{"id":153723,"date":"2025-03-24T13:28:30","date_gmt":"2025-03-24T13:28:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/peraltafinancing.com\/entertainment\/books\/death-at-the-village-chess-club-by-debbie-young-review-publicationday-thecotswoldcuriosityshopmysteries2\/"},"modified":"2025-03-24T13:28:30","modified_gmt":"2025-03-24T13:28:30","slug":"death-at-the-village-chess-club-by-debbie-young-review-publicationday-thecotswoldcuriosityshopmysteries2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/fivemor.com\/?p=153723","title":{"rendered":"Death at the Village Chess Club by Debbie Young #Review #PublicationDay #TheCotswoldCuriosityShopMysteries2"},"content":{"rendered":"


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I am delighted to feature this cozy crime novel, Death at the Village Chess Club<\/i> by Debbie Young<\/b>. Today is Publication Day!<\/span><\/p>\n


With her Curiosity Shop open for business, Alice Carroll is
\nfinally settling into life in the picturesque Cotswold village of Little Pride.
\nBut then her old life comes knocking… Alice\u2019s ex boyfriend, Steven, who
\ndumped her to travel the world, has run out of money and asks Alice to sell off
\nhis collection of chess sets.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

Alice decides to host a tournament to showcase the
\nboards, and her plan seems to be working. That is, until chess pieces begin to
\nmysteriously disappear. Andwhen a body is discovered outside the tournament,
\nAlice realises that the victim was a pawn in another, far more dangerous
\ngame.<\/span><\/p>\n

As the host of the event, Alice is eager to help the police investigate.
\nShe doesn\u2019t know why anyone would be interested in stealing random chess
\npieces, let alone willing to kill for them, but she\u2019s determined to find out.
\nCan she solve the case before someone else gets hurt?<\/span><\/p>\n

Or will this be one gambit
\ntoo far for Alice?<\/span><\/p>\n

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This is a delightful cozy crime read, set in an idyllic Cotswold village. Alice has settled in and decided to give her life as a shopkeeper of curiosities a go. In agreeing to sell the chess sets for her ex-partner, she does not realise that she is opening up\u00a0 a mystery and attracting the wrong sort of attention.\u00a0 This is a gentle tale with some likeable supporting characters. In the background is Robert, her millionaire next door neighbour. It leaves you wondering if romance could be in the air.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Alice is a resourceful and entertaining central character and the story goes at a good pace. There are several surprises along the way to keep you entertained. With Alice’s new post as editor of the local newletter, she is able to tap into the village news and really feel like a member of the community. I also enjoyed the visit from Alice’s mother as she eyed up all the men as possible partners for her daughter, to Alice’s constrnation.\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

In short:<\/i> an entertaining cozy crime mystery\u00a0
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About the Author<\/b><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

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Debbie Young <\/b>writes warm, witty, feel-good contemporary
\nfiction inspired by life in the English village where she lives with her
\nScottish husband and their teenage daughter.\u00a0<\/i><\/span><\/p>\n

Her Sophie Sayers Village Mystery
\nseries<\/i> begins with “Best Murder in Show”<\/i> and the first seven books
\nrun the course of a calendar year in the life of a classic English Cotswold
\nvillage. Originally intended to be a seven-book series, further books will
\nfollow, due to reader demand.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 She also writes the romantic comedy mystery
\nseries, Staffroom at St Bride’s,<\/i> set in the staffroom of an English girls’
\nboarding school. The series will eventually be six books long, running the
\ncourse of an academic year, and the first book is “Secrets at St
\nBride’s”<\/i>.<\/span><\/p>\n

\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Her books were shortlisted in 2020 and 2021 for The Selfies
\nAward<\/i>, given to the best self-published adult fiction in the UK.<\/span><\/p>\n

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\nwrites short stories and has published three themed collections, “Marry in
\nHaste”, “Quick Change”<\/i>, and “Stocking Fillers”<\/i>, and
\nhad stories included in many anthologies. <\/span><\/p>\n

\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 When she’s not writing, she does other bookish things, such
\nas speaking or reading her work at literary events, such as Crimefest, the
\nleading international crime writing event, the Cheltenham Literature Festival
\nand the Hawkesbury Upton Literature Festival, the event that she founded for
\nher local community.<\/span><\/p>\n

\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 She’s a member of the Society of Authors and the UK
\nAmbassador for the Alliance of Independent Authors.<\/span><\/p>\n

\u00a0\u00a0 She loves reading,
\nbellringing, singing in the local choir, gardening, knitting, sketching and travelling
\nwith her family in their camper van. Her many hobbies mean she is never short
\nof ideas for her gentle tales of rural life.<\/span><\/p>\n

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You can follow Debbie here:\u00a0Facebook<\/a>\u00a0 | \u00a0Twitter<\/a>\u00a0 | \u00a0Instagram<\/a><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

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Thanks to Debbie Young, Boldwood Books and Rachel of Rachel’s Random Resources<\/a> for a copy of the book and a place on the tour.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

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