Simon Kirby-Jones #1: Posted to Death

by Dean James

Paper Book, 2002

Collection

Rating

(49 ratings; 3.5)

Publication

New York : Kensington Books, c2002.

Description

Fiction. Mystery. HTML: From the New York Times bestselling author of the Cat in the Stacks Mystery Series, a traditional British village cozy mystery series...with a twist! "Sure to revolutionize the traditional British cozy and win the hearts of fans everywhere." �Publishers Weekly "A delightful English village whodunit filled with some of the most eccentric characters you'll ever run across in a mystery novel." �The Denver Post Amateur sleuth Simon Kirby-Jones is looking forward to settling into his new home in the quaint British village of Snupperton�despite a few potential challenges. Not only is Simon an American, but he's also a gay vampire who controls his vampiric urges and sun sensitivity with an effective medication. Delighted to be in the cozy English village of his dreams, he's eager to make Snupperton his home, and joins the fundraising committee of the local church. But at the first meeting, an argument breaks out between the town matriarch Lady Prunella Blitherington, and the nosy village postmaster, Abigail Winterton. When Abigail is found murdered the next day, Simon determines to reveal the murderer in town�and in the process discovers all the delightfully sordid secrets of Snupperton!.… (more)

Language

Original language

English

User reviews

LibraryThing member hoosgracie
Cute cozy mystery starring Simon Kirby-Jones, a gay writer and vampire. First in a series.
LibraryThing member kevn57
Decent little cozy mystery,I liked the MC Simon, a gay vampire writer. The biggest weakness in the story is that almost universally the villagers are dislikeable, except for Jane the other vampire. She was just leading Simon along to throw off the fact that she was the murderer. It's hard for the
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reader to like a story, when all of the characters are offensive. Simon even compares the English village to small town Mississippi. Which Simon as a gay vampire had little good to say.
“Sounds like where I grew up in Mississippi,” I drawled. “People might know you’re gay, but they gloss right over the fact because it’s not something one mentions in polite society. As long as you don’t make an issue of it or embarrass anyone by bringing your boyfriend home for a visit, it simply is ignored.
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