THE KENSINGTON KIDNAP

A missing teenager, a mysterious cult and a case of mistaken identity – just another day’s work for Epiphany Bloom.


Epiphany ‘Pip’ Bloom is down on her luck. She can barely afford cat food, and just because Most has three legs doesn’t mean he eats any less. So she absolutely can’t afford to mess up her latest temp job. But when she walks through the door of the private investigation firm, her new boss mistakes her for a missing persons expert. He then charges her with finding Matty Price – the teenage son of two A-list celebrities – who has mysteriously disappeared from his home in Kensington.

It ought to be a disaster, but Pip reckons it’s actually an opportunity. She’s always been curious (nosy, her mother calls it) and has an uncanny knack for being at the wrong place at the right time (she doesn’t want to know what her mother thinks of that). After years of trying to find something she’s good at, has Pip managed to walk straight into the job she was born to do?

She owes it to herself and poor missing Matty to find out.

But searching for Matty takes Pip into the strange, intimidating world of the rich and famous. And it soon becomes clear that some of these people’s love for themselves doesn’t extend to their fellow humans.

As Pip investigates further, she realises the question isn’t whether Matty ran away – it’s whether Pip will find him alive and make it home safely herself...

An absolutely brilliant, light-hearted cozy mystery for fans of M.C. Beaton, T E Kinsey, Lauren Elliott and Joanne Fluke, featuring an irresistible new heroine.




MY REVIEW:

This is my first book from the incredible writing duo KATIE GAYLE, Kate Sidley and Gail Schimmel
and it was amazing! Bring me all their other books and I cannot wait to see what other books they write together.

I love a great cozy mystery and this one was a great cozy YA and a really fun read that I enjoyed. I loved the characters, the mistaken identity trope, a woman, Epiphany ‘Pip’ Bloom who is down on her luck and who is trying her best to make it through with her wonderful cat, Most. Starting her new temp job at a PI firm, she is immediately mistaken for a missing person expert. I love how Pip is able to use her "nosiness" and curiosity to use in helping find a missing boy Matty. As we follow Pip through her sleuthing, we are taken on a fun adventure that is both hilarious and irresistible. 

This is an amazing first book of the series - I just can't get enough of Pip and to see her next case - she really found her knack in sleuthing. 

I highly recommend this fun and wonderful escape read I really enjoyed.

Author Bio:







Katie Gayle is the writing partnership of best-selling South African writers, Kate Sidley and Gail Schimmel. Kate and Gail have, between them, written over ten books of various genres, but with Katie Gayle, they both make their debut in the cozy mystery genre. Both Gail and Kate live in Johannesburg, with husbands, children, dogs and cats. Unlike their sleuth Epiphany Bloom, neither of them have ever stolen a cat from the vet.



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