Testimonials

The Parrot won’t talk grabbed me from the very beginning and never go. It’s fast and smart and impossible to predict. Every twist hit like a punch and just when I thought I had the truth in my hands, the story spun into another direction. The ending? Chefs Kiss, dark, brilliant and exactly what I didn’t know I needed. If I could give it six stars I would without hesitation.

This is a delightful book with an intriguing storyline. Our family enjoyed reading this book together. We were anxious to find out if Charlie could help the Genie find his body and each task he had to complete successfully was more and more suspenseful. This book is fun because it is so creatively written. It is also a fun glimpse into the British lifestyle and dialect. You feel like you are right there in England with Charlie.

Great book. I recommend it to everyone I know.

I spent time with The Parrot won’t talk, and what immediately stood out is how quietly confident this story is. The premise sounds almost playful at first, a parrot as the only witness but very quickly, the novel reveals itself as something far more deliberate and unsettling.

This isn’t a gimmick-driven mystery. It’s a study in silence, secrecy and danger of what remains unspoken.

Angela Burton’s murder lands with start finality and the parrots repeated word don’t offer comfort they deepen the unease. What follows, especially with the deaths of the remaining women, is a tightening psychological noose. The tension doesn’t come from spectacle, but from absence: no obvious clues, no easy suspects, and a growing sense that something long buried is finally demanding its due. What makes the book especially effective is its restraint. The friendships, the shared business, the years of history, all of it is presented with an everyday normalcy that makes the violence feel even more cilling. The Interior Design Showroom,of all places, becoming a site of danger is a brilliant subversion. It reinforces the books central idea: that the most polished surfaces often conceal the darkest truths.

Detective Reg Andrews adds another layer of quiet urgency, His looming retirement gives the investigation emotional weight, this isn’t just about solving the case, it’s about cosure, justice and not leaving unfinished business behind. The human pressure grounds the mystery and keeps it from becoming procedural.