The Dinner Lady Detectives: A charming British village cosy mystery: 1 (The Dinner Lady Detectives, 1)

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The police are quick to reassure the dinner ladies that their elderly kitchen manager’s death was simply a tragic accident, but when long time employees Clementine Butcher and Margery Baker, espy the coolroom’s bloodied innards, they disagree.

Margery and Clementine Butcher-Baker are coming to the end of another busy half term as dinner ladies at Summerview Secondary school. In each episode you'll follow one person's journey, getting to listen in on their coaching sessions with Selina and following them as she sends them off on a task to try out a new career idea. For Arthur Dent, who has only just had his house demolished that morning, this seems already to be more than he can cope with. This is, in my humble opinion, a very successful debut and definitely a series that I am looking forward to keeping up with. I love classic mysteries--the closest modern equivalent is the cozy-- and especially enjoy those with a British setting so I had high hopes for this one.This grossly oversimplified understanding has created many complexities in our lives and taken away from us the very fundamentals of the joy of living. No absolutely insane twists or anything, but it keeps one guessing (or it kept me guessing, at least), and it wasn't too unrealistic.

The Storyline, I do enjoy the storyline because it makes me guess if is it her or is it him but in a hilarious way of guessing because of Clementine’s characteristic. With school out for the summer, Margery and Clementine Butcher-Baker are taking advantage of the break to go on holiday. Clementine is a collection of tics and quirks with no anchor, as if the author decided that "take an asshole but make them an old woman" was enough. The Characeters, oh boy I am speechless at the content of anything Clementine do always burst me into tears until I’m out of breath because my lungs cannot take her hilarious way of speaking.The majority of pages are undamaged with some creasing or tearing, and pencil underlining of text, but this is minimal.