What a lovely cozy! This is the second instalment I read in this series and I loved it as much as I loved the first one.
The cast of characters is lovely, the heroine is amazing, growing up on you and well written.
The mystery was great and it kept me guessing till the end.
I look forward to reading other instalments in this series.
Highly recommended!
Many thanks to Joffe Books and Netgalley for this ARC

Jenny Starling has accepted a job at Kelton Farm over the Christmas season. Kelton Farm is home to brothers Sid and Stan Kelton, Stan’s two sons Bert and Bill, his daughter Delia and Bert’s son Jeremy. The family is a dysfunctional one - Sid is the older brother but Stan runs the farm with a rod of iron. He doesn’t seem well like by his family and the locals don’t have a good word to say about him. Then a murder occurs on Christmas Eve and Jenny once again finds herself helping the police with their enquirers. Really enjoying this series - Jenny is a modern day Miss Marple. Hope book number three is in the pipeline.

Thanks to Joffe Books and Faith Martin for the ARC of this book in return for an honest review.

Curvy cook Jenny Starling is back! It’s almost Christmas and instead of spending it alone in a little bedsit, she takes a chance on an advert looking for a cook over the festive season. When she gets there a sense of foreboding overcomes her. It’s snowing, the farm is in the middle of nowhere with no mod-cons or even a landline and the family...well they seem to hate each other especially the head of the household, Stan Kelton.

When someone is found stabbed to death in the kitchen, the local police are out of their depth so the ask Jenny to investigate.

So this is the second in the Jenny Starling series but it can easily be read as a stand alone.

Another cosy mystery from Faith Martin perfect for the holiday season full of food, fun and fiendish murder.

Now I’m not going to say to much about the story or character because I feel like this one of those books that you should dig into with as little information as possible. I will say there were some funny light-hearted moments involving a marauding goose and a sheepdog that’s afraid of sheep that you should look out for while you’re reading!

Again as with the last novel I guessed the killer and motive quite early on. Also I kept having to remind myself that Jenny is only in her twenties as a lot of the time she sounds much older.

Overall the winter mystery a Christmassy cosy whodunnit that I’d recommend for those who love a more light-hearted mystery.

Jenny Starling on a whim responded to an advertisement for a cook at a farm over the Christmas period. Unfortunately the household it not a happy one which is made worse on Christmas Eve when one of them turns up dead. The situation is not helped by the lack of murder experience of the lead detective Inspector Moulton, and it is left to Jenny to steer the police to the correct guilty party.
Am enjoyable well-written and easily read cozy mystery with a likeable lead character.
I voluntarily read and reviewed an advanced copy from Joffe Books. All thoughts and opinions are my own

What a lovely cozy! This is the second instalment I read in this series and I loved it as much as I loved the first one.
The cast of characters is lovely, the heroine is amazing, growing up on you and well written.
The mystery was great and it kept me guessing till the end.
I look forward to reading other instalments in this series.
Highly recommended!
Many thanks to Joffe Books and Netgalley for this ARC

The Winter Mystery, first published as A Fatal Fall of Snow in 2011 under Faith Martin's pen name Joyce Cato, is another fantastic addition to the Jenny Starling cosy mystery series. In this second book, amateur sleuth and travelling cook Ms Starling dreams of a relaxing Christmas in a country farmhouse surrounded by snow but her version of utopia soon turns to dystopia when a murder is committed. I couldn't think of a more perfect read than this as the nights draw in, it becomes chillier and Christmas is just around the corner. I didn't exactly warm to Jenny straight away in the first book, but I am beginning to like her nature and her integrity when investigating a murder that is baffling everyone around her.

The pace is ideal, not too fast, not too slow and the characters are well drawn as ever. These novels pay homage to the greats of classic crime such as Agatha Christie and have the same feeling and atmosphere as many of her stories. You can't really go wrong, and this will be especially enjoyable to those who prefer clean reads with no profanity or graphic violence. The writing pulls you into the book after the first few paragraphs and holds your interest until the very end. Through the twists and turns, I followed the clues alongside Ms Starling as I enjoy using my powers of deduction to identify the killer. The ending is satisfying and ties everything up neatly.

Many thanks to Joffe Books for an ARC.