Issues that elders will deal with such as, treatment of frail persons, possibility of dementia and the issues surrounding care, the vulnerability of older persons to be taken advantage of by scammers (not just bank fraud, but charging for jobs not needed or not completed), banks who don't want to help and those who have no children to help them. Liz, Thelma and Pat meet up every Thursday for their ‘coffee o’clock’ sessions at the Thirsk Garden Centre café.

Pat is bright and attractive, the wife of Rod, (a builder) but worries about her youngest, teenage son, Liam. All of this rolls together to create multiple questions that need to be answered, some of which are related to the main plot and some of which are not.A Spoonful of Sugar is set around the East Yorkshire towns of Thirsk and Northallerton, and promises a cast of female retirees using their many skills to solve a murder mystery. It is not that I disliked the book or how it was written, unfortunately it just did not grip me as a mystery should. There are some male characters (notable for their youth, hardiness around the home or dastardly dealing with elderly ladies) but the main roles are all female and rather insipid. Though it fits the "cosy" genre on the whole, there´s also much discussion of dementia - so beware if you´re sensitive on this theme.

If you’re looking for an ultra-cosy murder, and let’s face it plenty of readers are, then give this a go. I must have read it in about two servings as I just couldn’t put it down… Had great comical moments throughout.

Thelma, is outwardly strong and practical and can always 'find the exact words the other two are fumbling for'.

I really enjoyed this fun read, and I felt the pacing of the plot was okay for the length of the book and the amount of detail we’re given while reading.While on the whole A Spoonful Of Murder is a light and entertaining read, the issues around financial abuse of the elderly are very real and disturbing. It reminded me of ‘Dinner Ladies’ a Uk sketch show meets ‘Midsomer Murders’ a uk drama come something else in between that I cannot quite think of.

Pat knows there’s something troubling her youngest son Liam but can’t figure out what it is, for Liz it is her grandson who’s causing worry, and Thelma may be childless but she has things going on in her head that aren’t easy to deal with. The list of potential suspects, assuming there is anything to suspect them of, is long, the motives equally so. Having worked together for twenty plus years, they now meet up once a week on a Thursday at a garden centre cafe to catch up and have a good gossip. Tarsi kažkiek ir skirtingos, bet man jos nuolat sulipdavo į kažkokį trigalvį slibiną – Lizpathelmiką.I must have read it in about two servings as I just couldn't put it down … Had great comical moments throughout.