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Haircuts, Hens and Homicide Kindle Edition

by Stephanie Dagg (Author) Format: Kindle Edition
4.4 4.4 out of 5 stars 90 ratings
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Megan finds mayhem when she arrives in France to bury her Gran and sort out her affairs. She expected difficult encounters with civil servants and red tape but not with wandering chickens, an imperious policeman and a dead body. Together with her unlikely new friend, the elderly and grumpy Alphonse and his canine equivalent, Monsieur Moustache, Megan becomes involved in investigating the fowl-related foul play that’s at work in this sleepy part of rural France.
She’s helped but mainly hindered by the people she comes across. These include the local mayor, who wants Megan to stay and set up a hair salon in his village to help keep it alive. There are the cousins Romain, the gendarme, and Nico, the clumsy but hunky farmer. They have always clashed, but do so constantly now that Megan is on the scene. Michelle, Romain’s terrifying ex who wants him back, appears along the way, as does Claudette, a wheelchair-bound old lady, and Kayla, Megan’s best friend, who is hugely pregnant but not above taking on the forces of French law and order when Megan finds herself the prime suspect after Alphonse is stabbed.
There’s excitement, humour and lots of ruffled feathers in this rom-com slash cosy mystery, the first in a projected series.
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    287 pages
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    February 10, 2018
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  • ASIN ‏ : ‎ B079QSKB5M
  • Publication date ‏ : ‎ February 10, 2018
  • Language ‏ : ‎ English
  • File size ‏ : ‎ 531 KB
  • Text-to-Speech ‏ : ‎ Enabled
  • Screen Reader ‏ : ‎ Supported
  • Enhanced typesetting ‏ : ‎ Enabled
  • X-Ray ‏ : ‎ Not Enabled
  • Word Wise ‏ : ‎ Enabled
  • Sticky notes ‏ : ‎ On Kindle Scribe
  • Print length ‏ : ‎ 287 pages
  • Customer Reviews:
    4.4 4.4 out of 5 stars 90 ratings

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4.4 out of 5 stars
4.4 out of 5
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Rosalynn B
5.0 out of 5 stars A fun read
Reviewed in the United States on March 30, 2018
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Another lovely story set in France with romance, drama and humour. I look forward to reading more about the different characters in the village.
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Berit☀️✨
4.0 out of 5 stars Fun!!!
Reviewed in the United States on September 16, 2018
Haircuts! Hens! Homicide!

Whether or not you are a fan of cozy mysteries, you have to admit they really have the best titles! I mean how can you resist a book with that title and that cover!!! And guess what? In this book we have haircuts, hens, and homicide.... we also have a fabulously relatable main character, a quirky cast of secondary characters, and a beautiful French setting.... top that off with some romance, mystery, and a whole lot of laughs!

Megan – is off to France to attend her grandmothers funeral and settle her estate.... Megan is a very likable character, the story is told entirely from her point of view, so you feel as though you are right by her side throughout her escapades in this captivating French Village...Tellement amusant! I loved all the amusing antics and mishaps peppered throughout this book.... The book kept me giggling throughout, in fact a couple times my youngest son came in to asked me what I was laughing at, and of course I could not explain it properly!

The title of this book is so appropriate because it really was those hens, a haircut, and a homicide that introduces and endears Megan to this village and vice versa... taking a hen to the doctor first introduces her to everybody, giving a haircut makes everybody want her to stay, and the homicide? This book really was less about the mystery and more about Megan settling into life in this little village.... I found it thoroughly engaging, because this village was full of some amazing characters both human and animal.... I mean how can you not adore a dog name Monsieur Mustache???

This book checked all my cozy mystery boxes and more! I got my eccentric characters, my beautiful setting, a wonderful main protagonist, but bonus I got a splash of romance and a huge side of humor! Absolutely recommend to cozy mystery lovers, and the good news is that there is a follow up with an equally compelling title!

*** many thanks to the author and Rachel at Rachel’’s Random Resources for my copy of this book ***
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Fernanda Cardenas
5.0 out of 5 stars I can’t wait for part two!
Reviewed in the United States on February 23, 2018
What a story! It's beautifully written and the plot is so good I didn’t want it to finish! The descriptions too! I felt like I was right there next to Megan! It had me laughing and even biting my nails sometimes! Highly recommend it!! I can’t wait for part two!
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Jessica Belmont
4.0 out of 5 stars Fabulous!
Reviewed in the United States on September 20, 2018
I forget how much I love cozy mysteries and then I pick up books like Haircuts, Hens and Homicide and I remember why they are so much fun. Let’s just take a moment to gawk a little at the front cover – it’s adorable, and between that and the title of this novel, how could I say no to reading it?

Megan is a perfect main character for this story. She is likeable and fun. I love the quirky cast of characters that Stephanie Dagg has created here from the clumsy Nico to Monsieur Mustache – they are all memorable and full of the quirky fun I was hoping to find in a book with a title and cover like Haircuts, Hens and Homicide!

There is a ton of humor in this book, which I absolutely loved. It kept the story light and fluffy all the way through, and it was written so well, I laughed out loud. The mystery was fun, the characters were everything I wanted, and the setting was beautiful. To top it off, there was even some romance! If you’re a fan of cozy mysteries with a bit of a rom-com addition, this is definitely the story for you!

*I received this book as part of a blog tour. All opinions are my own.*
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Jillywizzthatwoz
5.0 out of 5 stars A rocking-good read!
Reviewed in the United Kingdom on August 23, 2018
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I have read Stephanie's other two fascinating books on life in France and how they coped with the highs and lows and wasn't sure about a fictional account as fiction isn't usually my thing. However, Stephanie's brilliant ability to tell a good story won me over and I am so glad I did, it could almost be true! Very amusing like the other two and although not quite finished I have enjoyed it enormously. Well done Stephanie, they are all page-turners and I will look out for any more of your books.
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Mr. D. R. Goodman
4.0 out of 5 stars Fun in France? Not when there's a murder
Reviewed in the United Kingdom on January 28, 2019
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This is a good, not great, book of the cosy murder type. It has good ingredients, most notably the main character, a woman who goes to France to deal with her grandmother's funeral, and then finds herself tied up in a murder mystery and not knowing whether to stay and live there in her grandmother's cottage or move back to England. Two very different male cousins compete for her affections, both of whom give her some help in trying to find out who the murderer is. It is well written, but I found the 'reveal' not at all cosy, and the main character didn't so much find out who the murderer was, it was more the murderer finding her. The ending is really nice, and sets up further books, but it's not a 5-star read.
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Kindle Customer
5.0 out of 5 stars Excellent read
Reviewed in the United Kingdom on December 25, 2019
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Love the story and all the characters, looking forward to the next book hopefully it won't be long in coming.
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3.0 out of 5 stars grammatical errors and typos were really annoying.
Reviewed in the United Kingdom on June 1, 2019
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this book should have been proof read before release. tears coming from ears, not eyes, appears twice in the story, along with words missing in sentences. " getting along with a dad ", given the context should have been "without"..This spoiled the book somewhat for me.
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S. Warner
5.0 out of 5 stars Fun Read
Reviewed in the United Kingdom on April 16, 2019
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A great, fun read. I do not normally go in for Romcom novels but this caught my eye. Stephanie Dagg absolutely got it right. Plenty of giggles and a who dunnit that was not immediately obvious from Chapter 1 - hurrah. I highly recommend this novel and will definitely look for more from this author in the future.
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