Book 2 in The Marquess of Mortiforde Mystery series
Book Description
A food festival. A four-hundred-year grudge. And a butcher who won’t be going home.
When Mortiforde hosts its annual food festival, Lord Mortiforde is hoping for artisan cheeses, local ales, and a peaceful weekend. Instead, one butcher has vanished, another has received a sinister threat, and the Vegetarian Society has been issued a very meaty ultimatum.
So when the Council’s Chief Archivist disappears — along with the Food History Marquee’s star attraction, a seventeenth-century recipe book — it becomes clear that someone is stirring up a grudge that’s been simmering for over four hundred years.
Meanwhile, Lady Mortiforde is on a desperate quest for wild boar meat to save her savoury pie entry in the festival’s Bake Off competition. And Lord Mortiforde can’t help wondering why every butcher in the village takes their pet pig for a late-night walk in the woods…
Suddenly, ancient secrets, missing persons, and very suspicious pork products combine into a mystery that’s been marinating far longer than anyone suspected.
He may be settling into the job — but Lord Mortiforde is about to discover that in the charming English town of Mortiforde, old recipes have a habit of calling for blood.
If you love British cozy mysteries packed with quirky characters, dry humour, and twisty plots, Foraging for Murder is your next obsession.
✔ A quintessential English village setting
✔ A deliciously twisty whodunit
✔ Eccentric suspects and sharp, dry humour
✔ A centuries-old mystery with modern consequences
✔ Book Two in the Marquess of Mortiforde series
Perfect for fans of Richard Osman, M.C. Beaton, and the village mysteries of Midsomer Murders.
Can Lord Mortiforde unravel a four-hundred-year-old conspiracy before the killer serves up another body? Pick up Foraging for Murder — the second Marquess of Mortiforde mystery — today.“Agatha Raisin meets the Great British Bake Off in Foraging for Murder. Simon Whaley blends bucolic eccentricities, village gossip, food festivals and cold-blooded murder in his latest cosy mystery.” – Bookish Jottings
“We are in safe hands with Whaley a man unafraid of capturing the class-based absurdities of British life.” – PAJ Newman
“When describing Foraging for Murder to both Spouse-Critter and one of my besties, I found myself saying that it reads like Agatha Christie did the plot outline, handed it to the cast of Monty Python and walked away!” – Puzzle Paws Blog
“Aldermaston had me laughing a few times!” The Page Ladies
“Foraging for Murder is a hilarious, uplifting and thrilling murder mystery sprinkled with plenty of tension, intrigue and suspense to keep readers chewing their nails and on the edge of their seats until the end.” Bookish Jottings
“Full of culinary delights and dark deeds past and present, it is jam packed full of wonderful and very likeable eccentric characters with a deliciously wicked streak of humour running through it.” The Word Is Out
“Wow. Foraging for Murder is a fantastic book. It’s stuffed with some very British quirkiness, rival butchers, an obnoxious new Chief Executive for the local Council, and a slightly bumbling, but good-hearted, member of the nobility, his wife, his eminently competent butler, as well as his extremely eccentric brother.” MJ Porter
Book Details:
eBook ISBN: 9781739863210
Paperback ISBN: 9781739863203
Publication Date: 6th December 2021
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Reviews
The plot reminded me of a comic version of The Archers (BBC Radio 4), with the usual sniping and back-stabbing you’d expect in an off-beat story of village life. This was an enjoyable read that will please fans of cosy mysteries and dramas like Midsomer Murders etc.
Colin Garrow
https://colingarrow.org/2022/02/05/foraging-for-murder-by-simon-whaley/
I really enjoyed this book, and is very Midsomer Murders inspired with the very whacky and unique murders, highly recommend to fans of the show and anyone who likes cosy mysteries ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
Bookworm Stephanie
https://www.instagram.com/p/CZor-o8rsah/
The first of Simon Whaley’s Marquess of Mortiforde Mysteries novels, ‘Blooming Murder’ was one of those novels which crept up on you unawares. I was completely bowled over by it and, in my review, describe it as, “essentially, what would happen if Gardener’s World had an illicit love child by Midsomer Murders via the work of Tom Sharpe. And it’s all the better for it.”
Whilst ‘Foraging for Murder’ can’t really harness the same take-you-unawares quality of the original, the sequel – set two years into Aldermaston’s reign as the Marquess – {retains the same down to earth humour and, well, bonkers cast of loveable characters.}
PAJ Newman
This time, the butchers are being set against the vegetarians as the Borderlandshire Burger Competition looms. {We are in safe hands with Whaley a man unafraid of capturing the class-based absurdities of British life.}
https://pajnewman.com/2022/02/07/foraging-for-murder-finding-only-comedy-gold/
I thoroughly enjoyed reading the first book, Blooming Murder last summer, and hoped that the next book in the Mortiforde Mysteries series would be just as good. Oh man, guys, I have to tell you….It’s not Just as good, it’s BETTER!
I’ve been a fan of BBC mystery series for years, and I dearly hope that this series gets picked up for a miniseries because I desperately want to see some of the characters on screen.
Puzzle Paws Blog
https://puzzlepawsblog.com/2022/02/07/foraging-for-murder-blog-tour/
It’s nicely written and the pace is pleasant and goes well with the flow and feel of the story. The book has what you expect for a cosy mystery and I liked that the author added a touch of humor to the story. Aldermaston had me laughing a few times!
The Page Ladies
https://www.instagram.com/p/CZrU_HZvuci/
Agatha Raisin meets the Great British Bake Off in Foraging for Murder. Simon Whaley blends bucolic eccentricities, village gossip, food festivals and cold-blooded murder in his latest cosy mystery. Foraging for Murder is a hilarious, uplifting and thrilling murder mystery sprinkled with plenty of tension, intrigue and suspense to keep readers chewing their nails and on the edge of their seats until the end.
An entertaining yarn guaranteed to brighten up even the most dismal of days, cosy mystery fans will love Simon Whaley’s delightful new novel, Foraging for Murder.
Bookish Jottings
https://bookishjottings.com/2022/02/08/foraging-for-murder-by-simon-whaley-blog-tour-review/
This is the second book in the series and after reading the first one I just knew that I would love this one and I was certainly right! This is the second book in the series and after reading the first one I just knew that I would love this one and I was certainly right!
Snowphie the bookworm
https://www.instagram.com/p/CZvF92-oq-y/
Having thoroughly enjoyed book 1, Blooming Murder, I couldn’t wait to devour this story and I absolutely adored my second visit to Mortiforde. Full of culinary delights and dark deeds past and present, it is jam packed full of wonderful and very likeable eccentric characters with a deliciously wicked streak of humour running through it.
I loved every page and laughed my socks off at some bits, and I really do hope there will be more books to come in this series. 5*
The Word Is Out – Alyson’s Reviews
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Had a bit of a feel of the Carry On films, too. Aldermaston had me laughing at times. I do love a book with a funny side. Simon Whaley definitely got the comic timing right for me anyway. It was great to spend time in the village with these colourful and interesting characters!
Beyond the Books
https://sharonbeyondthebooks.wordpress.com/2022/02/10/simon-whaley-foraging-for-murder/
Wow. Foraging for Murder is a fantastic book. It’s stuffed with some very British quirkiness, rival butchers, an obnoxious new Chief Executive for the local Council, and a slightly bumbling, but good-hearted, member of the nobility, his wife, his eminently competent butler, as well as his extremely eccentric brother.
MJ Porter
Genuinely, I can’t recommend this book enough. It made me laugh out loud and was a joy to read.
https://mjporterauthor.blog/2022/02/11/today-im-so-excited-to-share-my-review-for-foraging-for-murder-by-simon-whaley-i-loved-this-book/