
by C Farren
AnimalsAdded on March 19, 2026
From Hollywood to Yorkshire, from fame to murder...Barbara Lucci has it all; a star on the Hollywood walk of fame, money, a loving husband, and a starring role in the long-running American soap opera Forever and a Day, a job she's cherished for forty years.Then everything changes. Barbara's soap is canceled, and her husband runs off with her all money. With nowhere to turn to, Barbara returns to her native England and the sleepy Yorkshire seaside town of Whitborough to stay with her mother June, who runs a bed and breakfast.When someone from another bed and breakfast is strangled to death with some tinsel, Barbara is intrigued. Not only is the sole witness to the crime the victim's cute border collie, Gulliver, but the local policeman investigating is none other than the first boy she ever kissed, Brendan Fury. Barbara decides she has to investigate this murder, not only for something to do but to save the reputation of her mother's beloved B & B.This is a fun, quirky, and clean, cozy mystery set in a beautiful Yorkshire seaside town with a glamorous soap star, cute dogs, dashing police officers, and a puzzling Christmas murder mystery.One click now for this year's most entertaining cozy mystery!
Death by Tinsel is book #1 in the Soap Star Cozy Mysteries series by C. Farren.Barbara Lucci was a soap opera star who is unceremoniously dropped from her after 40 years. Then her husband takes off with all her money and loans he took out in her name. She goes home to England to stay at her motherβs B&B. A woman no one likes is murdered and Barbara decides to investigate.Barbara is not the nicest person and it was hard to feel sympathetic for her based on the way she treated people in the beginn
Funny!Totally different from the usual. Barbara the soap opera star, suddenly dumped because she was too old. When she clocks the producer of the show, she's arrested and then shunned by all of her so-called Hollywood friends. Her husband empties their bank account and she's broke. Her last resort is to go home to Mum in England. As unexpected as it is, Barbara finds herself back home and she flourishes. I Ioved this character. She's nothing like the ordinary heroine. I found her hysterically fu
Fun readYou're going go love the world from Barbara and Gulliver's perspectives! The mystery was great with a shocking twist that, in hindsight, makes perfect sense. I can't wait to read book 2.

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