Thursday, May 21, 2026

Review: Murder on Cape Cod by: Maddie Day


Title: Murder on Cape Cod
Author: Maddie Day
Publisher: Mass Market Paperback 
Format; e-book ( 310 p.) Personal

Description:

Cape Cod bicycle shop owner Mackenzie "Mac" Almeida and her book club must find a crafty killer in this charming new series from the Agatha-nominated author of the Country Store Mystery series!

A Cape Cod shop owner and her book club must find a crafty killer in this charming new series from the Agatha-nominated author of the Country Store Mystery series.

Summer is busy season for Mackenzie "Mac" Almeida's bicycle shop, nestled in the quaint, seaside hamlet of Westham, Massachusetts. She's expecting an influx of tourists at Mac's Bikes; instead she discovers the body of Jake Lacey. Mac can't imagine anyone stabbing the down-on-his-luck handyman. However, the authorities seem to think Mac is a strong suspect after she was spotted arguing with Jake just hours before his death. Mac knows she didn't do it, but she does recognize the weapon--her brother Derrick's fishing knife.

Mac's only experience with murder investigations is limited to the cozy mysteries she reads with her local book group, the Cozy Capers. So to clear her name--and maybe her brother's too--Mac will have to summon help from her Cozy Capers co-investigators and a library's worth of detectives' tips and tricks. For a small town, Westham is teeming with possible killers, and this is one mystery where Mac is hoping for anything but a surprise ending...

My Thoughts: 

This book had so much going on when Mackenzie Almeida leaves her book club and stumbles on the dead body,of Jake.  The more she looks into the murder the more she's finding that she has more questions then she does answers and alot of them lead to her brother who is missing.  What happened to her brother Derrick and why is he hiding from her?  Could he have something to do with the murder?  Then there is a real estate agent in town who brings attention to herself or a young woman named Wendy who is being spotted in town.

This book was great the people in Mac's life are very intersting and fun to read about.  Definitely was a great book to read and a series I look forward to going back to.

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