Loved this one! 1st in a very enjoyable series - I have put the others on my wishlist. A Cozy series with a little bit of edge - the heroine sleuth is a little cranky (not Agatha Raisin cranky, but still..)

First in the terrific new series. Highly recommended.

A lovely mystery! This is a quick read with enough twists and subplots to keep you guessing. I like that the author adds so much of the family detail to the story. It makes the characters rounder and more appealing. I would definitely recommend this book to people who enjoy British cozies. It reminds me a bit of M.C.Beaton's Hamish or Agatha series' with a bit less humor and a bit more detail.

First book in this wonderful series by Ann Purser. It is amazing what goes on behind the curtained windows in this little English Village. Lois Meade with her cleaning service is just so handy (and so curious) that she finds herself trying to solve this first mystery. However, the police think they should solve this mystery on their own, although they would love for Lois to "snoop around for them". But Lois won't stop at just snooping............

Title: Murder on Monday
Author: Ann Purser
ISBN: 0425192970/Berkley Prime Crime
Protagonist: wife/mum/house cleaner Lois Meade
Setting: Long Farnden, a small English village, present-day
Series: #1
Rating: B-

First Line: In the damp, raw cold of a winter's evening the women sat in rows in Long Farnden village hall, not listening to an elderly Land Girl's memories of "Life on the Farm During the War."

Lois Meade was a bit of a rebel when she was a teenager. If someone told her to do something, she almost always went out of her way to do the exact opposite. Now she's happily married, and once the third child arrived, she decided to clean houses to earn some extra cash. When Gloria Hathaway is murdered in the Long Farnden village hall, Lois realizes that all the people she works for knew the murdered woman. Having recently had her application for Special Constable rejected, Lois doesn't exactly jump at the chance to help the police with their investigation, but as she cleans house after house, she can't help noticing things. Could one of her employers be a cold-blooded killer?

Ann Purser does an excellent job of delineating her characters. Lois is Every Woman. She's married to a likable bloke, one of her children is a typical teenager, and she works for a living. Although she takes pride in her work, her family comes first--and her family life doesn't always run smoothly. This first book in the series sets up the characters quite well, but I sussed the killer quite early. The book lacked any real suspense, the mystery seemed to drag a bit, and my interest flagged. I have ordered the next book in the series because I would like to see the "house" Purser builds from her foundation of characters.

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Fun to read. Easy for anyone to identify with the main character as she is hard-working, funny and bright without being overdone.

Good, light reading. Just relax, put your feet up with a cup of tea and enjoy.

I loved this series. It's a great plot, strong family and detective line. interesting characters, set in England. Love the slang and the spunk and high spirit of the star, Lois Meade. Great reading cozy.

This book is okay, but nothing I'd rave about. I found the English colloqulisims sometimes a little hard to understand. I also thought the story drug in places and the behavior of the characters was hard to believe. I finished it, which is more than I can say for some of the books I've picked up lately. All in all, it's not something that I couldn't wait to have time to get back to it.

This book wasn't really what I was expecting and after I was done I though that I wasn't interested in the rest of the series but I have found myself wondering about what becomes of the characters and will probably end up ordering the rest of the series so I guess that's a sign of a good book.

British village mystery - 1st in series. Well written. Cleaning woman starts a business, and finds dead body.

This book got me started on this series. So far it's been my favorite, but now I must read them all.

Great first start for this series, will read more by Ann Purser.

This one, sadly enough, just wasn't my cup of tea, so to speak. I gave it up after about 60 pages. I guess blue-collar English villages just aren't very comfortable for me, and if there's humor in the story, I'm missing it completely.

It's written well enough, but it just doesn't interest me.

Probably whoever I send it to will like it, though.

First book in the Lois Meade Mystery series. Quaint and cozy British village. Main character is a house cleaner and very down to earth. I love it! very British

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