SYNOPSIS
A glamourous film star…
Life as a private investigator in the suburbs of Florence isn’t always as glamourous as Dan Armstrong imagined it to be, until he is asked to investigate a recent spate of violent attacks on a Hollywood movie set in Florence. The star of the show, movie-star royalty Selena Gardner, fears her life is in imminent danger…
Foul play on set…
As Dan investigates, he discovers secrets and scandals are rife within the cast and crew. But with no actual murder, Dan believes these attacks could simply be warnings to someone…until the first body is found.
A dangerous killer on the loose.
Now Dan and his trusty sidekick Oscar are in a race against time to catch the murderer. But the more Dan uncovers, the more the killer strikes and Dan finds himself caught in the line of fire too! Is this one case Dan and Oscar will regret?
Title: Murder in Florence
Author: T.A. Williams
Series: Armstrong and Oscar Cozy Mystery #3
Publisher: Boldwood Books
Publication date: April 7, 2023
T A Williams is the author of over twenty bestselling romances for HQ and Canelo and is now turning his hand to cosy crime, set in his beloved Italy, for Boldwood. The series will introduce us to retired DCI Armstrong and his labrador Oscar and the first book, entitled Murder in Tuscany, will be published in October 2022. Trevor lives in Devon with his Italian wife.
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REVIEW
RATING: ⭐⭐⭐⭐
T.A. Williams is back with Murder In Florence, third installment of his cozy mystery series about Dan, a retired police detective, and Oscar, his phenomenal sidekick (a chocolate Labrador) solving crimes in Tuscany.
The author has really found Dan’s voice (his wry and self deprecating humor is so refreshing) and the overall tone of the serie, with some humorous touches here and there, making of each new installment a really enjoyable reading experience.
Dan is completely established in Italy, working now as a private investigator in Florence. A Hollywood film about the Medicis is being shot in the city, but a series of anonymous attacks with arrows with a creepy message have frightened the cast and crew, so Dan’s called to investigate upon these threats. It looks like the Medici feud against the Pazzi family is being reenacted several centuries later but, will Dan be able to uncover the killer before the next arrow is shot?
Florence is such a fantastic location for a story, and this time it is turned into a giant movie set, which offers loads of possibilities. The author manages to transport the reader to those streets, palazzos and gardens as if you were watching a movie yourself. He also takes you to the Tuscan countryside, discovering the reader a handful of little villages that sounds absolutely stunning and that I’d like to visit someday.
There’s a big cast of characters that work perfectly as an ensemble, portraying several different stereotypes you can find in the movie industry. It also works really well when trying to misdirect the reader’s suspicions about the killer’s identity. You will never be sure if they’re friend or foe, as with each new attack, suspicions come and go, making this a really entertaining conundrum to solve.
Murder in Florence can easily be read as a stand alone as there’s not a running backstory through the series, and enough details about Dan and how he came to live in Italy are provided. Also, love is in the air, so it looks like an interesting chapter is opening up for Dan.
Murder In Florence was a fun read, with all the glamour of a movie set and all the charm of the wonderful city of Florence. T.A. Williams romances are good, but his murder mysteries are even better!
Thanks to NetGalley, Boldwood Books and Rachel’s Random Resources for providing an eARC in exchange for an honest review and my spot on the Blog Tour.
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