Jess is house sitting with her dog Flossie when the gardener next door discovers a body in the undergrowth. The dead man is a Russian businessman.
It turns out the owner of the house Jess is looking after had connections with the dead man and they didn’t get on. A tragic accident had happened resulting in the death of a child.
Inspector Leo George of Thames Valley Police is brought in to led the investigation. Jess and Leo have a simmering romantic interest carried on from previous books. Will the pair finally get it together? And will they open up to each other about their pasts.!
This book has fantastic characters which are developing as the series goes on. Alongside a great murder investigation. This book is great as a stand-alone book as you can soon pick up the story back lines.
Thanks to the publisher and Netgalley for the opportunity to see this arc

I enjoyed reading this book. It had a good story to it. I liked the variety of characters in it. It was a well written book. I hope to read more books by this author.

Joss Stirling has done it again with the 3rd book in the Jess Bridges series. I was eagerly anticipating this book after having read the previous two books to see where Jess and Inspector Leo George were going in their relationship. It was another realistic crime that kept readers enthralled.

Thank you NetGalley and the Publisher for enabling me to read this book. It is a pleasure to give a review.

Another fantastic addition and a new favorite in the Jess Bridges mystery series.
First things first, the last book ended with Leo and Jess not going on a date. The reason: Leo's narcissist mother.

Red House starts with a gardener named Marigold Green finding a dead body in a Russian Oligarch's Oxford mansion. Leo is called to the scene of crime. The gardener says the only person friendly in this area is the house-sitter next door. Any guesses as to who the house sitter is? Our very own, quirky, wackalicious Jess Bridges.

Ooh, they finally meet. A month after not keeping in contact, Leo and Jess come face-to-face. *tense background music*
Money, diamonds, political connections and much more, Red House is no doubt the best mystery. Did I mention this is also a new favorite in the series? Don't mind me repeating it...

I certainly cannot wait to see what's next for the Wacky Weirdo pair. (Well, Leo is the angel-ish fella, Jess is the Wacky weirdo...)

I received an ARC in exchange for an honest review.

This is the third book in the Jess Bridges series. I haven't read the first two, and although I felt like I was missing some details, it still worked for me. I'll be going back and reading those!

I enjoyed reading this book. It was a fun mystery - suspense and humor, not too serious. I'll definitely be reading the next one when it comes out also.

A solid 4 star read. Good premise. Great characters. Enjoyed the writing style.with comedy thrown in.Plenty of suspense to keep me guessing. A plus point for me was I never guessed the culprit.

Thank you NetGalley and Harper Collins UK for the eARC.
This is the third in the Jess Bridges series, but the first one I've read (unfortunately). I think it would have been better to have read the first two, but I've pre-ordered the fourth and look forward to reading it.
Jess is a very likeable character, Oxford a great setting and I love Flossie! The book features Russian Oligarchs, two bodies that have to be identified and some romance. It's a light-hearted read that I found very enjoyable and now cannot wait to get Jess' next adventure on my Kindle!

I REALLY like this series!!
While the cases are a bit over the top the characters and relationship between them is brilliantly amusing.

This is book three of the series and, as always, to get the very best from it in terms of character development and backstory it's best to start at book one and read in order. Each book's story is self-contained but all, imo, have been excellent reads so... well... why not?!
So... Jess Bridges and DI Leo George are thrust (!) together once again when their paths cross over murder... again! A body is found in a garden of a big house which neighbours on another big house that Jess is currently house sitting in. Coincidentally!
As with the previous two books this book is just as much fun as, although a crime book dealing with quite heinous crimes, it really doesn't take itself too seriously. There is a lot of fun to be had along the way - there are scrapes and shenanigans, as well as a wee side order of romance to be found within, alongside the peril and danger of a murderer on the loose. With Jess inveigling herself into the investigation as she is wont to do... With both home owners minted and absent, it's hard initially for George to get a foothold on the investigation but Jess's boss at her latest temp job provides some background that helps. As more of the past is uncovered, the events of the present start to make sense but will George get to the bottom of things in time to save Christmas for all...
I love this series. I have a soft spot for Jess and feel for George as she's a bit of a handful. In this book though, as well as Jess, George has other personal issues to contend with and we get to know him a little better along the way. As well as a cracking crime plot, it's also quite character driven, not just with our dynamic duo, but the other main series characters who all, once again, have their parts to play here. Interaction between them feels real and there is a fair bit of banter to be had along the way too.
All in all, a cracking addition to an already promising series. Roll on next time. My thanks go to the Publisher and Netgalley for the chance to read this book.

We return to Jess Bridges chaotic life in a third installment of the crime mysteries.

As always Jess bridges is once again stumblingacross a body in an odd fashion. I really like Jess Bridges because she is relatable, and has that chaotic energy, bouncing around. She is a powerful character. She is developing more as a character throughout the series, and we are beginning to learn even more about her thought processes, which is brilliant.

Leo, we also learn more about in this book. The dynamic between them is evolving, which is a really lovely little side story, and I can't wait to see how this evolves more!

I absolutely adore how I can never seem to pinpoint the murderer early, unlike in so many other crime series, it really keeps you guessing. I particularly liked the references to history, and other stories in the book. I couldn't put it down, I literally read it in one day (I'm a very fast reader). It pulled me in, and I just needed to know the conclusion.

Having just read the Red House, I am sitting on the edge of my seat in anticipation of the next book in the Jess Bridges Mystery series – Grey Stones.

Red House is the third book in this enthralling series. It was just as good as the first two and once again is a real page turner. It was great to see how the chemistry between Jess and Inspector Leo George went a step further in this book. Like the previous two books, the plot is again very believable and easy to follow. I still love the “human side” of Jess and how that is portrayed throughout the book. Thanks Joss Stirling for another exciting read.

Thank you to NetGalley and the publisher for the opportunity to read this book.

While i liked the main heroine and her spunky sense of humor, overall the book felt too slow and too many unnecessary to me details, so it dragged and took away from caring about the mystery or the characters 3.5 rounded up

It's always so much fun to read about Jess Bridges, the part time finder of missing persons, who always seems to run across a dead body (or two). In the latest outing, Jess is house-sitting for a wealthy absentee owner in Oxford, and getting over DI Leo George. In her latest temp job (a girl's gotta do something to pay the bills), she has to create a Christmas display that will won't embarrass them all during a televised service on a limited budget. In classic Jess fashion, everything in her life collides and it's a joy to watch as she unravels everything. This may be my favorite Jess Bridges story yet.

Thanks to One More Chapter for granting access to a digital ARC via NetGalley.

Red House is the 3rd book in the series. I really liked the first two and this one as well. Jess is house sitting when a body is found in a neighboring garden. As usual, she ends up helping with the investigation. I love the humor aspect of these books. Each of the characters has their own little quirks that add to the murder mystery. An easy read that kept me interested until the end. I will be looking for the next book for sure.

Thanks to netgalley and Harper Collins UK, One More Chapter for the arc

Quick, engaging read. Jess was a very likable lead in this novel and I look forward to reading more books by this author. Uncomplicated story lines and descriptive English backdrops tells a murder mystery at its best.

Red House is the excellent third book in the brilliant series featuring private investigator Jess Bridges and Detective Inspector Leo George. As with the previous two, the book mixes a gripping main story (where we need to ascertain who committed the murder and why) with some light humour and could we, finally, have some romance between Jess and Leo?
Jess is currently waiting for her next job as a private investigator, funding her life by a combination of house sitting in a very upmarket area of Oxford and covering maternity leave in an admin job in one of the Oxford Colleges. As Leo and his team are tasked with finding the identity of a body and how he died, his path again crosses with Jess and they work together to get to the bottom of the matter.
Will they be able to solve the case? Will they finally get together? Should business and pleasure ever be mixed? Will the outcome be a happy one for all involved?
Highly recommend reading this and the other books in series (including Don’t Trust Me where we first meet Jess and Michael and learn about their back stories).
Thanks to NetGalley for a Kindle copy of this book in exchange for an honest review.

In Red House, the location is still Oxford, but events this time are set in an affluent, exclusive part of the city housing the more elite members of society. Number 13 Hay Road is where gardener Marigold Green discovers a dead body buried beneath a holly tree and the opening of this latest Jess Bridges mystery sees DI Leo George and DS Harry Boston at the scene of the crime. As they begin their preliminary investigations it just so happens Jess Bridges is house sitting in the red house that backs onto this property so it’s not long before my favourite detective duo are reunited. Both houses belong to absent owners, one a Russian oligarch, Anatoly Chernov and the other Akmal Gulom, a Uzbek diamond trader. Clearly it’s down to Leo and his team, not forgetting Jess, to identify the body in the garden, discover the reasons for its indecent burial and appease the neighbours who are unsurprisingly alarmed at such a crime occurring on their doorsteps.

This is a storyline that encompasses family feuds, a past tragedy and international diamond smuggling. There’s plenty of motivation for murder in which love, revenge and money feature first and foremost. The author relies heavily on setting, its significance integral to every storyline and Red House is no exception. In this instance events centre around the local private school St Bede’s, the North Oxford Protection society, local architecture and disputes over planning applications. As always the sense of the history surrounding Oxford, the grandeur of its colleges and chapels permeate the pages of what is another well paced, well executed but often comic murder mystery. I particularly liked the literary theme that is threaded throughout the storyline with a much loved childhood classic and one of Shakespeare’s most famous plays used cleverly to form the backbone of this current crime and responsible for signposting Leo and Jess towards the culprit(s). There’s also a secondary minor storyline involving Jess in her current temporary position working for one of the colleges which compliments the rest of the humour that is the highlight of this series so far. From an unpronounceable Syrian governor’s name to a vodka brand named lawyer you can rely on a fair amount of comedy to accompany the discovery of a dead body or two! That Jess will find herself in the thick of all the action is a given.

As I’d anticipated (and hoped for!) Red House sees a development in the personal relationship between our detective duo which up until now they’ve been carefully sidestepping. Thank you to Joss for upping the romantic stakes and revealing more of these characters backstories. Up until now I’ve felt the author has held back in terms of Leo’s character so that he presents as a bit of an enigma. Thankfully those thoughts have now been banished with Leo casting off some of his woodenness, opening his heart and allowing the reader to visualise the man beyond his sharp suits and love of gardening. Details of his childhood and toxic relationship with his fame hungry, narcissistic mother emerge that make him seem infinitely more human. In contrast I thought Jess appears more grown up, or at least is trying to be. Usually so chaotic and impulsive with a lack of moral compass, this storyline sees her on her best behaviour. I missed her more wild side although her upbeat persona and knack of acquiring pertinent information in her own inimitable ways are still very much in evidence. Her daft humour which threatens to spill over into all her encounters is one of the most endearing aspects of Jess’s character. The scene between her and Leo and his mother is priceless! The usual gang comprising police colleagues Harry Boston and Suyin Wong, friend Cory and ex boyfriend Michael Harrison pop up from time to time so those already familiar with the series will feel comforted by their presence. I’m glad Michael was relegated to a more minor role in this outing as it gives Leo his chance to shine.

This series just gets better and better. From the colour coded titles to the well constructed plot lines and the brilliant partnership between detective Leo George and part time PI Jess Bridges, this is a fantastic mystery series to become totally absorbed in. Red House is my favourite so far and if you’re looking for your next satisfying binge read there are now three cracking books to sink your teeth into. I’m so excited that the fourth in the series is due to be released early in the new year. My thanks as always to the publisher and Netgalley for giving me the opportunity to read in exchange for an honest review.

“Red House” 3rd book in Jess Bridges Mysteries. A body gets dug up in a yard neighbouring “Red House”, in an exclusive Oxford neigbourhood where Jess is a paid house sitter.
Again Jess and Leo team up, with old house histories, family feuds, international smuggling, Eastern Europe/Russian families feud, … and amidst all that Jess and Leo have honest open conversations, sharing their past and hoping for acceptance of each other.
Love the way Jess’s leaps and bounds in her thought process, her impulse actions, the book references to “Alice in Wonderland” and “The Tale Mrs. Tittlemouse”, and hey and you try saying “Quirinius”!
Thank you to Net Galley and Harper Collins UK, One More Chapter a copy of this book in exchange for an honest review.

This is the third book in the Jess Bridges series by author Joss Stirling. This is a mystery series that doesn't take it self too serious. Full of fun and action in the crazy world of amateur sleuth Jess Bridges. I have now read the first three books in this series and it is a welcome change to my usual more series crime reads.

All the regular characters return for a new investigation into a body found at the bottom of a garden. As per usual Jess is never too far away from the action and she just happens to be house sitting at the very property where the body is found. Lots of fun and action along the way and another very good read that is a little different. Good characters and a decent plot, written well make a very entertaining read.

I would like to thank both Netgalley and Harper Collins UK, One More Chapter for supplying a copy of this novel in exchange for an honest review.

Enjoyed the story. Very quick read! I loved these characters.
This was a very high tense novel. had me biting my nails waiting for the next thing to happen.
Really awesome book!