Blog tour ‘Who Killed the Mince Spy?’ by Matthew Redford

Tenacious carrot, detective inspector Willie Wortel is
back to reveal the deviously delicious mind behind the crime of the festive
season in this hugely entertaining, and utterly unconventional, short
story. 

When Mitchell the Mince Spy is horrifically murdered by
being over baked in a fan oven, it falls to the Food Related Crime team to
investigate this heinous act. Why was Mitchell killed? Who is the mysterious
man with a long white beard and why does he carry a syringe? Why is it that the
death of a mince spy smells so good?  

Detective Inspector Willie Wortel, the best food sapiens
police officer, once again leads his team into a series of crazy escapades.
Supported by his able homo sapiens sergeant Dorothy Knox and his less able
fruit officers Oranges and Lemons, they encounter Snow White and the seven
dwarf cabbages as well as having a run in with the food sapiens secret service,
MI GasMark5.

With a thigh slap here, and a thigh slap there, the team
know Christmas is coming as the upper classes are acting strangely – why
else would there be lords a leaping, ladies dancing and maids a milking?

And if that wasn’t enough, the Government Minister for
the Department of Fisheries, Agriculture and Rural Trade (DAFaRT) has only gone
and given the turkeys a vote on whether they are for or against
Christmas.   

Let the madness begin!

This short story by Matthew Redford follows his
deliciously irreverent debut ‘Addicted to Death’ (Clink
Street Publishing, 2015).

Publication Date:	December 6th, 2016
Series:	A Food Crime Investigation
Genre:	Crime, Short Story
Pages:	77
Formats:	eBook
Available at:	Amazon

  

When I first read the book description of ‘Who Killed the
Mince Spy’ I was really fascinated. It sounded like a very different read. And
since it was also a short story I decided I really wanted to give this book a
chance. And so I did.

Well.. this book was definitely something else. In ‘Who
Killed the Mince Spy’ we meet Detective Inspector Willie Wortel. (Yes, that
really is his name.) Willie Wortel is an inspector who is working on the murder
of Mitchell the Mince Spy who is horrifically murdered after being over baked
in a fan oven. Together with his team of fruit officers and a human, Willie
will work hard on finding out who the murderer is.

And well.. very soon after starting this book I came to
the conclusion that this book wasn’t for me. Not that the writing was bad, not
at all. If your able to write a story filled with ‘food’, I think it’s really
impressive. And I definitely could see the humor in it. But I’m just not the
kind of person for this book. I couldn’t get passed the Willie Wortel (Carrot)
and his fruit officers (Lemon and Orange). I think my imagination is just not that
evolved for this kind of read.

‘Who Killed the Mince Spy’ is a short story, and it was
definitely long enough for me. It was a fun read, but just not for me. The fact
that this story took place around Christmas time definitely made it better for
me.  

Born in 1980, Matthew Redford grew up with his parents
and elder brother on a council estate in Bermondsey, south-east London. He now lives in
Longfield, Kent, takes masochistic pleasure in watching his favourite football
team snatch defeat from the jaws of victory, is a keen chess player and is
planning future food related crime novels. To counterbalance the quirkiness of
his crime fiction Redford is an accountant. His unconventional debut crime
thriller, Addicted to Death: A Food Related Crime Investigation was published by Clink Street Publishing
last summer.

For more information about Matthew Redford please visit
his website. Or visit him on Twitter.

I received this book from Authoright in exchange for my honest review.