If you like a spot of jolly hockey sticks sleuthing and dastardly murderers, you’ll enjoy this!

I thoroughly enjoyed the Biscuit Barrel Murder. As one of the reviewers mentioned, it has a touch of P.G.Wodehouse – delightful. Also if you like the best bits of Richard Osman, you will love this book. First class !

A lovely book to read that lifts your spirits whilst looking out at the rain falling in the garden. Written in what I would term a very nostalgic way. You really did feel like you were there living in 1922. The language was of the day. The respectful way that conversations were held, and there’s plenty of those to keep up with. There’s obviously been a lot of research conducted to mention all the buildings and locations throughout the story. I have personally been in a few of them and chuckled that they appeared in this book. Those that I haven’t been to I can now say I look forward to visiting, especially as they are classic centuries old pubs. 

From the title and cover design, I thought this seemed like a fun book that I might enjoy.

I thought this was a charming book. It was a 1920s cosy mystery, and a light, entertaining read. It reminded me a little bit of P.G. Wodehouse. It filled my craving for a cosy mystery, and it was the perfect kind of book to relax with, over a cup of tea and a few biscuits.

The plot was interesting and intelligent, the characters were engaging and unique, and the story was filled with a great deal of humor. A cozy historical mystery that makes for a light, fun read—and I hope will be the first in a long running series. Very much recommend!

The team at Fescue's are a likeable crew. The red herrings are suitably eccentric and there's a ghoulish Lord Chief Justice who seems almost incapable of stopping himself from sending an innocent woman to the gallows.
The author perfectly recreates the period setting: there's the Nippy in Lyons Corner House and he even gets all his blends of tea perfect to a tee (pun intended!)
An easy read that is fun from beginning to end with echoes of P.G. Wodehouse.

In an entertaining romp taking in rural Kent, Derbyshire, London, and Boulogne in France, the friends ingeniously gather their evidence, narrowing the field down to three suspects.

This was a thoroughly enjoyable read, and I particularly liked the interaction of the main characters. The dialogue reflects the days when the quickest way to cross the English Channel was via fishing boat and is all rather charming.

In a crowded market of crime fiction, this series is a refreshing change and I raced through it in no time. More mysteries are eagerly awaited, with the ending of this story sowing the seeds for the agency's next investigation.

Although a modern production, there's an impressive verisimilitude and it truly reads as though it could've been written in 1920. The main protagonist is a minor noble, one Sir William "Wispy" Fescue who, along with his lady wife and a pair of friends manage to track down stolen prize cattle, works of art, and in the latest adventure, hopefully save a local well heeled young woman from the hangman's noose who's been convicted of murdering her fiancé, Viscount Thurmaston.

The whole is delightfully well written and all the moving parts function precisely as intended. Although it's not derivative, it *is* very much an homage to the beloved departed classicists of the Golden Age, specifically Marsh and Allingham. It even happens that head sleuth Wispy's wife is a recognised artist who has already been accepted at the Royal Academy exhibition and is in line for a potential second honour.

There's a great deal of humour throughout, and much lighthearted banter. It's strongly foreshadowed that there's a potential series in the offing, and that's a wonderful prospect.