Driving with the Detectives

A long drive last weekend allowed me to enjoy listening to two cozy British mysteries in the car. Jigsaw by Anthea Fraser features character Rona Parish, a writer by trade who ends up solving murders as she researches her books or articles. This story is set in the village of Buckford and it seems a delightful place, except of course, that a murderer is on the loose. I followed that up with a death on stage, Murder Unprompted, by Simon Brett. Charles Paris, the unsuccessful actor whose real talent lies in solving murders is finally on stage in London’s west end but only because the lead was shot during a performance and his understudy is being sought by the police for the crime. Jigsaw is read by Jacqueline Tong very smoothly on cd and Murder Unprompted is ably read by Geoffrey Howard on cassette.