A Deadly Brew: A Tourist Trap Novella

Good Day!  Worldshaper by Edward Willett comes out on September 18 along with The Sound of Distant Thunder by Jan Drexler.  Tangled Up in Tinsel by Tonya Kappes (which I am reading right now) is published on September 25 along with The Ghost and the Bogus Bestseller by Cleo Coyle.  

A Deadly Brew by Lynn Cahoon is A Tourist Trap Novella.  Jill Gardner owns Coffee, Books and More in South Cove, California.  Halloween is approaching, and Jill has various activities planned at the store for her patrons.  This weekend, though, Jill and her boyfriend, Greg along with three other couples are going to spend the weekend inside South Cove’s “haunted” mansion.  The house has been empty for the last fifteen years since Maryanne Demerit, the last owner, disappeared without a trace.  This is the last opportunity for people to see the home before it is demolished for a new condo development. The house has been left as it was when Maryanne went missing.  That night they break out the Ouija board and get a ghostly missive.  It is just the first.  It seems that someone is sending the group messages with clues.  What will they uncover?  The group is in for a hauntingly good time while locked inside the spooky manor.

A Deadly Brew is a well-written and engaging cozy mystery.  I do not recommend reading A Deadly Brew on its own.  The series contains well-developed characters and a charming small town.  Lynn Cahoon created a ghostly short story that I found charming.  The mystery is light and can easily be solved before the solution is revealed.  However, that did not detract from my reading pleasure.  I do wish the story had been slightly longer to allow the mystery to be more developed (twenty-five pages would have made a difference).  A Deadly Brew is reminiscent of my favorite scary movie, Rose Red (starring Nancy Travis).  A Deadly Brew is short, fun cozy mystery that will put you in the mood for Halloween (I want to start decorating).  I cannot wait for the next installment in A Tourist Trap Mystery series.

Santa Puppy (A Tourist Trap Novella) will be out on November 6.  Tomorrow I Secret at Pebble Creek by Lisa Jones Baker.  It is the fourth novel in the Hope Chest of Dreams series.  Have a delightful day and Happy Reading!
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Kris
The Avid Reader