Bloomsbury A Nice Cup of Tea

I LOVED the two previous Nice books. However, this one, the third in the series, is very disappointing. It starts with a huge gaffe about passports (why didn't she check her facts?) so then it's hard to believe anything else in the story. The plot is thin and the characters uninteresting, and she keeps harping back to the tragedy in Nice, all rather depressing. Not a great read.

This is the third book in Celia Imrie's series of books concerning a group of ladies who have made their home on the French Riviera. I do hope it is not the last. I find myself engulfed in their exploits, some funny and others thrilling. It is though I was a part of the gang! Please tell me this is not the last book of the series. No. No. Nooooo! They are the equivalent of "happy therapy"! Keep going Celia.

This book starts with the five friends facing bankruptcy. The Picasso they had discovered in their restaurant turns out not to be a real Picasso (or not accepted as such by his family) so they have to earn more money to keep the restaurant open and this is about their efforts to do that. It ends well but there are several twists and turns along the way.

Well-written. A mix of brave, occasionally annoying, vulnerable, strong, and entertaining characters. So, a good mix. Their adventures are interesting, the setting is lovely. You feel you are there. Enjoyed reading the recipes, too.

An amusing continuation of the Nice series with the restaurant struggling for various reasons. Two of the group find interesting ways of replenishing their individual coffers which is not totally acceptable to others. a good easy to read tale.