Review: The Trouble with Goats and Sheep

The Trouble with Goats and Sheep by Joanna Cannon
My rating: 4 of 5 stars

England,1976.

Mrs Creasy is missing and The Avenue is alive with whispers. As the summer shimmers endlessly on, ten-year-olds Grace and Tilly decide to take matters into their own hands.
And as the cul-de-sac starts giving up its secrets, the amateur detectives will find much more than they imagined… 

Loved it. Set in the summer of 1976 and switching back to events in 1967 it was so evocative of that very hot summer which was just before my final year at school so I was on holiday for most of it. The characters and events ring true and it was definitely quirky at times. Not a great ending but it didn't spoil my enjoyment.

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