The Final Crumpet

The story flows well as told through the experiences and thoughts of Nigel and Flick, a couple that complements each other in story telling, sluething and personally. Their characters are developed well and it is easy to become swept up in the mystery through them. The dialoque is fun, the plot believable and the comfortable way the story is built and unfolds made me sorry that the story couldn't have gone on and on. A great book to read if you are, or want to be, relaxed and taken away from reality for a bit.

It was enjoyable. I look forward to the next one in the series.

"The Final Crumpet" is the second offering in the marvelous "Royal Tunbridge Wells Mystery" series written by Ron and Janet Benrey. Once again, the Benreys allow us to share the adventures of Nigel Owens and Flick Adams, the director and the curator of the Royal Tunbridge Wells Tea Museum in Tunbridge Wells, England. While tending to some rather sick Assam bushes in the museum's garden, a body is uncovered. It turns out to be the remains of Britain's noted "Tea Sage," Etienne Makepeace, missing for forty years. When news gets out that the famous tea expert has been found, the media descend like locusts upon the hapless museum staff. As Nigel and Flick try valiantly to handle the situation, the bank that funds the museum threatens to withdraw their support, appalled by the unwelcome notoriety. Nigel and Flick, who are falling in love, must discover just how Makepeace found his way into their garden. It is clear that solving the mystery might be their only chance to save the museum. But the secrets that may have led to the tea expert's early demise are not the love struck pair's only problem. They each house their own deeply held secrets. The real mystery lies not only in the truth about Etienne Makepeace but in the ability of the wily sleuths to handle the truth about each other. Written in a style reminiscent of Agatha Christie, this cozy is a mystery lover's delight. Nigel's British sensibilities create the perfect foil for his American partner's lovable spontaneity. "The Final Crumpet" is a novel that requires a cozy fire, a comfy chair, and a delicious cuppa. It is highly recommended.

This was the first book I read by these authors and I was so thrilled with it! I love both cozy mysteries and christian fiction and this book is both. The characters are wonderful, believeable and make you want to reach out and hug them. I read this entire book in one day, I just couldn't put it down. I can't wait to read more by these delightful authors!

I loved the Benrey's first tea mystery, Dead as a Scone, so I had high expectations of The Final Crumpet. It didn't disappoint me! While keeping many of the delightful elements from the first book - Nigel and Flick, and the English town of Royal Tunbridge Wells - Crumpet's plot is larger, reaching back to the 1960's to spies and missing persons. How this all relates to the world of tea and its museum is thoroughly entertaining and intriguing. I highly recommend it.