cox - Blog Tour

 I do declare that for cosy crime this series is becoming less cosy by the volume!! This fifth title in the series sees Kitt and her merry band meddling with the occult in a bid to solve some grizzly serial killings.If you’re familiar with the series you’ll be relieved to know that the whole gang are here again although Chapter 1 sees Kitt and Malc  having something resembling a domestic, or as it’s to do with policing and solving crimes it might be better described as a ‘policestic’! 

I think that if you’re a regular reader of crime and mystery stories you know that no character can be dismissed from your own list of suspects. You also know that it has to be one of those characters featured in the story. I’m feeling pretty smug because I did figure who “dunnit“. And I was desperate to tell Kitt what I thought!! But, as ever, she had Grace and Evie to help her but I gotta say it took them longer without my input.😉

I love these books. I get excited whenever a new one comes along. It’s like hanging out with your mates. And I marvel at this author’s ability to keep coming up with plots of complexity. But for a reader it means you’ve got to stay on your toes, stay reader alert, to keep up with the people and the events. The locations are also interesting as they use a detailed knowledge of the locale to compliment the investigations. And here it’s Whitby whose literary claim to fame is that Bram Stoker came there and credits Whitby with inspiration for Dracula. I’ve often wondered with all of these books whether the inhabitants of the places featured enjoy the books in a different kind of way to those of us who may not know the locations at all? Although by the time you read this books you feel like you could find your way around many of these places. 

Something else I like about book series is seeing the characters develop but also seeing how the writer manages to sustain them as people. I love Kitt’s sanguine approach to the crime she’s solving And her literary knowledge.  Grace’s wit and sarcasm always makes me chuckle.

In spite of the complicated story lines these are easy books to read. They flow and progress in a very pleasing manner. And now I sit and twiddle my thumbs until the next one comes along. 😉

My thanks to Katya Ellis and  Quercus books for a gifted copy and a place upon the blog tour.