I absolutely loved every page and every character - well, not the villain, obviously. It was gentle, but also exciting and thrilling in parts.

I was getting major Like Water for Chocolate Vibes, but better, if that makes sense. I truly loved this story and I cannot wait to read the others. It's almost made me want to give up the dream of alpaca farming in the outer Hebrides...and go sheep farming in the Karoo.
But you know, with out the murders and better wifi and maybe air-conditioning.

EDIT!
I do just want to say that I got really excited at the thought of the tv series. I couldn't wait for the characters to come to life. But I feel I must add that as a South African I am incredibly offended by Acorn Tv or whoever produced it. Why did they feel the need to make Tannie Maria a Scot?

Now please do not misunderstand me, I do not have anything against the Scots I think they're great.

But FFS the story is about a Karoo town TANNIE. Not a Scot who moved to the Karoo and now solves murders.

I find this problematic for a few reasons (and I shall list them now):

1) ANY one who has ever been to or come from a small town knows that outsiders are treated with suspicion and so the thought of a Scot getting involved in the lives of the people of Ladismith is laughable.
2) Why exactly did they change her nationality? Was it because the accent would be too hard to understand? I'm sorry I have seen MANY, many serials where the characters spoke in dialect and I have NOT had a problem following the story or the dialogue. Essentially what the producers are saying is that the story is great but not good enough to be true to the characters and the story. Oh and your accent sucks so we'll change that too.

Surely the number of expats who are living internationally (Perth, Brisbane, London, Auckland the list can go on) matter? Sure people are not still so freaking sensitive to the accents from S. Africa that they had to water the characters down and quite frankly lose something that made the story so brilliant?