Good Day! Matchmaking Can Be Murder by Amanda Flower comes out on December 31. It is the debut book in An Amish Matchmaker Mystery series which is a spin-off from An Amish Candy Shop Mystery series. Verse and Vengeance by Amanda Flower releases on December 10. It is fourth tale in A Magical Bookshop Mystery series. I am featuring author Lynn Cahoon today who writes A Tourist Trap Mystery series as well A Cat Latimer Mystery series and A Farm-to-Fork Mystery series. She also writes romance novels penned under Lynn Collins. Lynn lives in a small town like the ones she loves to write about with her husband and three fur babies. Get a free A Tourist Trap Mystery short story when you sign up for her newsletter by visiting her website. You can follow Lynn on Amazon (get emails when she releases a new book), Facebook, Instagram and on Twitter.
Have a Deadly New Year by Lynn Cahoon is the fourth A Farm-to-Fork Mystery.
Angie Turners, chef and co-owner of County Seat, along with Felicia
Williams and the rest of their staff are at Cliff Henry’s house in Sun Valley. Cliff is the lead singer of the newly
reunited band, Postal Mutiny. County
Seat has been hired to cater a party that evening, and they get the opportunity
stay at the cabin until New Year’s Day. During
this retreat, Angie wants them to work on new recipes for the upcoming
season. Angie’s plans fly out the window
when band member, Dane is found dead at the dining room table the next morning
with a drumstick protruding from his chest.
Sheriff Pearson suspects it is an accidental death from Dane overindulging
in alcohol until the test results come in.
Unfortunately, Angie and the gang are stuck at the house with a blizzard
raging outside and a killer on the loose inside. The group from the County Seat attempt to identify
the guilty party in between whipping up delectable meals. The mystery was simple with little
investigation (seemed like Angie was avoiding it). The focus of the book was on food and not
murder. Avid cozy mystery readers should
have no problem pinpointing the guilty party before the first course is served. I suggest reading Who Moved My Goat Cheese? Before
reading Have a Deadly New Year. As it is
a novella, you do not get the opportunity to know the characters or their
background. I found the story to be disappointing
and not like Lynn Cahoon’s A Tourist Trap Mystery series. The characters felt flat and so did the
story. I felt Have a Deadly New Year was
a miss and not in tune with the other books in A Farm-to-Fork Mystery series. This will not keep me from
reading the next A Farm-to-Fork Mystery this spring titled Deep Fried Revenge.
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Have a Deadly New Year by Lynn Cahoon has Angie Turner, chef and co-owner of County Seat, along with her
business partner, Felicia Williams and their staff off to Sun Valley. They have agreed to cater a party for Cliff
Henry and his recently reunited band.
The first night turns sour when bandmate, Dane begins arguments. The next morning, Angie comes downstairs and
finds Dane dead in the dining room. Angie
and her staff are trapped in the house with the band when a blizzard comes
blowing in. Angie does not know which person
killed Dane, but she intends to find out. Will Angie and her staff make it to the New
Year with a killer on the house?
Have a Deadly New Year is available here (UK). I suggest you obtain a sample of the book to see if it is the right fit for you as we all have different reading tastes. You can find the other titles in A Farm-to-Fork Mystery series here. Deep Fried Revenge is the next A Farm-to-Fork Mystery and it releases on April 7, 2020. Thank you for stopping by today and reading my review. I hope that you have a beautiful day. I will be back tomorrow with Holiday Homecoming Secrets by Lynette Eason. Take care and Happy Reading!
Kris
The Avid Reader
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