A Cotswold Mystery

Thea is house sitting and keeping an eye on the elderly lady next door. The elderly lady is her clients mother. Thea has a cute little dog that is a good ice breaker when she first meets the Gladys. Thea is a little alarmed that she hardly sees the old lady. She is even more anxious when she learns that an alarm is rigged up to her part of the house. It goes off if the front door opens next door. Her clients tell her not to let the old lady out of the house, this worries Thea because she can't see any good reason to keep the old lady practically a prisoner. Oh, for sure she takes the old lady with her to walk the dog. Turns out Gladys really has a good time walking and talks a lot, until she falls down. Gladys has a memory problem so Thea has to fit together the bits of conversations they have to solve the mystery. This was a really good story and it moved along a good clip. I listened to the audio version and the reader Caroline Lennon was excellent. I highly recommend this book in either audio or hardcover if your looking for a British cozy mystery. I don't recollect any hard core bad language or sex scenes so it's a good one if you don't like bad language and x-rated bits thrown in. I was sorry when this book ended and I'm hoping that audible will be getting more books by Rebecca Tope.