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Surm saabub Cornwalli : Molly Higginsi mõrvamüsteerium

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Ideaalne puhkusepaik. Ideaalne mõrvapaik ...Molly Higgins poleks iial osanud arvata, et satub mõrvamüsteeriumi keerisesse. Sellel aastal oli tal olnud plaanis vaid kõvasti tööd teha ja piisavalt palju raha säästa, et avada Cornwalli rannikul päris oma kohvik ning vältida oma kunagist kallimat Conor Blackstone’i, kes oli äsja külla tagasi saabunud. Aga kui Molly ja Conor avastavad Port Trevanist kaljunukilt surnukeha, paiskab saatus nad veel kord kokku. Molly tahaks kangesti selle müsteeriumi lahendamise politseinikele jätta, aga saanud teada, et peamine kahtlusalune on tema ise, pole tal teist valikut kui püüda mõrvar üles leida – enne kui on liiga hilja. Kate Johnson on auhinnatud armastusromaanide, kriminaalromaanide ja ulmeromaanide autor. Kuueteistkümneselt intervjueeris ta oma koolilehe jaoks kuulsat peakokka, kahekümne kolmeselt müüs maha oma esimese raamatu. Kate elab Essexis koos väikese kassikarjaga ning kirjutab raamatuid sellepärast, et kosmosepiraadiks, printsessiks või mõrvariks saamine nõuaks liiga palju vaeva.

365 pages, Paperback

Published January 1, 2023

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Kate Johnson

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Kate Johnson lives in rural Essex where she belongs to a pride of cats and puts up with a demon puppy. She did actually do most of her homework, but quickly so as to have more time to stare out of the window thinking about heroes. Stay in school, kids. Kate has done a variety of not-particularly great jobs, ranging from airport check-in to lab assistant, but much prefers writing for a living. For one thing, the hours are better, and no one ever tells her off for not ironing her shirt. In fact, the lack of ironing might be the single greatest advantage to being an author. Kate loves going off at mad tangents, which you’d surely never have guessed, but also enjoys reading romance and fantasy, watching funny stuff on TV, drinking coffee by the gallon and occasionally leaving the house. The Untied Kingdom is her first novel to be published in the UK.

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14.3k reviews166 followers
January 30, 2020
A delightful cosy mystery with an interesting romantic subplot.
I loved the vivid and enchanting setting, the well thought and likeable cast of characters and the engrossing plot.
The mystery is solid and it kept me guessing.
I assume this is the first in a series and can't wait to read the next instalment.
Recommended.
Many thanks to the publisher and Netgalley for this ARC, all opinions are mine.
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2,681 reviews225 followers
January 29, 2020
Oooh this was so good and gossipy... I love me a perfect whodunit.

A murder on the set... Actually it was by the cliffside... But close enough. They were shooting for a television series, and the victim was a producer. Molly, who worked alongside the victim was the suspect, so she had to work with her ex, Connor, to find the real murderer.

My first book by Kate Johnson, the book was slow going initially, but once the murder occurred nothing could stop me from getting to the murderer. The author's writing was friendly and detailed. I got to know about everything that happened in the village.

The characters were many, and each gave me a good amount of gossip... You know how these actors and the journalists are, they want to tell me all the happenings on the set and off it too. I loved piecing together all the clues with Molly. Both the main characters made a cute couple, they had gotten together the previous summer for 17 days... I really really wanted to be a fly in the wall to know what went wrong.

The entire setting of the book brought out the inner curiosity... I did feel like a journalist wanting to know who was hooking up with whom. Eclectic characters, friendly village, the crew of a television series, two main characters who had broken up, one victim with flies crawling in her blood all made this a fun breakfast read.

What more could I ask for?
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271 reviews23 followers
September 28, 2025
Varrakul on hetkel veel käimas kampaania “Krimi ja ulme 2=3” ja loomulikult pidin pilgu peale viskama, mida pakutakse. Valikuid oli nii palju ning ega lõpuks sooviks ikkagi kõiki raamatuid lugeda. Kui pidin valiku tegema, siis selleks sai seekord minu jaoks tundmatu Kate Johnson ja tema uus Molly Higginsi mõrvamüsteeriumi sari. Raamatututvustus tundus selline põnev ja muhe, täpselt selline mõnus sügisene mõrvamüsteerium. Ka Goodreadsis oli arvustus tal kõrge ning kui lugesin, et Kate Johnson on auhinnatud armastusromaanide, kriminaalromaanide ja ulmeromaanide autor, siis miks mitte proovida? Pettuma ma igatahes ei pidanud.

Kas tegemist on krimiraamatuga? Jah ja ei. Rohkem on ta selline pehme ja õdus mõrvamüsteerium, mis pakub piisavalt meelelahutust ning peale mille lugemist saad rahulikult ka magada. Kas ta on romantikaraamat? Jah ja ei. Taaskord - siin on seda romantikat rohkem kui oodatud, aga puhtalt romantika alla ma teda ei paneks. Kas ta on lihtne raamat? Jah ja ei. Ta ei ole psühholoogiline kassi-hiiremängu krimi või triller, osades kohtades võid aimata, mida peategelased hakkavad ütlema, mõtlema või tegema, aga päris lõpuni raamatumõtet läbi ei näri.

Mulle meeldis, kui muhe ja mõnus kogu see teos oli. Jah, ta ei ole selline eriline kiljumist väärt teos, aga teate neid hetki, kui sa tahad lihtsalt sellist hea-tunde raamatut? Sa tead, et asi saab ilusa lõpu, kogu tegevus toimub sellises nunnus ja piltilusas kohas ning tegelased on lahedad ning humoorikad? “Surm saabub Cornwalli” on selline puhtinglaslikult mõnus raamat, et meenutab selliseid sarju nagu “Midsommery mõrvad”, “Doctor Martin” või “Downtown Abbey” hõngu. Terve teose puhul see tunne püsis ning kordagi ei olnud pettumust, et järsult oleks sellest välja tuldud.

Tegelased olid lahedad, igaühel oma kiiks ning autor oli suutnud sujuvalt tuua sisse ka iga tegelase ajalugu. Mitte liiga palju, aga piisavalt, et hoomaksid, milline ta inimesena võiks olla. Mulle väga meeldis, kuidas Molly Higgins oli tugev naiskarakter ning kuidas ta ei kartnud edasi rühkida isegi, kui kogu alev tema vastu oli. Molly-suguseid naisi võiks meil rohkem olla. Naisi, kes rasket tööd ei karda, on võtnud südameks tõestada iseendale kui ka teistele, et ta suudab ning ei kuku kohe oigama, kui midagi halba juhtub. Vahepeal muidugi Molly idiootsus ajas närvi ja seda just Conori suhtes ning mis nende suhe on. Samas, kas saad olla pahane oma südant kaitsva naise peale, kes on juba elus haiget saanud erinevalt rindelt ning seetõttu on rohkem kinnisem? Väga meeldis tegelikult ka Molly ja Conori omavaheline suhtedünaamika ning mis eriti - autor kirjeldas ka mehe poolt ning oli tunda, et mees on naisesse armunud rohkem. Tavaliselt seda vaatepunkti väga autorid ei kirjuta - on ikka see, et naine on ülepeakaela armunud.

Kokkuvõttes on mul hea meel, et selle raamatu soetasin ning võtsin juurde ka kohe teise osa. Ta on mõnus, paraja tempoga kulgev muhe krimi, mis kindlasti paelub lõpuni. Kes ikka oli siis mõrvav ja miks? Samas ajab varbad teki all mõnusalt krussi ja suu muigama, kui lugeda Molly ja Conori omavahelist suhtedünaamikat. Hea tunne on kindlalt garanteeritud!
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Author 27 books103 followers
January 25, 2020
Molly Higgins lives in an idyllic village in Cornwall, where she works three, sometimes four jobs to make ends meet. Last year, she had a fling with the handsome actor Connor Blackstone, who is in town filming the popular murder mystery show Dr Wenn Investigates. Neither of them expected to come back to Port Trevan this summer and now they're back together they have all these inconvenient feelings for each other, but their shared history makes getting back together quite awkward.
And then someone on set is murdered.
Molly is under suspicion because, frankly, her family are always under suspicion for something or other and she has to solve the mystery, if only to clear her own name.
Molly is busy, no-nonsense and sensible. Conor is adorable - a handsome and popular man in love. Port
I like Kate Johnson's rom coms and I like cosy crime, so I was looking forward to this. I was not disappointed. The mystery has enough twists and turns to keep me guessing, there's a dash of humour and it touches on social issues like poverty and alcoholism. I like that, whilst Port Trevan is portrayed as beautiful (as Cornwall is), there is a difference in how locals view the place compared to how the outsiders who don't have to live with the poor bus service. The tone, cosy crime with a hint of snark, reminded me a bit of M C Beaton (and her Agatha Raisin books).

I read an ARC via Netgalley. I'm very much looking forward to seeing the next instalment of the series.
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Author 13 books312 followers
February 25, 2020
I enjoyed every minute of this. Mystery and mayhem on the Cornish coast. The mystery twists and turns, and Molly and Conor are a gorgeous couple. Can't wait for the next one.
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2,685 reviews43 followers
March 31, 2020
Doc Martin meets Agatha Raisin in Death Comes to Cornwall, Kate Johnson’s quirky, gripping and captivating Cornish set cosy mystery featuring a brilliant new amateur sleuth who is intelligent, kind-hearted and intuitive: Molly Higgins. The first in what promises to be a fantastic new series, Death Comes to Cornwall is an immensely enjoyable read mystery fans will lap up.

Molly Higgins might have spent most of her life in Port Trevan, but that seems to be more due to circumstance than choice. Having to daily endure prejudice and disdain from their neighbours who think the Higgins family are always up to something, Molly might work her fingers to the bone doing a multitude of odds jobs to keep a roof over her head and that of her mother and sister, but she is still left frustrated by the lack of kindness she is subjected to by the Port Trevan community. Molly had tried to leave Port Trevan behind for Exeter, but when that hadn’t worked out, she had returned and vowed to make the best of things, even though that had been anything but easy. Still, Molly is prepared to put up with the snarky comments and barbed words from her neighbours if that means saving enough money to open up her own café and staying out of the way of her ex boyfriend, Conor Blackstone which is easier said than done considering he is one of the stars of TV show Doctor Wenn Investigates and Molly works as a runner on the set…

Molly and Conor had a red-hot summer fling which didn’t exactly have a Hollywood ending. Forced to work together and with Port Trevan not exactly being a bustling metropolis, Molly and Conor vow to keep each other at arm’s length which proves rather difficult when fate keeps conspiring to push the two of them together! With her younger sister and her mother to worry about – not to mention the fact that money is rather tight – Molly does not have the time nor the inclination for romance – and even if she did, she would certainly never go down that road again and fall for Conor all over again. With him being an up and coming actor whose job takes him all over the world and Molly firmly settled in Port Trevan, a relationship would be out of the question…or would it?

Port Trevan might be a small town, but it is certainly big on surprises. Having been born and bred round those parts, Molly thought that she had seen it all – but she has never stumbled upon a dead body before! When producer Georgia’s dead body is found on the cliffs, the police find themselves drawing up a list of suspects with Molly’s name being at the very top! Determined to prove her innocence, Molly finds herself doing some investigating to clear her name – and if she ends up spending a bit more time with Conor, so much the better!

Will Molly manage to unmask the identity of Georgia’s killer? Are she and Conor meant to be? Or is their relationship doomed? Whatever the outcome, one thing is certain: life in Port Trevan has suddenly become far more exciting than any TV drama!

Kate Johnson adds another feather to her cap with her first – and luckily not the last! – cosy crime novel featuring the fabulous Molly Higgins, Death Comes to Cornwall. Funny, gripping, suspenseful and immensely enjoyable, Death Comes to Cornwall is a brilliantly layered novel that manages to be both an intriguing and nail-biting mystery and a page-turning, witty and warm-hearted romance as Molly and Conor finding themselves falling for one another all over again.

Brilliantly paced, wonderfully atmospheric, funny, tense and impossible to put down, Death Comes to Cornwall is a must-read for cosy crime fans everywhere who need to add Kate Johnson’s Molly Higgins series to the top of their auto-buy list.
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220 reviews2 followers
November 18, 2022
The initial set-up reminds me of those Point Crime books I read as a teenager with the TV show setting, and murder theme. I think it generally suffers from slow pacing in regards to what you think is the main plot; large parts of the book go by with being no closer to resolving the murder mystery. There's character development between the two main characters though. For the most part, I did like the relationship between Molly and Conor, although the constant reminder of their sexual tension from last year's affair does get somewhat tedious in places. I suppose this is more of a romance book aimed more towards the female audience. In a similar fashion, Molly is constantly reminding Conor and others that she is a "Higgins" (her familiar have a bad reputation) which she says is why people hate her and suspect her of the murder. However, as Conor points out, she seems well-liked and I don't think she really is a strong suspect; not with the residents anyway. Where the book really fails is that towards the end, So if the book is really selling itself on the crime aspect, it is sadly lacking but if you judge it as a romance or drama story, there's plenty to enjoy.
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749 reviews15 followers
February 1, 2020
After reading the first few chapters of this book I thought it was going to be too much - you dumped me - no you dumped me - and the couple were just going to make gooey eyes at one another and be boring. Don't fall for that, just when you think that's it, things open up and it becomes an interesting murder mystery. The really good bad boy film 'star' and the no-good family in the village - well one member of it - together try to sort out a murder, and some sexual assaults too.

A very good read.

Thanks to Netgalley and the publisher I read an advance review copy of the book. This review is voluntarry, honest and my own opinion.
141 reviews1 follower
November 14, 2020
An amusing read.

Initially I wasn't sure about this. Lots of cheeky links to Doc Martin made me expect to be disappointed.
However, it kept me interested and able to ignore all outside interruptions, of which there were many!
Very quickly absorbed by the setting, which I know first hand, the characters, who were not entirely unappealing :)
and the unfolding of family secrets, love and, of course, murder.
Not to be taken seriously, this is a comfortable, quick read that should make you sigh with satisfaction on completion, if this is a style you enjoy.
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April 17, 2021
This is a very enjoyable read, gallops along at a cracking pace, is full of great characters, and is really well written, I'd definitely recommend it. Molly Higgins is a nicely feisty, slightly damaged Cornish heroine and Conor Blackstone is not just swoonworthy but also - gasp! a nice fella. There's all sorts of secrets and lies on the set of the popular 'Doctor Wenn' TV series, and then there's a murder. Top stuff.


I 'met' Kate Johnson at the virtual RNA awards 2021 and our brief conversation made me think her books would probably be good. Hurrah.
33 reviews
June 6, 2025
Perfect antidote to the madness of the real world!

As a Cornish-wed woman, I love reading about my chosen home. Molly is a strong determined woman who I could admire immediately. Connor - he's my favourite flavour of chocolate. The plot developed nicely at a steady pace with an appropriate number of blind alleys and the ending was satisfying if not quite what I expected. I shall start the next in the series in a few minutes! 💖
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October 3, 2023
Sõna Cornwall tekitab küll tunde, et siit peaks midagi head tulema - häid lugusid on lihtsalt nii palju. Ei saanud teada, kuna lugu kriminaalseks läheb ja kas üldse. Peategelase Molly ohkimine Connori ja Connori ohkimine Molly järele ning katkenud suhte meenutamine tüütas kohe alguses niivõrd, et raamat jäi pooleli.
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607 reviews2 followers
November 5, 2022
First the positives: I liked Molly and Conor and their uncertain relationship; all the characters jumped out from the pages; the setting and plot were good. The negative was the proof reading of the ebook I read. It left a lot to be desired and detracted somewhat from the flow of the book.
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194 reviews4 followers
December 28, 2022
This is 2.5 stars. It is written more like a romance than a mystery. It is a contemporary story with cell phones and social media yet...
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14 reviews1 follower
July 13, 2023
really enjoyed this book! murder mystery with an enemies to lovers trope>>> the murder was solved a bit to quickly for my liking and there were a lot of unnecessary location descriptions but overall a very good and easy read :)
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103 reviews
July 10, 2024
Kiire muhekrimi, mingeil hetkeil oleks mõned lühendus-lõiked kasuks tulnud.
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2 reviews
September 29, 2025
Teine raamat ja see oli väga hea. Ma algul ostsin ta, kuna seal kirjelduses oli, et väike suhtedraama ka mis tundus tore + sellele loole ja see tegi selle nii palju paremaks.
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1,467 reviews13 followers
November 15, 2020
Cozy mystery series, set in Cornwall, a good read with some twists and turns along the way.

I enjoyed reading this book, and didn't guess the culprit until the end, really well written. I'm looking forward to the next book which I've got ready to start!
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31 reviews
June 21, 2020
Thank you to Netgalley for providing an ARC in return for an honest review.

Molly Higgins just a girl trying to balance everything, family, various jobs and avoid an ex in the lovely Cornish village of Port Trevan.

The book promised a cosy mystery and having read pretty much everything that Kate Johnson has wrote I knew I would not be disappointed! Just the right tone of mystery with twists and turns throughout, humour, romance and atmospheric scenes.

Kate Johnson’s writing draws you in with the friendly manner and soon you feel like in the company of a best friend, gripped and wanting to carry on to know what happens next.

Being from Cornwall myself, often reading about books set here there is always there inner groan that something isn’t quite right. Not here it has been pulled off to perfection the careful balance of geography and social dimensions with the characterisations of locals and those who visit.

A must for everyone I definitely recommend this as a read!
2 reviews1 follower
July 22, 2020
Great as always!!

Kate Johnson never disappoints!
I love the Sophie Green series and I'm looking forward to more Molly Higgins mysteries. Fun and engaging.
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