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Vicky Hill #2

by Hannah Dennison

From the author of A Vicky Hill Exclusive! comes a delightful and dizzy new mystery with a sleuth like no other...

Obit writer Vicky Hill suspects foul play when she learns of a suspicious death: a champion hedge cutter, electrocuted after accidentally slicing through a power cable. Yeah, right. To get the real story Vicky’s willing to suffer through bad dates and mortal danger.

Genres: Mystery, Fiction, Cozy Mystery, Cozy

304 pages, Mass Market Paperback

First published March 3, 2009

About the author

British born, Hannah originally moved to Los Angeles to pursue screenwriting. She has been an obituary reporter, antique dealer, private jet flight attendant and Hollywood story analyst. After twenty-five years living on the West Coast, Hannah returned to the UK where she shares her life with two high-spirited Hungarian Vizslas. She enjoys all country pursuits, movies, and theatre, reading and seriously good chocolate.

Hannah writes the Honeychurch Hall Mysteries (Constable) the Island Sisters Mysteries (Minotaur) and the Vicky Hill Mysteries (Constable)

Fun Fact: Hannah is part of the BookTalk author group on social media with pals Kate Carlisle, Jenn McKinlay and Paige Shelton.

Reviews

[Evana Kehr · Rating 4 out of 5]

Très bonne lecture.

J'adore le personnage de Vicky et aime beaucoup l'évolution de sa relation amicale avec Annabelle.
Beaucoup de rebondissements, moments drôles et tristes.
On ne s'ennuie pas avec ce livre. Je recommande fortement

[John Frankham · Rating 2 out of 5]

Oh, dear. Another cosy whodunnit by an English author living in USA and writing books based in England, this time, in the present day. This one is like an unfunny Agatha Raisin, or a sub-standard Daisy Dalrymple. My first in the series, and probably my last. But surely the others must be better??

The GR blurb:

'From the author of A Vicky Hill Exclusive! comes a delightful and dizzy new mystery with a sleuth like no other...

Obit writer Vicky Hill suspects foul play when she learns of a suspicious death: a champion hedge cutter, electrocuted after accidentally slicing through a power cable. Yeah, right. To get the real story Vicky’s willing to suffer through bad dates and mortal danger.'

[Nicole · Rating 5 out of 5]

LOVED IT!

[Gosha · Rating 1 out of 5]

Shockingly bad! The main character is a fool, plot is frustrating and some scenes really quite uncomfortable (any encounter with Steve). The rest of the series is quickly deleted off my “want to read” pile.

[Jonathan Gurney · Rating 2 out of 5]

I did wonder at first whether this book was meant to be a spoof, but I don't think so.

Written by someone with little talent for either plot or dialogue, and limited insight into the modern English village, modern local journalism or modern electricity supply networks.

[Laurine · Rating 1 out of 5]

Abandonné au tiers. Rien n'a de sens, et les réflexions constamment en lien avec le sexe sont pénibles. Entre les hommes qui l'attirent, sa volonté de se laisser violer pour obtenir un indice, et son dégoût de la jeune femme lesbienne... Par pitié que ça s'arrête.

[Claire · Rating 5 out of 5]

Enjoyed this book, she's a real character with a shady past.

[Sharon Buxton · Rating 2 out of 5]

C-. fiction, contemporary fiction, England, reporter

[Vallery Feldman · Rating 2 out of 5]

to silly for words.

[Aaliyahsbookshelf · Rating 2 out of 5]

Look, this wasn’t good😂 but yet I wanted to carry on reading if that makes any sense?! So-so at best.

MY RATING: ⭐️⭐️ (being generous)

[Mary Hickory · Rating 4 out of 5]

Another laugh out loud funny tale!

[Christine · Rating 1 out of 5]

Cela faisait longtemps que je n’avais pas lu un si mauvais livre.

[D Howard · Rating 3 out of 5]

It was just alright. A bit of a struggle and the hedge jumping story line is just plain boring.

[Kelly · Rating 3 out of 5]

I do love an English mystery....
I was as naive as Vicky Hill when I was that age. It was funny to read about it.

[Angela · Rating 4 out of 5]

Vicky Hill is a good reporter and a great obituary writer. When a champion hedge cutter is found dead by electrocution she decides to delve into this mystery. How or why would a professional hedge cutter possibly not be mindful of "hot" wires? The more Vicky digs into this mystery the more she is put in danger and has to put up with some mighty bad dates to see if she can get information. There is never any harm in dating a man only for his information he may have right? Vicky also has to deal with a nasty woman coworker who has never liked Vicky, a protective landlord, men who are only after one thing, possible drug rings in her small town, and one very handsome son of the deceased who wants her to help him get money for the wrongful death of his father so his mother and aunt have a place to live and money. Can she figure this mess out before it costs her her safety and/or life? What really is going on in her small town?

I enjoyed reading this book very much. Being set in another place was intriguing to me too. The writing was pretty well done. The only quip I had was that at times Vicky's (the main character) ranting and raving and jumbled talk and thinking became a bit much for me as the reader. I know Vicky is thinking a mile a minute, but I felt every step of that sometimes in the writing. Also, I loved Vicky as a character for the most part, but at times I felt like trying to reach into the book to strangle her or slap some common sense into her. She is a very typical "clueless" woman when it comes to men also is always jumping to conclusions. Which I suppose makes her much more real to the reader. I could see some people I know in her. I like feeling like I can "see" the characters as real to me. It just makes the book that much better for me. The other characters were quite an interesting bunch too, to learn about and follow. I am not sure I would read on in this series, but it was a nice read that kept me entertained while I was reading it. I don't know what made me feel I wouldn't read on really, but I think it had to do with the conveying of things through Vicky. At times it was just too much. If you like mysteries though, no matter what kind, this book is worth picking up for the read.

4/5 Stars!

[Holly]

Picked this up as a light summer read, and I'm so not loving this book -- I was hoping for clever dialogue and interesting story, instead the heroine is dippy and unlikable and goes through the day like frogger: hopping from one near disaster to the next.

[Jenn · Rating 3 out of 5]

The second book in the series. Not a bad read, but I still have a lack if interest in hedge jumpers which makes it a somewhat difficult read. And why do all the men in this series seem so lame?

[Jeannie and Louis Rigod · Rating 5 out of 5]

This second in the series is as good, if not more so, than the first. I can hardly wait to read the third as we get to know 'Vicki' better.

[Colleen · Rating 1 out of 5]

Just plain bad. There is no character development and frankly, after reading the first in the series and now this one, I am still not too sure what the deal is with Vicki Hill.

[Nicole · Rating 2 out of 5]

I'm not sure if the fact this was my first experience of the series meant I missed a lot but I spent a lot of time wondering what was going on.

[Christa (haines) Sheridan · Rating 2 out of 5]

Silly.

[Amy · Rating 4 out of 5]

Love the idea of a sleuth who is a reporter, this gives Vicki Hill lots of interesting stories and situations to get involved in.

[Marty · Rating 3 out of 5]

liked it ok..nothing great tho.

[June Jones · Rating 4 out of 5]

A bit of a slow start, but got better, a good murder mystery, would recommend