Duplicate copy for release.

Amazon:
The author of Peter Rabbit and other tales, Beatrix Potter is still, after a century, beloved by children and adults worldwide. In this first Cottage Tale, Albert introduces Beatrix, an animal lover and Good Samaritan with a knack for solving mysteries. With help from her entourage of talking animal friends, Beatrix sets out to win over the human hearts of Sawrey, where she's just bought an old farm--and plans to stay.

This first-in-series started out a bit slowly for me but quickly picked up and I ended up enjoying it very much. I love books like this about real people with fictional events. As much as I love her books, I knew very little of Beatrix Potter before reading this, so it was an interesting way to learn about her life.

Beatrix holds her own with those villagers who don’t approve of her buying the farm (a single woman, after all – horrors!). I love her animals, and they converse among themselves (think Rita Mae Brown’s Mrs. Murphy mysteries) which took a few pages to get used to but then I found enjoyable and clever.

As in many mysteries set in small villages, I find the interactions between the people as interesting as the whodunit part, and this was no exception. I’m looking forward to reading the next one.
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Reserved for bookstogive's Mystery/Thriller...VBB

On its way to erishkigal via bookstogive's Mystery/Thriller VBB.

I hope you enjoy the book!

I thoroughly enjoy Albert's China Bayles series, and I adore Tales of Peter Rabbit, so I'm really looking forward to reading this~~ Thanks for sending, eponine!

Thoroughly enjoyed this book. I loved the mysteries and the characters, both human and animal. I will be looking for more books by Susan Wittig Albert! Thanks, Maire for letting me take it to read! I will be releasing this book for others to enjoy this weekend in Seguin, Texas.