I am a voracious reader of cozy mysteries. When I have time to read for myself, I like to relax and cannot do that with suspense or thrillers. That said, some of the heroines in cozy mysteries can really get on my nerves with their drama and over-reactions. Daisy Thorne is not one of those heroines.

The book does have some drama to keep the plot interesting, but it is reasonable. When the detective she was briefly dates has to arrest her, Daisy is understandably upset, but does not hold it against the detective. She looks into everybody as suspects, but does not go overboard in her suspicions.

Overall, Death at the Salon was a good cozy mystery.

Thank you to the publisher and to Net Galley for providing me with an ARC in exchange for my honest review.

Daisy is surprised when she finds a client dead behind her salon as she leaves for the night. What's more surprising is that she is the prime suspect because it is her hair-cutting scissors that killed the client. As more and more things about the deceased come to light, Daisy is determined to get to the bottom of the murder before she ends up behind bars.

This was a fun little cozy. I really like Daisy as a character. It's especially fun since I work in a salon. I like her relationship with DCI Paul McGuinness. I'm excited to see how that relationship develops throughout the rest of the series. I enjoy the town that this series is set in and I'm enjoying spending time there. I like that the police kind of just accept that Daisy is going to help them with the case. I'm excited to read more from this series!

*eARC provided in exchange for an honest review*

In this second instalment in the Daisy Thorne Mysteries series by Louise R. Innes Daisy is a hair salon owner and is studying forensic psychology in her free time. She runs Ooh La La in Edgemead England a quiet, charming village. Her last customer of the day, Liz wants a little bit trimmed from the bottom of her newly highlighted hair and Daisy notices that her scissors are missing. Using another pair she completes Liz's new look, then sets about cleaning the salon. Daisy is locking up for the night when she discovers one of her customers, Melanie Haverstock lying behind her shop, with her missing cutting scissors in the dead woman’s back.

In this cozy tale, Louise R. Innes wastes no time presenting the reader with the murder very early on, and Daisy is immediately considered the prime suspect. The author's characters are very engaging, their presences jumping from the pages and by the time I finished reading I felt I had gotten to know them quite well, whilst wanting to meet up with them again. Daisy is curious, smart, and loyal to her friends, her friendships all seem genuine and I like that the reader actually gets to observe the friendships between the characters, rather than just being told that they are, in fact, on great terms. The diverse supporting characters were a hit for me as well; from the staff at Oh La La to the salon clients and the hunky Detective Chief Inspector Paul McGuinness, the reader is treated to well-crafted characters with plenty of room for growth.

The author gave me everything I desire from a fantastic cozy mystery making it easy to escape right into the humorous, light story. The suspects popped, the pacing was even and there were more than enough twists and surprises. The finale was wonderful and those twists kept on appearing. If you enjoy a cozy set in England, you need to check out this series. I wouldn't hesitate to recommend Death at the Salon and I can't wait to read the first in the series, Death at a Country Mansion.

I received a complimentary copy of this novel at my request from Kensington Books via NetGalley. This review is my own unbiased opinion.

Death at the Salon by Louise R. Innes is the 2nd book in the Daisy Thorne Mystery series, and my first book by this author. Daisy Thorne is a hair dresser who owns Ooh La La salon in the village of Edgemead in Surrey, England. When Daisy leaves work one night, she almost trips over one of her clients outside the salon's back door. Unfortunately the murder weapon is Daisy's cutting shears, and she becomes the prime suspect. Once I started this book I could not stop reading it. It was a quick read that kept me guessing. I look forward to the next book in the series. I recommend this book for all cozy mystery book lovers, you will not be disappointed.
I received a complimentary copy of this book. Opinions expressed in this review are completely my own.

Death at the Salon is a very well written cozy mystery. Great plot and character dynamics. Cozy mystery fans will enjoy this book.

I really enjoyed this glimpse into Daisy's salon and the employees there, who we really didn't get to know in the first one since the murder took place away from there. The story moved pretty quickly but there were areas where it lagged. Overall, the mystery was good and I was left guessing until the very end.

Daisy Thorne and Detective Inspector Paul McGuinness are back as Daisy is accused of murder after her hair cutting scissors are found in a dead body. Death at the Salon (Daisy Thorne, #2) by Louise R. Innes, was a fast paced, enjoyable, and clever mystery. I love this series. The author doesn’t drag the story along and continues to give you clues or suspects on a regular basis. I love the characters she creates as they come across warm and friendly, just like the type of friends you would want in real life. As in the first book, the salon setting makes you feel at home and definitely adds to the book, even when in short spurts. If you enjoy easy to read, fast paced cozy mysteries, this is the book for you.

Thank you to Louise R. Innes, Kensington Publishing Corporation, and NetGalley for the opportunity to read this ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ book. I am reviewing this book voluntarily and all opinions are my personal thoughts about the book.

This is the second installment in the new cozy series " Daisy Throne". I have read the first in series and was delighted to read this next in series for review. Thank you to the publisher and to Net Galley for the opportunity. My review opinions are my own. This can be read as a stand alone however I highly recommend the first in series for your reading enjoyment.

Daisy is a fun protagnist who runs a hair salon in the fictional charming village of Edgemead in Surrey, England. I love the author's descriptions of the village and the people. Daisy is closing the shop one night when she finds a customer murdered with her scissors outside her shop. She is immediately suspect number one with the local police. The difficulty she faces is losing her business and reputation as well as the respect of her local officer a former love interest. Daisy has to find the right suspect and solve the murder before the local police close the case.

Daisy is likable, savvy and smart . I like how she eliminates clues amid many red herrings. The ending was pleasingly surprising . I highly recommend this next in series .

Though this is the second book in this series, it is the first book that I have read. I enjoyed it and will go back and read the first book as well. It is a cozy mystery and is set, primarily in a beauty salon named Ooh La La, in a small town in England.

The proprietor of the salon and amateur sleuth is Daisy Thorne. Daisy has been studying Forensics Psychology with an eye to becoming a profiler for the police one day. When a regular customer is found murdered outside her salon, Daisy comes under suspicion.

She is not the only one who is a suspect. Way too many people had motives and opportunity and Daisy’s detective friend, DCI Paul McGuinness, has his hands full following leads and trying to corral Daisy into not investigating the murder.

There are lots of red herrings that take you from one suspect to another. Daisy’s relationship with Paul is at risk but still she chooses to do what she has to in order to clear herself and those she loves of suspicion.

I was provided a digital advance reader copy of this book by the publisher via Netgalley.

a really enjoyable wonderful read! Lots of quirky, interesting and complex characters. I loved the story and it kept me turning the pages! I was kept guessing until the very end! I am looking forward to reading more from this author, as she is a new author to me. This book won't disappoint! A must read!

Daisy is a hairdresser and owns a salon called Ooh La La in the quaint Surry village of Edgemead. The most she should have to deal with? A customer who didn't like the new hair color or the cut looked better in the magazine picture but not a dead customer dumped at the salon's back door with her hair cutting scissors stuck between her shoulder blades. So now the biggest question of all - who hated the victim, Melanie Haverstock, enough to bump her off and who also hated Daisy enough to frame her for the crime? Daisy and Mel had issues that dated back to their school days - as did some other village residents - and when it's all put together it places Daisy as the prime suspect - technically. DCI Paul McGuinness knows she innocent but he's a by the book kind of copper and the handcuffs are part of the rules. Time for Daisy to turn to her other talent, that of investigating. After all, she is studying criminology and she's learned a lot. Time to see is she's learned enough to get herself out of this sticky mess and catch the killer.
From the cozy English village setting and the wonderful cast of characters, this mystery series has everything I enjoy in a book. The puzzle is solid, the clues are plentiful and the ending surprised me. All in all, the perfect reading escape for the avid cozy mystery lover.
My thanks to the publisher Kensington and to NetGalley for giving me an advance copy in exchange for my honest review.

The mystery in this book was absolutely wonderful. It had so many twists and turns and every time I thought I had it figured out, I was wrong, and I love that! A mystery that keeps you guessing is always the best kind!

I also really like that even though this is the second book in the series, it stands alone rather nicely and doesn’t spoil the mystery of the previous book.

This is your typical cozy mystery with nothing too intense, gory, or romantic, but there are a few things worth mentioning:

As I said, romance-wise, there’s honestly not much to speak of other than it’s mentioned that unmarried couples are living together. Also, there are a couple of gay men, one with a boyfriend, but again, no “actions” are taken or spoken about. The only thing I caught was a mention of “pillow talk” at one point, the attractiveness of someone’s thighs, and an engaged woman makes out with a man she’s not engaged to (offscreen). So I really appreciate how “clean” the romance was in this book.

The one thing I didn’t care for, and the main reason I won’t read any more books in this series, is the language. It wasn’t all over the place, but it definitely sunk my interest in the book. There were 8 uses of h-ll, 2 uses of b–tard, 3 uses of b–ch, 2 uses of bloody, 1 use of sh-t, and 2 uses of d–n. So, really not my cup of tea in that department.

This book also has some models in it who are described as really thin, and some of their comments may be triggering to some people.

If these things don’t bother you, then you’ll probably really enjoy this book and the previous one as well. (You can also get a prequel to the first book by signing up for her newsletter.)

I'm enjoying this series. Daisy is a wonderful character with great friends. She's very down to earth and doesn't come off as pushy or know it all. In this book Daisy trips over a body outside the back door of her salon. Turns out to be a customer and someone that Daisy isn't crazy about. When the murder weapon turns out to belong to Daisy and her DNA is all over Daisy's coat and gloves, she becomes the prime suspect. Can Daisy and her friends solve the mystery and keep Daisy from going to jail? The mystery is good and I love the relationship between Daisy and the DCI. A good, fun read. I received a free copy of this book from Netgalley and the publisher and voluntarily chose to review it.

Daisy Thorne is the owner of the Ooh La La Hair Salon in the small village of Edgemead in Surrey, England. She is also studying Criminology on the side. A year ago she helped a handsome detective solve the murder of her best friend's mom. Now she is thrown back into investigating a new case but this one hits really close to home when a client is found outside the back door of her salon late on a Saturday night with Daisy's shears sticking in her back. And Daisy is the one who found Melanie. She called DCI Paul McGuinness right away. It gets worse when Melanie's DNA is found on Daisy's gloves and coat. Melanie is a mean person and has been since secondary school. So there are a lot of people who might have been interested in killing her, including the wife of the man with whom she is having an affair. Daisy enlists her staff to help her weed out possible suspects since Paul has threatened her to stay out of it. The list includes anyone who was in the salon that day in order to retrieve Daisy's shears. This is a great addition to the series and kept me guessing to the end. The ending was a definite surprise to me and made it all the more fun. I am looking forward to reading more about Daisy, her friends, and the handsome detective.
I received a complimentary ARC from Kensington Books and NetGalley. All thoughts expressed are mine only.

Louise is a favorite author of mine and I’m on her review team. I liked the first book in this series, so I was really looking forward to the next one and I think this one is even better than the first! As Daisy is closing her Ooh La La hair salon, she trips over the body of one of her clients, Melanie, in the alley behind her salon. She calls DCI McGinnis to the scene only to find out that Melanie has been stabbed with her own cutting scissors and she’s the prime suspect! Why was Melanie even there at that time of night? Of course, she feels compelled to investigate to clear herself. When an additional murder and an attack on Penny, one of her stylists, occurs the stakes increase. This is an action packed cozy with great characters and an unexpected ending. I write this review voluntarily.

When Ooh La La regular Mel Haverstock left the hair salon that morning, no one expected it would be her final parting. But when Daisy closes shop Saturday night, she finds her client dead with her cutting scissors sticking out of Mel’s back. Homicide is back in style in the quiet village of Edgemead in Surrey, England. Things don't look good for Daisy when it’s revealed that she and Mel had tangled back in secondary school, and DNA evidence seems to colour her guilty. Handsome DCI Paul McGuinness leads the enquiry but Daisy knows that things look bad for her so she sets out to find the truth.
This is the second book in the series & another page turning read, which I read in two sittings. I love Daisy who's intelligent, feisty plus she knows everyone in the village. Paul again features but has to follow protocol even though he knows Daisy is innocent. There are plenty of red herrings & twists & turns until the truth is revealed. I thoroughly enjoyed it & look forward to more in the series
My honest review is for a special copy I voluntarily read

This book had all the elements I like to see in a good cozy mystery: The main character, Daisy, is smart and has a knack for solving crimes. She is a hairdresser with a criminology degree, so she knows people and criminal science.

The mystery itself was complex enough that I didn’t guess the murderer, but I did have an inkling about what might have happened.

I also liked the setting of a cute little English village with downtown shops. It sounds like a village I'd love to visit!

Most of all, I liked the possible romance between Daisy and DCI McGuinness. I look forward to reading the next book in this series to see what happens to the romantic tension between these two.

I cant wait for my next visit to the village of Edgemead!

Death at the Salon by Louise R. Innes was an excellent, fast read. Some cozies seem to get bogged down a bit with the protagonist continually going over the suspects and clues again and again, and while there was a bit of that, Innes kept the page number down so it was perfect for me. As I’ve said before, I would rather read a shorter book that is well written then a longer one that is repetitive.

Innes really shines when it comes to the characters' interaction and dialogue. It read how people actually talk, and she was able to add the perfect amount of sass between the co-workers. Instead of the author just telling use that they are friends, she shows us by their actions and words.

And I want to give a shout out for the mystery itself. I read so many cozies and other genres of mystery that I often know who dunnit at least half way through the book, but not the case with Death at the Salon! I was totally caught off guard, but it made sense, and once I knew, I could look back and see that Innes had put the clues out there for the reader to figure it out. Unlike sometimes where the identification of the killer comes out of nowhere and it barely makes sense.

Death at the Salon is a wonderful addition to the cozy genre and the Daisy Thorne Mysteries are a series I hope you do pick up to read.

Well Done British Who Dunit
This book is one of a series but can be easily read on its own. The series has the same cast of characters and a reader would find more depth in reading them in order. The plot is tight and the reader finds clues as the characters due. It is not unexpected for a reader to decipher some clues before the characters do. Our heroine takes many chances; both illegal and dangerous, but always is unscathed. It was a good story that kept my attention to the end.
I received this ARC book for free from Net Galley and this is my honest review.

Death At The Salon is the second book in the Daisy Thorne Mystery series by Louise R. Innes. This is my first book this author, so I had not yet read the first book in the series, but it had no impact on my reading and enjoying of this book.
Being a licensed cosmetologist I was super excited to read this, a cozy mystery in a salon? Count me in! I wasn’t disappointed, charming characters and a nice, clean mystery made for a entertaining read.
I will definitely be going back and adding Death At A Country Mansion to my TBR list.
I would recommend this to ally cozy lovers, and any one who wants to read a cute, clean mystery.

I’d like to thank Netgalley for an e-ARC that I voluntarily reviewed.
All opinions are my own.