The Old Girls' Chateau Escape is the second book in this fun cozy series by Kate Galley. Released 29th Jan 2025 by small press indie Boldwood Books, it's 272 pages and is available in hardcover, paperback, audio, 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. For Kindle Unlimited subscribers, this book is currently included in the KU subscription library to borrow and read for free.The first book in the series is also available on KU.
This is a cute and engaging destination adventure set in the south of France, and featuring a couple of irrepressible elderly main characters, lots of humor, heart, and a lot of fun. In fact, the bulk of the cast are 70+ in age, trending toward 90.The mystery resolution and denouement are fair play and satisfying. Although not explicitly foreshadowed, there's definitely room for more adventures for Gina and Dorothy.
It's a proper cozy, so no on-page violence and the language is squeaky clean. North American readers should be aware that it's written in British vernacular (lift, crisps, flat, etc), but it won't cause any problems in context.
Four stars. Really well done. It works perfectly well as a standalone, and readers won't have any troubles getting up to speed if they begin with book 2. With two books in the series, it would be a cute, light binge or buddy read.
Disclosure: I received an ARC at no cost from the author/publisher for review purposes.
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