Murder on Milverton Square

Name: Murder on Milverton Square
Brand: Tantor Audio
Availability: InStock
Author: G B Ralph
ISBN: 9798350873641

Author: G B Ralph

Series: Milverton Mysteries #1

Narrator: Philip Battley

Unabridged: 6 hr 22 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Publisher: Tantor Media

Published: 02/20/2024

Categories: Fiction, Mystery & Detective, Amateur Sleuth, Cozy

Synopsis

Addison Harper is abruptly summoned to Milverton at the behest of an abrasive lawyer. He plans to be in and out, back to the city lickety-split. Instead, he finds himself charmed by the small town with its delightful and eccentric residents, not to mention the rather easy-on-the-eye Sergeant Jake Murphy.

Despite the rocky start, Addison admits he's had a pleasant day out. That is, until returning to find the prickly old lawyer on the floor, and very much dead. Worse, it looks like murder, and Addison's fingerprints are all over the crime scene.

Murder on Milverton Square is the first in a wonderful new cozy mystery series set in an enchanting small town nestled amongst stunning New Zealand scenery. The Milverton Mysteries features a chaotic cast of local busybodies, delicious baked treats, a demanding and disdainful ginger cat, a very slow-burn romance with a rather appealing policeman, and of course, murder . . .

About G B Ralph

G. B. Ralph grew up in rural Aotearoa New Zealand and recently returned after a few years in London. While there, he got most of his writing done on the train to and from his day job, and sometimes at home when not distracted by his partner, flatmates, or the neighbors' cats (zero respect for boundaries). And these days he squeezes the writing in whenever he can.

His first foray into literature recounted the delights and repercussions of eating too much fruit in only twenty syllables. His more recent work is a little longer, and marginally more sophisticated. He's the author of countless pieces of fiction at varying stages of incompleteness and has finally decided to get his act together and release something.

Reviews

Goodreads review by GeishaX on June 18, 2024

Amongst all the many books that really disappointed me lately, this one was like a ray of sunshine. I liked the crime - very classical, very cozy, I liked the characters - especially the main character Addison. There was just the barest beginnings of a love story - this will likely evolve in later b......more

Goodreads review by Debbie on January 17, 2023

I really enjoyed this in the end, but it took a while to get into it. The first 20% was slow-going, but after that it picks up. The author mentions at the end that they wrote this for National Novel Writing Month; having done NaNoWriMo a few times myself, I appreciate how hard is to unpick the extra......more

Goodreads review by Vanna (on-hiatus) on January 23, 2025

Story: 3 stars Audio: 4 stars......more

Goodreads review by Kelly on March 24, 2024

I really enjoyed this book! The whole set up was authentically small town New Zealand, from the terrible carpet in the old house (I swear my grandmother had the EXACT carpet) to the nosy ladies popping up everywhere. This also has my favourite cozy mystery tropes - large inheritance from random unkn......more

Goodreads review by Erin on November 14, 2022

New setting/ new life? I really enjoyed the New Zealand setting & the new (to me) words. It's been a long time since I've had to look up a word. It great that the main character is not perfect. I could relate to his stumbles. He and the other characters were very relatable. They seemed to be people t......more