Wednesday, March 29, 2017

Review: Cherry Cake and A Cadaver


Title: Cherry Cake and a Cadaver
Author: Susan Boyles
Publisher: Argent Ocean Publishing
Series: Lily Gayle Lambert #2
Format: e-book ARC
Source: GEBT

Description:

Lily Gayle and the gang set out to find a killer after local baker Luxen Natolovich is found dead hours before the grand opening weekend at the new Bed and Breakfast in town, Midnight Dragonfly. 

As Lily Gayle deciphers the clues around Luxen's death she uncovers a conspiracy of lies and half truths that could very well be tied to a refugee camp in Mississippi during World War II. 

The deeper Lily Gayle digs the deeper the conspiracy runs and the closer she comes to being the killers next victim.

My Thoughts:

This book is the second in Lily Gayle Lambert and someone has bought the Mitchell place and we know what happened there last time.  This time the Mitchell Place is being turned into a Bed and Breakfast called the Midnight Dragonfly.  Will it succeed or fail is anyone's guess.  Of course Lily can't help trying to peak into the place to see what they are going to do with it which includes dragging her friend Dixie with her.  What she didn't count on was murder being served up.

Lily and the gang are trying to figure out what they know about Luxen the local Baker who seemed to be hiding something.  Of course in this town there are people jumping to talk about Luxen like he was their friend.  Will Lily Gayle figure it out in time or will the killer strike again?  This time she might be the next one on the menu.

I love the town and the people in this series as they unravel the mystery to get to the bottom of a murder even when Lily is getting lectures from her cousin Ben to stay out of things.  Lily can't help her natural curiosity.  This book really pulls you in and makes you really wonder who killed Luxen and why?  Can't wait to see what is next in this series!

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Tuesday, March 28, 2017

Book Blitz: Forever Mine by: Erin Nicholas


ABOUT THE BOOK

Title: FOREVER MINE
Author: Erin Nicholas
Series: Opposites Attract, #2
On Sale: March 28, 2017
Publisher: Forever
Mass Market: $7.99 USD
eBook: $3.99 USD

The second book in New York Times bestselling author Erin Nicholas's series about three geeky girls and the hunky guys who fall for them.

Maya Goodwin doesn't believe in holding back. Ever. As a cop, she never hesitated to throw herself into harm's way to save someone. Even after an injury on the job forces her to retire, she's not afraid to keep risking it all to get the life she wants. With a new career teaching martial arts to kids already underway, she's looking forward to the future - and taking a chance on the unbelievably hot Dr. Alex Nolan.

Maya - daring and spontaneous - is the exact opposite of what Alex always thought he wanted. But when a nine-year-old daughter he never knew existed shows up on his doorstep, Maya is the one who helps them hold it together. With love on the line, will the guy who's always played it safe be willing to take the biggest risk of all?

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Erin Nicholas is the author of sexy contemporary romances. Her stories have been described as toe-curling, enchanting, steamy and fun. She loves to write about reluctant heroes, imperfect heroines and happily ever afters. She lives in the Midwest with her husband who only wants to read the sex scenes in her books, her kids who will never read the sex scenes in her books, and family and friends who say they're shocked by the sex scenes in her books (yeah, right!).


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Book Excerpt:

Alex laughed. He liked Maya. The thought hit him directly in the gut.
Maya smiled brightly, and he admitted that he was intensely attracted too. Now fast attraction—that he’d experienced before. But it had been a long time since even that had happened.
“I’m Dr. Alex Nolan. I’m on staff at Boston Children’s Hospital. I’m on their website if you want to look me up.”
Maya suddenly frowned. “I can’t believe I didn’t think of that.”
“Of what?”
“Googling pediatricians and finding out who you are after the mall the other day,” Maya said.
Alex raised an eyebrow. “Wouldn’t that be a little creepy?”
“Probably,” she agreed. “Maybe that’s why I didn’t do it.”
He laughed. “Well, to further decrease the creep factor, I do have a kid,” he said. “A daughter. Charlotte. We call her Charli. She’ll be ten next month. She’s very into superheroes, GR, and swords, and I know nothing about any of that. I liked the demonstration at the mall and thought I’d come check out your studio.”
“So you’re wanting to sign her up,” Maya said with a nod. “Okay, not creepy at all.”
“Uh…” Alex knew this was going to sound strange. “Actually I want to take the class myself.”
Maya frowned. “These classes won’t teach you about superheroes exactly,” she said. “They are kind of a combination of stage fighting and martial arts and self-esteem workshops.”

“I know.” He’d been on the website. Which is how he’d found out more about the studio. And where he’d stared at Maya’s photo before going in to look up more about her on the internet. Which was how he found out that her classes had won some local awards, she’d been a brilliant cop—who had not, incidentally, been fired for beating someone up—and that she regularly blogged about superheroes and their fandom and the psychology of that fandom. He’d bookmarked her page immediately.
 “And the things you do in class sounds like the perfect bonding activity for Charli and me. I’ll take the class and then go home and teach her.”
Maya looked puzzled. “Why not just bring her to class?”
“She…” He swallowed. Charli would love Maya. Hell, if she saw Maya with those pointy-weapon-things, she’d want to be Maya.
But Alex had only seen Maya twice, and he’d already witnessed her get hit with a Bo staff, punched in the ribs, and cut with some kind of sharp hand weapon. Which reminded him that she’d been bleeding.
He looked down, but the bleeding had already slowed or stopped. Which was what happened when a person with normal blood got cut. But Charli didn’t have normal blood. She didn’t bleed faster, but she would bleed longer—because of the genetic mutation he had passed on to her.
He’d told her mother that Charli should be able to try whatever she wanted. But he’d also told her he’d keep Charli safe. If Charli took classes here, he would have to fill Maya and her staff in on the hemophilia and precautions and treatment…
 “She has some special needs,” he said, cringing a little as he said it, knowing that Maya might easily jump to conclusions that were not at all correct. But it didn’t matter what she thought. This was the right thing for Charli.
But Maya didn’t even blink. “Okay,” she said. “I understand. Maybe…” But she trailed off while watching him thoughtfully without completing the sentence.
“Maybe what?” he asked.
“Maybe I could teach you and your daughter a private Super You class.”
He was surprised at her offer, but more—he was tempted. Which meant he had to say no. The timing for meeting a gorgeous, intriguing woman couldn’t have been worse. “I think a class with lots of other people, especially kids, would be better.”
“Why?”
Maya was direct. He liked that. And he could return the favor. “Because you look just as good in workout pants as you do in leather.”
Her eyes widened in surprise just a beat before her smile widened. “And that’s a problem?”
“It is when I’m trying to give all of my extra time and attention to my daughter.”
She studied him for a moment. “Okay,” she finally said with a nod. “And once you see the class, if you change your mind, she’s always welcome.”
Alex relaxed. “Thanks.”
 “You’re not going to feel funny taking a class with a bunch of kids?”
“I love kids,” he told her.
“What about the tights and cape?”
“Tights and cape?” Alex repeated.
“The costume,” she said with a nod.
“Thought the participants all helped create their own character,” he said, realizing she was messing with him.
“They do.”
“Well, there’s no way in hell I would create a character that would wear tights.”
Maya’s gaze wandered over him, head to toe, before she said, Too bad.”

Wednesday, March 22, 2017

Review: Murder at The Fortune Teller's Table by: Janet Finsilver


Title: Murder at The Fortune Teller's Table
Author: Janet Finsilver
Publisher: Kensington
Series: A Kelly Jackson Mystery #3
Pages: 200
Format: e-book ARC
Source: GEBT

Description:

Poisons, prophecies—and a peculiar past . . .

When a local woman begins searching for a couple she hasn’t seen since the 1960s, Redwood Cove Bed and Breakfast manager Kelly Jackson and the crime-solving group, the “Silver Sentinels,” are quick to help out. They’re also quick to guess that they’re in over their heads after the woman is found dead beside the body of a Greek fortune teller—and a fellow Sentinel gets attackeds. As Kelly juggles work and her responsibilities at a food and wine festival in town, she and her sleuthing posse must confront a killer obsessed with old secrets . . . and solve a murder mystery more than fifty years in the making . . .

My Thoughts:

This book follows Kelly Jackson at the Redwood Cove Bed and Breakfast. This story starts out with Kelly at a school benefit Kelly also goes and have her coffee grinds read.  To see what her future holds, while there a young girl implores the Silver Sentinels to help her with something by meeting together after the benefit to help her unable to find out anymore the Sentinels agree to meet with the young girl.  What could she possibly need from the Sentinels and could it be a matter of life or death?

The Silver Sentinels are givin a mission to locate two people that Summer wants found, the history behind it Summer won't say.  Which makes it all the more curious as to why these people and why?

When Auntie and Summer wind up dead Kelly and the Silver Sentinels start investigating to figure what had Summer so upset and why someone would kill Auntie the fortune teller and Summer.  Will they figure it out or will their good fortune come to a drastic end?

I love this series especially Kelly and the Senior Sentinels they are a fun group who love to investigate mysteries, especially and this one where Kelly and the seniors have to investigate people who have a big secret and determine if they want to help out or not.  I love going back to this series when a new book is written to see where Kelly and the Sentinels are up to now.  Can't wait to see what is next for Kelly and her friends and of course the Silver Sentinels are involved in next!
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Tuesday, March 21, 2017

Review: Single Malt Murder by: Melinda Mullet


Title: Single Malt Murder
Author: Melinda Mullet
Publisher: Alibi
Series: A Whiskey Business Mystery #1
Pages: 300
Format: e-book ARC
Source: GEBT

Description:

Abigail Logan never expected to inherit a whisky distillery in the Scottish Highlands. But in the first novel of an engaging new series blending fine spirits with chilling mystery, Abi finds that there are secrets lurking in the misty glens that some will go to any lengths to protect . . . even murder.

When Abi inherits her uncle’s quaint and storied single malt distillery, she finds herself immersed in a competitive high-stakes business that elicits deep passions and prejudices. An award-winning photojournalist, Abi has no trouble capturing the perfect shot—but making the perfect shot is another matter. When she starts to receive disturbing, anonymous threats, it’s clear that someone wants her out of the picture. But Abi’s never been one to back down from a fight.

Arriving on the scene with her whisky-loving best friend, Patrick, and an over sized wheaten terrier named Liam, Abi seems to put everyone in the bucolic village on edge—especially her dour but disturbingly attractive head distiller. Acts of sabotage and increasingly personal threats against Abi make it clear that she is not welcome. When one of Abi’s new employees is found floating facedown in a vat of whisky, Abi is determined to use her skills as an investigative journalist to identify the cold-blooded killer and dispense a dram of justice before he strikes again. But distilling truth from lies is tricky, especially when everyone seems to have something to hide.

My Thoughts:

Abigail Logan is preparing for her uncle's funeral.  Her Uncle raised her for all of her life after her parent's died her Uncle stepped up to become mother and father.  Abi also inherited his single malt distillery and is already receiving threats against a woman owning a distillery. Uncle Ben really had a way with the people unlike Abi who finds herself in a bad situation where someone or someones is really trying to get Abi to sell the distillery.  Of course Abi wants to finish what Ben started.  With her is her good friend Patrick and her trusty dog Liam who is there and always been there thanks to Ben.  Who wants Abi out of the way and how far will they go to insure it?

This was a different story as it took place in Scotland.  Abi is a tough character and isn't about to back down.  I loved going into the small village in Scotland and seeing how Abi deals with the death of her Uncle Ben who raised her from a small child to the woman she is today.  Definitely a great book and can't wait to see what is next by this author.
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Saturday, March 18, 2017

Review: Pekoe Most Poison by: Laura Childs


Title: Pekoe Most Poison
Author: Laura Childs
Publisher: Berkley Prime Crime
Series: A Tea Shop Mystery #18
Pages: 320
Format: e-book ARC
Souce: GEBT

Description:

In the latest Tea Shop Mystery from New York Times bestselling author Laura Childs, Theodosia Browning attends a “Rat Tea,” where the mice will play...at murder.

When Indigo Tea Shop owner Theodosia Browning is invited by Doreen Briggs, one of Charleston’s most prominent hostesses, to a “Rat Tea,” she is understandably intrigued.  As servers dressed in rodent costumes and wearing white gloves offer elegant finger sandwiches and fine teas, Theo learns these parties date back to early twentieth-century Charleston, where the cream of society would sponsor so-called rat teas to promote city rodent control and better public health.

But this party goes from odd to chaotic when a fire starts at one of the tables and Doreen’s entrepreneur husband suddenly goes into convulsions and drops dead. Has his favorite orange pekoe tea been poisoned? Theo smells a rat.

The distraught Doreen soon engages Theo to pursue a discreet inquiry into who might have murdered her husband. As Theo and her tea sommelier review the guest list for suspects, they soon find themselves drawn into a dangerous game of cat and mouse...

My Thoughts:

This book follows Theodosia as she is off to a Rat Tea event when they arrive they witness a fire and death and Theo is determined to find out who killed Doreen's husband Beau and why.  Theo is stunned that no one is warning her against investigating the death.  Who had it out for Beau and why?  Was it his wife or someone else? Or was it his business partner Reggie Huston whose been accused of embezzling money? Doesn't help that Reggie or Big Reggie how he is referred at the spa has a quick temper and loves to bilk the spa loosing money. Could it be Robert Steele who Beau invested money with and can't seem to reclaim the money he spent which was his wifes money.  Another thing Theo gets added to her life of things retrieve because well seven hundred thousand is a size able amount of money.  It could always be their neighbors who are trying to buy Beau and Doreen's house to expand their inn, is it enough to kill over?  Or is it someone else for another reason?

I enjoyed spending time with Theo, Drayton and those involved with the Rat Tea event.  I haven't read any of Laura Child's other books but will definitely look for them as it was wonderful being brought into this series where tea is the star along with some murder on the side. Everything I have read by Ms. Child's proves to be a masterpiece. Can't wait to see where this series goes next!
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Wednesday, March 15, 2017

Review: Pressed to Death by: Kirsten Weiss


Title: Pressed to Death
Author: Kirsten Weiss
Publisher: Midnight Ink
Series: A Perfectly Proper Paranormal Museum Mystery #2
Pages: 336
Format: e-book ARC
Source: GEBT

Description:

Perfectly pressed. Perfectly proper. Perfectly deadly. 

Paranormal museum owner Maddie Kosloski thinks she has the perfect paranormal exhibit for the harvest festival—a haunted grape press. But before she can open the exhibit, she’s accused of stealing the antique press. And when her accuser is found murdered, all eyes turn to Maddie.

Solving the crime is the last thing on Maddie’s mind, but her mother insists she investigate. Does her mother have a secret agenda? And why has the local charity, Ladies Aid, seemingly gone gangster?

In this light, cozy mystery, haunted houses, runaway wine barrels, and murder combine in a perfect storm of chaos. Facing down danger and her own over-active imagination, Maddie must unearth the killer before she becomes the next ghost to haunt her museum.

My Thoughts:

This book follows Maddie Kosloski as she is working at the harvest festival she has found the perfect exhibit artifact a grape wine press unfortunately the owner's ex-husband is adament that the press is stolen and filed a report file.  Before Maddie is able to get to the bottom of this stolen press Maddie finds Romeo dead in a wine stopping barrel.  Who killed Romeo and why?

While all this is going Maddie's mother is acting very strange and Maddie can't figure out why.  Add to this Maddie is involved in setting up a room at a halloween haunted house.  She definitely has her hands full trying to peice together who would want to kill Romeo, could it have been his son Leo, who wasn't happy with his father?  Or his ex-wife?  There are no shortage of possibilities.  It's up to Maddie to figure it out if her employee Leo is guilty or was it someone else?

I loved this book it brought so much with all various mysteries and reading Maddie get to the bottom them.  Ms. Weiss pulls you in and has you so glued into the book you won't want to put it down.  Definitely a great story with adventure and mystery!  I think anyone who likes Victoria Laurie mysteries will enjoy this series as well such a fabulous book!
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Monday, March 13, 2017

Review: Beginner's Luck by: Corrinne Scott


Title: Beginner's Luck
Author: Corrinne Scott
Publisher: Camel Press
Series: The O'Brien's #1
Pages: 252
Format: e-book ARC
Source: GEBT

Description:

As eldest son, Eoin O Brien is expected to take over the management of his family pub, the Lion O Brien in the Bronx. Despite his da s disapproval, he has achieved his dream of becoming a police detective. He also longs to have a family, but his wife Vivian left him three years ago to pursue her own dreams of working in an art gallery. 

Now Vivian is back from California. When the gallery where she works is robbed and vandalized, their paths cross again. It turns out the attack on the gallery was personal. After Vivian is almost run down by a car, it is clear that she herself is the target, though she can t think of anyone who would wish her harm. Eoin and Vivian circle each other warily, each feeling the pull of the past and their still powerful attraction. But there will be no easy reconciliation. First she find a way back into the O Brien family s good graces. Eoin, in turn, sees that he is partly to blame for her flight. Like his father, he is too quick to anger, too domineering. He must learn to give the independent Vivian her space. But above all, he has sworn to protect her. And if he gives her too much space, she may end up dead. 
Book 1 in the O Brien series.

My Thoughts:

This book follows Eoin O'Brien who has just become police detective. His first case involves investigating a robbery at a local art gallery the woman who worked there is Vivian, Eoin's estranged wife.  Who is shocked when her husband shows up.  As the book progresses Vivian becomes the target of someone out to get her but Eoin can't figure out why?  Or why his father is being so hard on him for being a cop.  Liam the father of Eoin hoped his son would run the family pub instead of being a cop.  When Vivian shows up Liam is worried that Vivian is going to leave when the times get hard again.

This book was great full of adventure and angst of all sorts.  I loved the strongness of both Eoin and Vivian fighting for what they want without giving up themselves in the process and loved how the mystery to the crimes wasn't cut and dry it drew it out which made you want to see how it all played out in the end.  I also loved meeting the family and seeing who their friends and co-workers were.  Can't wait to see what is next for the O'Brien clan!
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Sunday, March 12, 2017

Review: No Way Home by: Annette Dashofy


Title: No Way Home
Author: Annette Dashofy
Publisher: Henery Press
Series: A Zoe Chambers Mystery #5
Pages: 256
Format: e-book arc
Source: GEBT

Description:

A relaxing trail ride turns tragic when Paramedic and Deputy Coroner Zoe Chambers discovers the body of a popular county commissioner in her Pennsylvania woods. Inconsistencies surround the horrible accident, but before she can investigate further, she’s pried away by a plea for help from her best friend whose son has been deemed a person of interest in a homicide over a thousand miles away. When he vanishes without a trace, his mother begs Zoe to help clear him and bring him safely home. The task takes Zoe out of her comfort zone in a frantic trip to the desolate canyons and bluffs of New Mexico where she joins forces with the missing boy’s sister and a mysterious young Navajo.

Back at home, Vance Township’s Chief of Police Pete Adams must deal not only with the commissioner’s homicide, but with an influx of meth and a subsequent rash of drug overdoses in his rural community. Bodies keep turning up while suspects keep disappearing. However little else matters when he learns that half a continent away, a brutal killer has Zoe in his sights.

My Thoughts:

In this book Zoe Chambers is working with horses when she discovers a horse returns without it's rider when she and Allison her friend's daughter go looking they find the commissioner and he's very dead.  While this is going Pete Adams is called to the scene of a death of drugs resulting in a young girls death.  Can they figure out what is going on?  Or are drugs taking over Vance Township?  Add that to Zoe Chambers gets called away to New Mexico to help her friend find her son when his girlfriend winds up dead,  where is Logan and what is happening in New Mexico?

This book was great and lots of intrique reading it as we are brought back into Zoe's world and to see what is going on with Pete and Zoe and her friends in this one bodies are turning up and Pete and Zoe have their hands full figuring out what is going on especially when Zoe ends up in New Mexico finding out what happened to Zoe's friends son Logan and why he's not answering his cell phone.

I love going back and I think others will enjoy this book with it's mystery and adventure and seeing how it turns out.  This book is great as a stand alone or part of the series.  Definitely great read for cozy lovers!  Can't wait to see what is next for Zoe and her friends!
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Thursday, March 9, 2017

Review: A Ghostly Mortality by: Tonya Kappes


Title: A Ghostly Mortality
Author: Tonya Kappes
Publisher:  Witness Impulse
Series: Ghostly Southern Mysteries #6
Pages: 336
Format: e-book
Source: GEBT

Description:

That ghost sure looks . . . familiar

 Only a handful of people know that Emma Lee Raines, proprietor of a small-town Kentucky funeral home, is a “Betweener.” She helps ghosts stuck between here and the ever-after—murdered ghosts. Once Emma Lee gets them justice they can cross over to the great beyond.

 But Emma Lee’s own sister refuses to believe in her special ability. In fact, the Raines sisters have barely gotten along since Charlotte Rae left the family business for the competition. After a doozy of an argument, Emma Lee is relieved to see Charlotte Rae back home to make nice. Until she realizes her usually snorting, sarcastic, family-ditching sister is a . . . ghost.

 Charlotte Rae has no earthly idea who murdered her or why. With her heart in tatters, Emma Lee relies more than ever on her sexy beau, Sheriff Jack Henry Ross…because this time, catching a killer means the Raines sisters will have to make peace with each other first.

My Thoughts:

This book picks up where the last book ended where Granny and Emma Lee are trying to get Charlotte Rae to sign over her part of the business to Emma so that she isn't part of the family funeral home business but for some reason Charlotte won't sign the papers much to Emma's dismay.  Charlotte has moved on and part of funeral home/ any type of celebration you can think of.  Which shocks both Emma Lee and Granny.

Emma Lee is determined to find out what happened when her sister shows up before her and learns alot from Emma about the 'funeral trauma' and what it really is and how she can help Charlotte find out what happened to her.  Emma never had to deal with a death so close to home, but as crazy as her antics are she finds the clues and puts the pieces together.

This book was so great and sad at times there were times I wanted to reach into the book and tell Emma it would be ok.  It was a great mystery and adventure to go on.  I am so amazed by Mrs. Kappes ability to weave a story especially this one where so many people become unhindged over the death of Charlotte Rae.  Can't wait to see what Mrs. Kappes comes up with next!

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Tuesday, March 7, 2017

Review: Kneaded To Death by: Winnie Archer


Title: Kneaded to Death
Author: Winnie Archer
Publisher: Kensington
Series: Bread Shop Mystery #1
Pages: 352
Format: e-book ARC
Source: GEBT

Description:


Everyone swears by Yeast of Eden, the Mexican bread shop in town. But tonight, the only thing on the menu is la muerte . . .

Struggling photographer Ivy Culpepper has lots of soul-searching to do since returning to seaside Santa Linda, California. That is, until the thirty-one-year-old enters a bread making class at Yeast of Eden. Whether it’s the aroma of fresh conchas in the oven, or her instant connection with owner Olaya Dias and her sisters, Ivy just knows the missing ingredients in her life are hidden among the secrets of Olaya’s bakery . . .

But Ivy’s spirits crumble when a missing classmate is suddenly discovered dead in her car, riddled with stab wounds. Even more devastating, the prime suspects are the Dias sisters themselves. Doubting the women could commit such a crime, Ivy embarks on a murder investigation of her own to prove their innocence and seize the real killer. As she follows a deadly trail of crumbs around town, Ivy must trust her gut like never before—or someone else could be toast!

My Thoughts:

In this book we follow Ivy Culpepper who has recently moved back home after the death of her mother which she hasn't quite gotten over yet.  Ivy decides to take a bread class to learn about baking bread.  Early on a fellow classmate is found murdered at the bread class.  Who killed Jackie Makers?  And why was she murdered?   Ivy teams up with Ms. Branford who seems to know what is going on in the neighborhood where Jackie lived.  Did a neighbor have something to do with Jackie's death?  Could it have been Jackie's ex-husband?  Or someone totally unrelated?  Will Ivy figure out who killed Jackie and why?  Or will she end up baked herself?

I loved this book as you read it you find a connection to Ivy's mother.  As you read you can see how much Ivy is like her mother and the sorrow the whole family is going through now that she is gone.  Also meeting great friends and acquaintances that Ivy comes in contact with.  This book had so much going for it.  Ivy digging deep until she put all her clues together and came to her conclusion  which was a page turner I wasn't even expecting the ending it gave you.  Can't wait to see where Ms. Archer goes next with this series! Definitely a great cozy read for anyone who loves food with their mysteries!
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Thursday, March 2, 2017

Review;: Facials Can Be Fatal by: Nancy J. Cohen


Title: Facials Can Be Fatal
Author: Nancy J. Cohen
Publisher: Five Star Publishing
Series: Bad Hair Day Mystery #13
Pages: 286
Format: Kindle e-book
Source: GEBT

Description:

During the frenzy of the December holidays, the last thing salon owner Marla Vail needs is a dead body slathered in a green facial mask at her new day spa. The victim, Valerie Weston, was a major donor for Friends of Old Florida, a historic building preservation society. Marla’s stylists are scheduled to work backstage at their upcoming gala fashion show, but Val’s demise might put a crimp in their plans. Hoping to salvage her reputation, Marla determines to track down the suspects. As she learns more about Val, she realizes the benefactress might have stumbled onto secrets others would kill to keep. She’d better prepare for a body count that has nothing to do with hot stone massages and everything to do with murder.

My Thoughts:

This book follows Marla Vail when the dead body appears in the new day spa that Marla owns Marla is determined to figure out what happened.  Especially when the police seem to stuck on Marla's worker.  Marla is also worried how this will impact her business and working backstage at a fashion show the salon has been hired for.  Will Marla figure out what happened to Valerie Weston the victim?  Or will Marla wind up visiting the great spa in the sky? Did her death have anything to do with Friends of Old Florida the orginization that Valerie was passionate about?  Or was it a family member or friend?

I enjoyed this book reading about how Marla was alot more than facials, hair and nails.  How she goes about clearing her spa in the death of Valerie.  This book is great for cozy lovers of all sorts.  Can't wait to see what is next! 

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