A Bad Lie

Cherringham #23

by Matthew Costello, Neil Richards

When talented young artist Josh Andrews goes missing after a stag night prank at Cherringham Golf Club, the bride in desperation asks Jack and Sarah to find him. It seems he's gotten cold feet, with the wedding just days away.
But Josh is not all he appears to be ... And soon suspicion falls on the Golf Club itself. Can Josh be found before he takes justice into his own hands?

-- Cherringham is a serial novel à la Charles Dickens, with a new mystery thriller released each month. Set in the sleepy English village of Cherringham, the detective series brings together an unlikely sleuthing duo: English web designer Sarah and American ex-cop Jack. Thrilling and deadly - but with a spot of tea - it's like Rosamunde Pilcher meets Inspector Barnaby. Each of the self-contained episodes is a quick read for the morning commute, while waiting for the doctor, or when curling up with a hot cuppa.

-- For fans of Agatha Christie's Miss Marple series, Lilian Jackson Braun's The Cat Who series, Caroline Graham's Midsomer Murders, and the American TV series Murder She Wrote, starring Angela Lansbury.

-- Co-authors Neil Richards (based in the UK) and Matthew Costello (based in the US), have been writing together since the mid 90's, creating content and working on projects for the BBC, Disney Channel, Sony, ABC, Eidos, and Nintendo to name but a few. Their transatlantic collaboration has underpinned scores of TV drama scripts, computer games, radio shows, and - most recently - the successful crime fiction series Cherringham. Now into its second season of 12 novellas, Cherringham is popular around the world and has been adapted as a series of audiobooks in Germany.

Genres: Mystery, Audiobook, Cozy Mystery, Crime, Fiction

104 pages, Kindle Edition

Published January 11, 2016

Reviews

[Jan · Rating 3 out of 5]

Fun & easy treadmill listening!

[Rebs ✿ · Rating 2 out of 5]

**SPOILER**

I came for the murder, stayed for the mystery but got a missing person instead? meh.

[Nancy · Rating 4 out of 5]

Everyone has secrets, you just hope they don’t rise to the surface when you are planning your wedding.

Jack and Sarah are at it again, and this time I am not so sure the cold feet are only on the part of Josh Andrews. This subject causes me to take a left turn and wish I knew which relationship direction the investigating duo is heading. Yet each time they take a step ahead, there seems to be a couple of steps back. Glad I like their camaraderie when it comes to matching wits with criminals since their relationship is quickly heading into the vexation stage for the reader.

I am reaching the point in the series where I don’t care as much about the murders as I do about the interactions among the main characters. There is no doubt I will continue reading since I like how they put the pieces together and are slowly making other realizations.

[Kataklicik · Rating 4 out of 5]

Audiobook : Spotify.
Read by Neil Dudgeon.

[Roo · Rating 4 out of 5]

A different but great installment

[Greg · Rating 5 out of 5]

#23 ♥️

[Andrew · Rating 3 out of 5]

2.5

[Janet Phillips · Rating 5 out of 5]

Tough guy Jack

Jack's Life experience pays off sometimes a Sarah is a good sluth and is starting to resemble a detective herself.

[Neely Powell · Rating 5 out of 5]

A prank by the ushers in an upcoming wedding goes horribly wrong when the groom disappears just days before the wedding.

[Ingrid · Rating 4 out of 5]

4.5 stars, I enjoyed this one very much.

[Nancy · Rating 3 out of 5]

As always, a Cherringham audio book makes doing chores more fun.

[Cecilia Gustavsson · Rating 3 out of 5]

A good book to listen too when you clean the house. It gives you ”Midsomer murders” wibes. It is fun to try to figure out how the guilty person is. Jack is a retired cop from US, Sarah is a singel mom and they solves crime together. This one was about a mystery.

[Mike Stuart · Rating 3 out of 5]

3.25 stars. Great characters. Good plot.

[Lee Ann Stamm · Rating 5 out of 5]

This was the best Cherringham mystery yet. There was a twist to the typical murder plot, which kept me interested and hooked to the end. It was a lot of fun.

[Karen Plummer · Rating 4 out of 5]

A bridegroom goes missing after a stag do night prank...did he walk away or was he abducted? That's what his bride-to-be asks Jack and Sarah to investigate. This was rather predictable but still another fun read.

[Amber · Rating 3 out of 5]

Always enjoy these books because the characters are very likeable. Story went along at a good pace, easy read.

[Meggie · Rating 3 out of 5]

I enjoyed this story in audible edition, but found the main storyline to undeveloped and short. Still it was a good story!!