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Murder at Highfields: Utterly Addictive 1930s Cozy Mystery (Berkshires Cozy Mystery Book 1) Kindle Edition

by Andrea Kress (Author) Format: Kindle Edition
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A town judge shot dead in a house full of suspects. Can a curious young female nurse turned amateur sleuth uncover the truth before someone else dies? It’s a mystery that will keep you guessing.

Berkshire Mountains, Massachusetts, 1931. Aggie Burnside is ready for her next chapter. But when her New York job falls through unexpectedly, the young nurse jumps at another opportunity and moves to her best friend’s hometown. Though she’s barely settled into the small community before she’s entangled in the local judge’s shocking murder.

With the dead man’s shooting going unheard in a house full of secrets and suspects, Aggie’s sharp curiosity pulls her deep into a long list of possible motives. But as a clueless inspector bungles the case and false leads muddle the investigation, the novice detective and her bestie sidekick step up to find the culprit before the evidence disappears forever.

Can Aggie get a confession before the killer escapes justice?

Murder at Highfields is the lively first book in the Berkshires Cozy mystery series. If you like good-hearted heroines, delightful doses of humor, and smart surprises, then you’ll love Andrea Kress’s fast-moving whodunnit.

Buy Murder at Highfields to untangle a treacherous scheme today!

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  • ASIN ‏ : ‎ B09DXNK63K
  • Publisher ‏ : ‎ Ibanez Literary Group (September 15, 2021)
  • Publication date ‏ : ‎ September 15, 2021
  • Language ‏ : ‎ English
  • File size ‏ : ‎ 1082 KB
  • Simultaneous device usage ‏ : ‎ Unlimited
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  • Print length ‏ : ‎ 376 pages
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ANDREA KRESS lives in Tucson, Arizona but writes about the Berkshires, Boston and North Carolina where she has lived. Her long career as an administrator with the City of Tucson gave her plenty of observational material for mysteries. When she is not writing, she potters in her garden, indulges her children, grandchildren and granddogs.

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BERKSHIRES COZY MYSTERIES

MURDER AT HIGHFIELDS

THE GIRL ON THE DOORSTEP

CHRISTMAS RECIPE FOR MURDER

MURDER AT THE VALENTINE BALL

APRIL IS MURDER

MURDER AT THE GARDEN FAIR

MURDER AT THE BEACH HOUSE

MURDER AND A MEDIUM

CHRISTMAS MURDER OF A MISER

MASSACHUSETTS COZY MYSTERIES

MURDER ON BOSTON COMMON

MURDER IN BOSTON'S NORTH END

MURDER IN CITY HALL

CHRISTMAS MURDER IN HYANNIS

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arrietty7
5.0 out of 5 stars Must read series for cozy mystery fans
Reviewed in the United States on September 5, 2022
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I was given this first book in the series as a gift and enjoyed it thoroughly. The characters are interesting and fun, and then l found out a couple of years later that it was the start of a series. I gobbled them up and l am eagerly looking forward to the next one. Amazon messed up and published book number four with the cover of book three, so l am also looking forward to reading the Christmas story one when they fix it. The books keep getting better and better as the author sharpens her writing skills and the characters grow and develop.
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mic4mac
3.0 out of 5 stars Murder at the Vicarage Alert
Reviewed in the United States on July 25, 2022
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At least the author changed the guilty parties at the end; not before giving a denouement of Agatha Christie’s version first! Murder at the Vicarage has: the nephew named Raymond (a writer), the scholarly vicar with a much younger wife, the ill curate, the victim judge (magistrate in England), a suspect poacher/hunter out of season, the judge’s wife having an affair with a artist who is using a cottage and painting portraits of both the judge’s wife and daughter, the theft of money from the collection plate, the vicar finding the body, the dual false confessions of the judge’s wife and artist to “protect each other “, etc. all of which are contained in this book. It was like de ja vu. That’s why I gave it 3 stars, Agatha Christie did a good portion of the work for this one!
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CarolAnn Williams
4.0 out of 5 stars Clue Meets Jessica Fletcher
Reviewed in the United States on September 25, 2021
…”Berkshire Mountains, Massachusetts, 1931. Aggie Burnside is ready for her next chapter. But when her New York job falls through unexpectedly, the registered nurse jumps at another opportunity and moves to her best friend’s hometown. Though she’s barely settled into the small community before she’s entangled in the local judge’s shocking murder.”...
From the moment I began reading this book I was drawn in. From each page turn I was on the edge of my seat wondering what could happen next. Every character was well developed and the story line did not give away the killer before the end.
As I was reading I was imagining this as a tv show - Clue meets Jessica Fletcher. Such a joy to read and I eagerly await the next book in the series.

I give this book 4 out of 5 stars
I received a free copy of this book via Booksprout and am voluntarily leaving a review.
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Ruth Ann Harnisch
5.0 out of 5 stars Bet You Can't Guess The Ending
Reviewed in the United States on September 28, 2021
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I appreciate a story set in the last century when electronics were not "on the case," and we relied on the observation powers of mere mortals. Andrea Kress doesn't paint word pictures to haunt your nightmares, another thing I appreciate in a book-before-bedtime read, and this is a dandy way to close the day. I was annoyed with myself for failing to remember a key clue; maybe you'll solve this one before Aggie does.
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AEK
5.0 out of 5 stars Enjoyable
Reviewed in the United States on May 18, 2022
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Very well written. Many twists to the plot. Keeps you guessing to the last denouement. Looking forward to the next book. The characters are so well fleshed out you can readily visualize them
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Carrie Girard
3.0 out of 5 stars Wholesale plot lift
Reviewed in the United States on December 30, 2021
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If you have read Agatha Christie‘s BODY IN THE LIBRARY, this book will feel very familiar. Complete with an observant old lady who knits and gardens, a disgruntled daughter and much younger second wife of a pompous bigwig, a mysterious artist, a nervous curate, an efficient gossip network, an author nephew, visitors who are not what they seem, a housemaid with a poacher boyfriend, and false confessions abounding.
But keep reading.
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5.0 out of 5 stars Good read
Reviewed in the United States on January 15, 2022
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Mystery, murder, and a hint of romance.
The ending was a bit eh w the explanation of one incident and the culprits get away with it, so it seems.
But maybe book 2 will have more?
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Angelwings
2.0 out of 5 stars Like Agatha Christie's Miss Marple and horrible editing. Yikes!
Reviewed in the United States on January 20, 2022
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Editing, margins, and spacing is such a thing with me that it was distracting to read. Awful. It was also so much like a Miss Marple mystery cast of characters. Not the same, but that also was distracting. All in all, an OK book, but will not bother to read the full series.
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