Review: MALICE IN MINIATURE, Jeanne M. Dams

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   this edition an e-book on Kindle (Amazon)
  
• Dorothy Martin Mystery Book 4
• ASIN ‏ : ‎ B08M6FKTTP
• Publisher ‏ : ‎ Joffe Books crime, thriller and cozy mystery (28 October 2020)
• Print length ‏ : ‎ 276 pages 

Synopsis  (Amazon)

IN THE WORLD OF MINIATURES, SOMETIMES THE CRIMES ARE MAJOR

Dorothy and her new husband are interrupted one cold November afternoon by Ada Finch. Ada’s son Bob is Dorothy’s gardener.

Bob has been arrested for stealing a seventeenth-century tea set created for a doll's house at grand English country house, Brockelsby Hall. The Hall is the home of the Museum of Miniatures, a spectacular collection of doll’s houses assembled by eccentric aristocrat Sir Mordred Brocklesby.

DARK DOINGS IN A GOTHIC ENGLISH COUNTRY HOUSE

Then the old housekeeper is found poisoned. Can Dorothy unmask a murderer without putting herself in mortal danger?

DOROTHY’S NEWLY MARRIED BUT THAT WON’T STOP HER SOLVING CRIMES!

My Take

So here I am at #4 in Dorothy Martin's adventures in amateur sleuthing. Dorothy and Chief Constable Alan Nesbitt are recently married and Alan, apparently on the verge of retirement, is away exploring what may well be his final administrative job. Dorothy is not sure how he feels about her continuing her sleuthing activities but that doesn't stop her from going to the aid of Ada Finch when her son Bob is arrested for theft. 

As readers we are now well familiar with the main characters of the story: Dorothy and Alan, Dorothy's London friends, her neighbour Jane, and Ada and Bob Finch. Bob has been accused of stealing a valuable item from the nearby Museum of Miniatures, Brockelsby Hall, where he has a part time job as a gardener. Theft is so out of character for Bob that Dorothy takes no persuading to come to his defence.

Dorothy makes new friends at the Museum and then a very nasty and dangerous enemey indeed.

I am enjoying the series and have one book to go in the ones that I have purchased. After that I will probably consign them to "occasional read" when I am looking for something to read on my Kindle.

My rating: 4.4

I've already read 

• 4.3, THE BODY IN THE TRANSEPT - #1
• 4.4, TROUBLE IN THE TOWN HALL - #2 
• 4.2, HOLY TERROR IN THE HEBRIDES - #3