Peach Clobbered by Anna Gerard: Review & Giveaway!

Peach Clobbered

A Georgia B&B Mystery

by Anna Gerard

About the Book 

Peach Clobbered: A Georgia B&B Mystery

Cozy Mystery

1st in Series

Crooked Lane Books (July 9, 2019)

Hardcover

ISBN-10: 1643850067

ISBN-13: 978-1643850061

Digital ASIN: B07JMK2JRD

What’s black and white and dead all over? Georgia bed and breakfast proprietor Nina Fleet finds out when she comes across a corpse in a penguin costume.

Nina Fleet’s life ought to be as sweet as a Georgia peach. Awarded a tidy sum in her divorce, Nina retired at 41 to a historic Queen Anne house in quaint Cymbeline, GA. But Nina’s barely settled into her new B&B-to-be when a penguin shows up on her porch. Or, at least, a man wearing a penguin suit.

Harry Westcott is making ends meet as an ice cream shop’s mascot and has a letter from his great-aunt, pledging to leave him the house. Too bad that’s not what her will says. Meanwhile, the Sisters of Perpetual Poverty have lost their lease. Real estate developer Gregory Bainbridge intends to turn the convent into a golfing community, so Cymbeline’s mayor persuades Nina to take in the elderly nuns. And then Nina finds the “penguin” again, this time lying in an alley with a kitchen knife in his chest.

A peek under the beak tells Nina it’s not Harry inside the costume, but Bainbridge. What was he doing in Harry’s penguin suit? Was the developer really the intended victim, or did the culprit mean to kill Harry? Whoever is out to stop Harry from contesting the sale of his great-aunt’s house may also be after Nina, so she teams up with him to cage the killer before someone clips her wings in Peach Clobbered, Anna Gerard’s charming first Georgia B&B mystery.

About the Author

DIANE A.S. STUCKART is the New York Times bestselling author of the Black Cat Bookshop Mystery series (writing as Ali Brandon). She’s also the author of the award-winning Leonardo da Vinci historical mysteries, as well as several historical romances and numerous mystery, fantasy, and romance short stories. The first book in her Tarot Cats Mystery series is FOOL’S MOON, available in trade, large print, and Kindle versions. Her Georgia B&B Mystery series from Crooked Lane Books launched July 2019 with PEACH CLOBBERED, written as Anna Gerard.

Diane is a member of Mystery Writers of America and has served as the 2018 and 2019 Chapter President of the MWA Florida chapter. In addition to her mystery writing affiliations, she’s a member of the Cat Writers’ Association and belongs to the Palm Beach County Beekeepers Association. She’s a native Texan with a degree in Journalism from the University of Oklahoma, but has been living in the West Palm Beach FL area since 2006. She shares her “almost in the Everglades” home with her husband, dogs, cats, and a few beehives. Learn more about her books at www.dianestuckart.com

Author Links

Website:  www.dianestuckart.com / www.georgiabbmysteries.com

Facebook:  www.facebook.com/blackcatmysteries

My Thoughts

Peach Clobbered was an entertaining cozy mystery.  Nina (pronounced Nine-ah) was charmed with the Queen Anne Victorian she stumbled across while looking for antiques in the small town of Cymbeline.  She wanted a new start after her divorce from pro-golfer, Cameron Fleet.  Nina thought about using the large home for a bed-and-breakfast until Mayor Green turned down her rezoning request.  But then Mayor Green finds herself with six nuns and no vacancies in town.  Nina gets her home rezoned and immediately has six divine residents.  The one fly in the ointment is Harry Westcott who believes the home should be his since his great-aunt, Daisy Lathrop wrote him that she is leaving the turn-of-century home to him.  Then greedy developer, Gregory Bainbridge is murdered in the Taste-Tee-freeze Creamery penguin costume which Harry had been wearing earlier in the day.  There is plenty of action in the cute story.  I liked Nina, but we are not given her complete history.  I hope we learn more about her in the next book.  The nuns were just delightful.  They got to enjoy new experiences and food while staying with Nina plus there was the protest.  Harry is an amusing character who I believe we will be seeing more of in future books.  He is an actor who travels around in a converted bus.  I enjoyed the humor and wit which had me chuckling frequently while reading Peach Clobbered.  I thought the story was well-written and it progressed at a nice clip which made it easy to read.  I enjoyed the descriptions of Nina’s new home and the quaint town.  I can understand why Nina was drawn to Cymbeline and her Queen Anne.  The mystery had several suspects, a red herring and subtle clues.  The take down was an enjoyable and amusing scene.  I was sorry for Peach Clobbered to end.  Peach Clobbered is a diverting cozy mystery with Harry the theatrical thespian, a rapacious real estate developer, six saintly sisters, several suspicious suspects, and one inquisitive B&B owner.

Peach Clobbered is available at Amazon and Barnes & Noble.  There is a giveaway for a signed print copy of Peach Clobbered.  You can click here to enter the contest or use the Rafflecopter form below.  Good Luck!  I hope you take the time to visit the others stops on the tour (schedule below) for author interviews, guest posts, characters interviews, and character guest post.  Thank you for joining me today.  I will share my thoughts on Pulse by Linore Burkhard tomorrow.  I hope you have a beautiful day.  Take care and Happy Reading!

Kris

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