A great installment in the Beatrix Potter mystery series, although I felt it had a more serious and slightly darker undertone that the first book (The Tale of Hilltop Farm) didn't. In The Tale of Hollow How, there were some occurrences of animal cruelty -- not graphic, but enough to make it an adult-themed cozy.Overall, this book is a good addition to the series and I highly recommend it to everyone who likes a good old fashioned English village cozy.