Thanks to Net Galley and the publisher for an advance copy of this book. Although I have read cosy books from time to time, I am not really a fan of the genre but this one is set in a town with which I am familiar and I liked the idea of the window displays so I thought I would give it a try. I did enjoy it and I think it is a very good example of its type so for that reason I am going for 4 stars. I will say, however, that with so many books on the TBR list, I probably would have been better giving the time to something else. The windows competition is well described, the people in the book are all lovely (or at least have a reasonably good reason for being not so lovely) and everything is rosy. There is a villain who causes considerable havoc but somehow there is no real sense of catastrophe. So, as I said, a great read in its way. There are issues however. The book is tell rather than show. There is no tension or conflict and really nothing to learn about or research further. I found the sacking of Gary's father to be entirely unbelievable - any employer sacking someone like that would surely lose an unfair dismissal case at a tribunal. Why was his widow left penniless - surely she could have not have claimed benefits? Linlithgow is a fascinating place but apart from one mention of the loch and Palace and a mention of a black female dog (IYKYK) I was disappointed that there is no feeling of it being set in Linlithgow. All in all it is like a serial in The People's Friend magazine and I do not mean that in a bad way. I really hope it reaches its ideal audience.