Book Title: A Carrows Murder (The Carrows Family Chronicles, Book 10) by Annabelle Lewis
Category: Adult Fiction 18+, 286 pages
Genre: Mystery/Crime/Romance/Humor
Publisher: PePe Press
Release Date: June 2024
Content Rating: PG13 +M: My book has cursing. The f-bomb. Sexual flirting but closed-door action.
Welcome to the latest installment of The Carrows Family Chronicles. Don’t let the words Book 10 scare you! Dive into the adventure without the need for exhaustive backstory, as each page unfolds with its own excitement, color, and twists. While my characters’ pasts enrich their present journeys, rest assured that you can fully immerse yourself in this standalone tale. Prepare to be swept away by the twists, turns, fashion, humor and discoveries awaiting you within these pages.
A Crafty Plan. A Healing Sojourn. A Deadly Twister.
Royal Dutton, close friend and stylist for Charles and Angelica Carrows, has a broken heart and he’s falling to bits. Disturbed by Royal’s escalating depression and dangerous choices, the London-based Carrows family decide to distract Royal with a vacation to an English castle on the dazzling eastern shores of Yorkshire, Britain.
Well-intentioned, they plan a murder mystery using the villagers near the castle as characters who will each play a role in convincing the unsuspecting Royal that there is a murder to be solved for a real-life person.
It should have been fun.
But there are unforeseen consequences. The small town of Boswell Crag and its eccentric villagers will never be the same.
And someone . . . will not survive.
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I received a copy of A Carrows Murder for an honest review. What follows is my opinion and mine alone. There was no compensation for this review.
A Carrows Murder is an interesting book. I’m honestly not sure how to describe it. It’s easy to get into and is a fun read for those days you want to just relax with some tea, a blanket, and a fun mystery. That said, it . . . well, it feels like a weird mix of The Great Gatsby meets Modern day.
What do I mean by that?
The Carrows are rich, like stupid rich. Fashion and that new money way of spending frivolously is rampant in the story. I had to turn off a bit of my brain to allow the idea that a small village could be hired to play a murder mystery. Especially one without much prepping. It felt odd seeing the way an upper class group would entertain a friend.
That isn’t to say that I dislike the Carrows. I don’t. In fact, it’s endearing that they originally did this to cheer up a friend. It’s not their fault that their actions brought to life a real murder plot. And it’s how they work together to solve it in the end that grips you as a reader.
Would I read another Carrows book?
I think so. It’d be fun to see how the series began, though you don’t need to read them in order. I loved their devotion to each other and their friends. It would be nice to see how they started.
All in all, the book was fun and a great travel read.
Annabelle Lewis—a pseudonym—is a Minneapolis-based, multi-genre writer, dog lover, incredible mom, and champion of the screwed over. In addition to her touching, yet oddly scathing blog posted on her website, she’s published two exciting fictional series.
The Carrows Family Chronicles are humorous and vengeful caper novels. If you’re interested in a light romp about a family of well-dressed billionaires serving yummy revenge to a string of unsuspecting bad guys who have it coming, look no further.
The second series—The Boston Clairvoyants—is also a set of good versus evil stories. These psychic mystery/thrillers have been edited so they could be read as stand-alones, but as Glinda the Good Witch says – “It’s always best to start at the beginning.” The books have a supernatural hierarchy, a wee bit of romance and mythology, and a solid sense of humor. Lovers of dogs and Dean Koontz fans will adore these books.
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Oh, and a warning. Annabelle loves to curse. And there is cursing in her books and her blogs . . . because she’s gotta keep it real.
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Casia's Corner 
Thank you for the wonderful review, Casia! It’s so fun to write these Carrows books. With the unlimited resources of wealth and the willingness to break a few rules (and laws 😊) my good-deed-doing family of billionaires also has a lot of fun in these dramadies and gets the job done. Sometimes, though, things go awry. But that can be wildly interesting too! I truly appreciate you taking the time to spread the word. ❤ Annabelle Lewis
I apologize for the late reply, but thank you for writing it! The idea of a good-deed family of billionaires is great and the fact you can play around with them so much to make a series is awesome. I love it when things go awry in my own writing. It inspires me to appreciate it when real life does it. Thank you for commenting! ❤