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Popcorn and Panic (Peridale Cafe Cozy Mystery Book 24) Kindle Edition
Festivals can be murder…
When Julia’s full-time café return clashes with a festival, thousands of music lovers descending on the village should be precisely what she needs to kick off a new era. But the council throws a spanner in the works when her cafe is “required not to operate” due to blocked road access. The front entrance, that is, and with the festival happening right behind her café, the kernels of a plan begin to pop…
And it seems like the perfect plan to get through the hectic weekend until the lead singer of the headlining band, Electric Fury, dies before he gets a chance to perform on the main stage. Having witnessed how the victim, Jett Fury, interacted with his entourage, Julia is sure there’s more to the story than the local Detective Inspector’s “accidental” theory.
While picking up the pieces after the destructive weekend, Julia hears the beat of a different song. From the rockstar’s secretive wife to his new drummer, unscrupulous agent, and even an obsessed groupie, many have something to gain from Jett’s death. Can Julia pluck through the lies chorded around the rockstar’s life and strike the right note to uncover Jett Fury’s killer?
A fun British village cosy/cozy mystery packed with HEART, HUMOUR, FAMILY DRAMA, and plenty of TWISTS and TURNS! The 24th book in the BESTSELLING Peridale Cafe Cozy Mystery Series. Standalone but will be enjoyed more as part of the series. A light, cosy mystery read with a cat-loving and cafe-owning amateur female sleuth in a small village setting with quirky characters. No cliffhanger, swearing, gore or graphic scenes
- LanguageEnglish
- Publication dateSeptember 13, 2022
- File size2.5 MB
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- ASIN : B0BCR28B8C
- Publisher : Pink Tree Publishing LTD
- Accessibility : Learn more
- Publication date : September 13, 2022
- Edition : 1st
- Language : English
- File size : 2.5 MB
- Screen Reader : Supported
- Enhanced typesetting : Enabled
- X-Ray : Enabled
- Word Wise : Enabled
- Print length : 328 pages
- Page Flip : Enabled
- Book 24 of 35 : Peridale Cafe Cozy Mystery
- Best Sellers Rank: #117,715 in Kindle Store (See Top 100 in Kindle Store)
- #1,209 in Private Investigator Mysteries (Kindle Store)
- #1,397 in Private Investigator Mysteries (Books)
- #1,940 in Cozy Animal Mystery
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Agatha lives in the North West English county of Lancashire with her two cuddly beagles and one cat.
When Agatha isn’t writing, she loves reading head-scratching mysteries and thrillers, coffee, baking, and exploring her local countryside on long dog walks.
From a young age, Agatha devoured the great British murder mystery books and television shows, ample inspiration for her Peridale Café and Claire’s Candles series. She loves writing about family women who juggle their ordinary village lives with the challenges of amateur sleuthing.
Add in some good food, close friends and family, cute pets, and plenty of twists and turns, and you have a classic Agatha Frost mystery.
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Customers enjoy this cozy mystery book for its full of twists and turns plot, with one review noting it's the best book in the series so far. They love the characters and find it a delightful series that's fun to read. The pacing receives positive feedback for its wonderful return to Peridale, with one customer highlighting how the love for community shines through.
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Customers enjoy the plot twists in this mystery book, with one customer noting how the story flows.
"I enjoyed the characters in the family, the town, and the mystery. Keeps me guessing and so enjoying the fun and love. Waiting for the next book." Read more
"...so love the characters , the settings were great and it had a fantastic twisty mystery too! Absolutely loved it!!!" Read more
"...number 24 in this series and Agatha Frost still manages to write an engaging mystery with drama, red-herrings, twists and turns, banter and..." Read more
"...The plot was very exciting with many twists and turns as Peridale hosted it’s first music festival...." Read more
Customers find the book to be a great read, with one customer noting it's the best book in the series.
"This was such a great read! I have come to so love the characters , the settings were great and it had a fantastic twisty mystery too!..." Read more
"This was a good continuation of the Peridale clan. I enjoyed the story & the visiting characters...." Read more
"This was her best book so far in the series. Full of twists and turns but also full of fun as you follow the lives of the Peridale villagers...." Read more
"Brilliant! Agatha's books just keep topping the previous ones. This was a real head scratcher! Kept me guessing right up to the end!..." Read more
Customers love the characters in the book, with one mentioning they feel like friends.
"...The story flows, the characters are fantastic, and this installment shows just how far Julia has come since book one in the series!..." Read more
"Love the series. Great characters, I've enjoyed getting to know all the residents of Peridale as the series progresses...." Read more
"...This book was a refreshing return to our cast of cozy and quirky characters from Peridale...." Read more
"This was such a great read! I have come to so love the characters , the settings were great and it had a fantastic twisty mystery too!..." Read more
Customers enjoy this book as part of the series, with one mentioning it's a good continuation of the Peridale clan.
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"...stand-alone” mystery but I highly recommend you read all of this delightful series...." Read more
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"Love the series. Great characters, I've enjoyed getting to know all the residents of Peridale as the series progresses...." Read more
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- Reviewed in the United States on September 13, 2022Format: KindleVerified PurchaseJulia South-Brown is back in action. After an almost year of stepping back from her beloved bakery to care for baby Olivia, she’s ready to go back to work full time. Almost immediately she discovers she must close for a week because of a rock festival that will take place in front of her café. She’s never heard of the headliners, Electric Fury, but that soon changes. Lead singer, Jett Fury, is found dead – and in a particularly gruesome manner - before the band’s performance on the main stage. Julia, Barker, and the rest of the family soon find themselves investigating the supposedly accidental death. Will they uncover the killer before there is a second victim? You’ll have to read on to find out.
This book was a refreshing return to our cast of cozy and quirky characters from Peridale. Agatha Frost even gave us a surprise return of one of my favorite characters. It's great to have the gang back in action.
Popcorn and Panic is the twenty fourth book in the Peridale Café Cozy Mystery series by Agatha Frost.
I received a free copy of this book via Booksprout and am voluntarily leaving a review.
- Reviewed in the United States on January 26, 2024Format: KindleVerified PurchaseThis was such a great read! I have come to so love the characters , the settings were great and it had a fantastic twisty mystery too! Absolutely loved it!!!
- Reviewed in the United States on November 10, 2022Format: KindleVerified PurchaseThis was a good continuation of the Peridale clan. I enjoyed the story & the visiting characters. I found more grammatical errors than in previous books by this author. It was a little distracting. Need a little more proofing, perhaps?
- Reviewed in the United States on September 14, 2022Format: KindleVerified PurchaseIt is so great to be back in Peridale again were Julia, Jessie, Barker, Gran (Dot) and the rest of the lovely characters are welcoming you with open arms.
This is book number 24 in this series and Agatha Frost still manages to write an engaging mystery with drama, red-herrings, twists and turns, banter and surprising arrests a little too close to home. Will Julia figure out the culprit before DI Christie?? Of course she does - will you??
I got this book as an ARC reader from the author and this is my honest review given voluntarily. I look foreward to read more in this serie.😊
- Reviewed in the United States on April 21, 2023Format: KindleVerified PurchaseI was a little disappointed in this book. It has been a while since I read one in this series and after refreshing my memory from the ending of the book before this one I could not give this book my 100% attention. It was jumping around too much, I was confused with all the characters and how it jumped from here to there so often and so fast. I almost thought this wasn't written by this awesome author that's how confused I was. The ending of the book started to seem like normal but not the majority of the book. I almost gave up reading it but I stuck with it but it was hard for me to concentrate on it. I surely hope the next books are better because I have already bought them.
- Reviewed in the United States on September 20, 2022Format: KindleVerified PurchaseIt was so great to return to Peridale with this book, the first in at least a year, maybe more!
I felt like I was reuniting with close friends, Julia, Barker, Sue, Percy and sometimes frustrating grandmother Dot. The plot was very exciting with many twists and turns as Peridale hosted it’s first music festival. This can be read as a “stand-alone” mystery but I highly recommend you read all of this delightful series. I enjoyed it so much and am already looking forward to the next book in the series.
- Reviewed in the United States on November 13, 2022Format: KindleVerified PurchaseThis was her best book so far in the series. Full of twists and turns but also full of fun as you follow the lives of the Peridale villagers. I can’t wait to see the new developments that happen in the next book. Great fun.
- Reviewed in the United States on December 19, 2023Format: KindleI love this series. This one was a little different and a little violent compared to other. Good ending. Glad Jessie is back.
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- HummelHummelReviewed in Germany on September 18, 2022
3.0 out of 5 stars Felt quite different...
Format: KindleVerified Purchase... from the other books in this series. I have missed the funny quirks of the well acquainted characters - for me this story contained a tad too much action, if I may say so...
- Amazon customerReviewed in the United Kingdom on November 7, 2022
5.0 out of 5 stars Please write faster Agatha Frost. 😊
Format: KindleVerified PurchaseThis book like all the others before it, transports you into the Cotswold village, with julia and her family, i can ask no more from these books, romance, family life, humour, mystery murders. The way agatha frost has this amazing way of writing immediately makes you feel part of the whole scene, like your being welcomed into the home. Im now waiting for marshmallows and memories as well carrot cake and concern all on pre order. Scarlett cove and Claire's candles series is equally a very good read. Ive recommended these to books to many friends all of which are now hooked. Thankyou agatha frost, i now have something to look forward to reading on cold wet winter days.
- Doreen A FernandesReviewed in India on October 14, 2022
5.0 out of 5 stars Musical Mayhem
Format: KindleVerified PurchaseAnother page turner from Agatha Frost about Julia's sleuthing skills in solving the murder of a musician. I read it in one sitting.
- Karen KenyonReviewed in Canada on September 13, 2022
5.0 out of 5 stars I loved it
Format: KindleVerified PurchaseA long overdue but welcome return to this series.
This is one of my favourite cozy series and I devoured this latest offering.
You will not be disappointed. Great characters and a top notch whodunit!
Fans of cozy mysteries will love this!
- Mrs J R WaterworthReviewed in the United Kingdom on September 16, 2022
5.0 out of 5 stars It’s festival time in Peridale
Format: KindleVerified PurchaseAnother exciting read from Agatha Frost. When a pop festival is to be held in the village of Peridale you know it’s only a matter of time before there is a body to be found!!
Julia and family once again get involved including a drone. Full of drama and comedy, you are led on a journey only Agatha Frost can take you on. Excellent read❤️