In the charming Yorkshire seaside town of Scarborough, a killer game is being played . . .
Helen Dexter is enjoying the new four-star status of the Seaview Hotel. But she begins to wonder if this accolade is cursed when a series of disasters strike.
It starts when a crazy golf team arrive to play in a Scarborough tournament. Their odd behaviour heightens when the rival team captain turns up. Yet, there's worse to come for Helen when one of the guests is murdered playing crazy golf.
Then the Seaview's prize-winning cook Jean quits, leaving Helen devastated. And so, as Helen's fiftieth birthday approaches, the last thing she's in the mood for is a celebration. However, mysterious invitations arrive to a party that Helen doesn't want.
Can Helen unmask the crazy golf killer, save the reputation of the Seaview, win Jean back and solve the mystery of the party invitations? With her rescue greyhound Suki by her side, Helen Dexter is on the case.
What did I think?
Foul Play at the Seaview Hotel is the third book in the Helen Dexter Cosy Crime Mystery series and it's an absolute cracker. This amazing series is going from strength to strength and I always love my virtual visit to Scarborough, even though it appears to be the murder capital of North Yorkshire (but that's just in Glenda's books, of course). You can definitely read this book as a standalone but I highly recommend the whole series.
Helen Dexter is all set to welcome a new group of guests to her newly rated Four Star Seaview Hotel. Her guests are a crazy golf team competing in a local tournament and it's clear that they take the game very seriously indeed. Helen also finds herself with an unexpected guest: the team captain of a rival team and his arrival causes tension above and below stairs. The days are numbered for one of the guests and they're about to find themselves checking out...
This is a brilliant 'whodunnit' - I suspected even the most unlikeliest candidate at one point or another. I love how the story is self-contained so that readers new to the series can pick up this book and enjoy it, but there's some wonderful character development to delight established series fans.
Although I haven't been to Scarborough for many years, Glenda paints such a vivid picture with her wonderful writing and her love for the seaside town shines through every word in the book. It was also lovely to see local brewery Wold Top getting a mention in the book as I've tried a few of their beers and loved them.
Hugely entertaining and as drama-filled as your favourite soap opera, Foul Play at the Seaview Hotel is a fantastic cosy mystery. Very clever misdirection and perfect plotting keep the reader on their toes from start to finish and I loved every second of it, so much so that I will definitely be reading it again. It’s absolutely brilliant and I really can't recommend it highly enough.
I received a digital ARC to read and review for the blog tour and this is my honest and unbiased opinion.
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