Bodies and Battlements is cozy series opener by Elizabeth Penney. Released 27th May 2025 by Macmillan on their Minotaur imprint, it's 288 pages and is available in mass market paperback and ebook formats. It's worth noting that the ebook format has a handy interactive table of contents as well as interactive links and references throughout
This is a well written, engaging, and finely constructed amateur sleuth mystery with the bougie daughter who's trying to turn her family castle into a working bed & breakfast destination to stay afloat. The death of a local unlamented busybody on the cast grounds could scupper the whole project, so she's (of course) determined to figure out whodunnit and save the family honor. The characters are well rendered and mostly believable (for the genre) and the pacing and plot move along at a pretty good clip. It's a continuing series, book 2 is due out in May 2026 from the same publisher.
Spelling and vernacular are British standard English, but won't pose a problem for readers in context.
Four stars. A fun start to a nice light series. It would be a nice choice for public library or a light buddy read.
Disclosure: I received an ARC at no cost from the author/publisher for review purposes.
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