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Mrs SidhuS Dead And Scone, 9780008562922
Editore : HarperCollins (12 ottobre 2023)
Lingua : Inglese
Copertina rigida : 352 pagine
ISBN-10 : 000856292X
ISBN-13 : 978-0008562922
Peso articolo : 560 g
Dimensioni : 15.9 x 3.4 x 24 cm
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I came to âMrs. Sidhuâs Dead and Sconeâ by Suk Pannu courtesy of television, Acorn TV via Amazon Prime, to be precise.âMrs. Sidhu Investigatesâ is a light mystery series, not unlike Midsomer Murders, Father Brown, and a few others that avoid the gore and (most of the) blood common to police and detective. shows. Mrs. Sidhu (Meera Syal) is a caterer who finds herself involved in murder investigations. She shows up to cater an event, and people die (but not because of her food). Her police counterpart is Detective hief Inspector Burton (Craig Parkinson), recently widowed and often feeling cursed by having to deal with this nosy caterer. The third main character is Tez (Gurjeet Singh), Mrs. Sidhuâs son, who patiently suffers her quirks, sudden upsets, and murder investigations, not to mention the shrine to her dead husband and father in the house (Tez calls it the âcabinet of deathâ).The series is written by Suk Pannu, who has a considerable number of British television shows to his writing credit. Heâs also the author of this first published book about the intrepid caterer.âMrs. Sidhuâs Dead and Sconeâ takes place in a small, upscale village not far from the catererâs home base of Slough, outside London. In addition to its (expensive) thatched-roof homes, the village is host to a retreat home run by a popular self-help guru. Mrs. Sidhu is called to provide catering, and sure enough, here come the bodies.The first is a licensed therapist working for the center; sheâs found dead in her home. Others follow. The readers know more than the characters of whatâs going on, because they follow the murderer at work; what we donât know is the identity of the perpetrator. We do know the motive is buried 20 years in the past, the deaths of a couple in what looked initially like a joint suicide. DCI Burton is investigating, and heâs not exactly thrilled to find Mrs. Sidhu popping up everywhere he goes.It’s a good story, if not quite as light as the television series. What is decidedly different is how Mrs. Sidhu come to figure out the case. In the series itâs largely observation (including spying on people); in the book, she had temporary trances, during which things get clarified. The book also introduced us to Mrs. Sidhuâs ârespected sister-in-law,â who arrives from India for a visit and drives Mrs. Sidhu to hiding out in her bathroom.The second series of âMrs. Sidhu Investigatesâ is scheduled for later this year. And hereâs hoping for another novel-length story from Mr. Pannu.
I loved this book, and Iâm sure you will as well.It’s a comedic murder-mystery, set in âthe perfect villageâ of Benham in Berkshire, in the rural countryside but not too far from Slough. The detective â the Miss Marple equivalent â is the delightful Mrs Sidhu, a middle-aged widowed Asian cook, whose day-job is the mundane task of cooking hundreds of pre-packaged aubergine bhajis for the frozen section of Slough businessman Mr. Varmaâs cash-and-carries. But sheâs highly astute, all-seeing and just a bit nosey, with a habit of being in the right place at the right time to gather information and clues.One morning Mrs Sidhu gets a phone call out of the blue saying âIâm afraid we have an emergencyâ and summoning her round to The Benham House Retreat, a world-famous retreat in a large converted house and park in the village, where the rich and famous go for yoga, mindfulness, health-diets and for Dr. Eardleyâs âmagic touch to piece their wrecked lives togetherâ.Actually at this early stage in the story, the emergency is only a catering one, but we know that thereâs been a savage murder as the preface tells us âthe blade came up, crooked, rusty like a bent smileâ.I wonât spoil it for you, but thereâs a cast of good characters, both at the Retreat and in the village; thereâs a decent number of murders; a ruined (perhaps haunted) house, and a house that burns down; a fair bit of confusion when Mrs Sidhu finds herself under suspicion herself; and of course, a final scene when she sorts everything out single-handedly. Oh, and because the book is a classic of its genre, thereâs the obligatory local policeman, DCI Burton, who solves some of the parts of the mystery, misses others, works with and is exasperated by Mrs Sidhu, and who is a good foil for her throughout. Throw Mrs Sihduâs errant family into the mix, and out comes a thrilling and very amusing story.And in case you are wondering: no, we never find out Mrs Sihduâs first name…
Easy to read, well written and author held my interest. Hope there will be more books. Happy to watch the TV series, 4 part from memory. Well acted and easy story lines.
Mrs Sidhu is an engaging character. An insightful chef with insatiable curiosity, convinced she has a talent for helping to solve murders. She does, but not until after having led her exasperated policeman oppo a merry dance Chas g wild geese.Lacks the charm of a Richard Osman story, but is nevertheless engaging.
A cracking read humour, suspense and down to earth. More Mrs Sidu please