Kilned at The Ceramic Shop
About Kilned at The Ceramic Shop
Kilned at the Ceramic Shop: A Braddock Mystery
Cozy Mystery
1st in Series Setting - Maine
Print length : 234 pages Digital
Tammy Wright, a bestselling mystery author returns to her hometown to give her Aunt Clara a hand with running her ceramic shop during tourist season. She discovers that two vindictive realtors have been bullying her aunt and others into selling their properties to make room for new housing developments. Those who don’t comply pay the consequences.
Tammy stumbles upon a body, and when her aunt refuses to give in to either realtor she disappears without a trace. With the help of an old schoolmate turned policeman, the writer must step out from behind her computer screen and her fictional mysteries to confront real life crime. If she doesn’t, she may never see her aunt again.
About Donna Clancy
Donna Clancy lives on Cape Cod. She has three grown children and one rescue Papillion named Zumiez. She has a seven-book deal with Level Best Books for The Braddock Mysteries, writes The Trash to Treasure and Paint and Sip cozy series’ for Summer Prescott Books Publishing as well as self-publishing The Shipwreck Cafe and Jelly Shop Mysteries. She loves to write in various genres including suspense, thriller, romance, and YA.
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My Thoughts
Kilned at the Ceramic Shop by Donna Clancy is the debut of A Braddock Mysteries. I found the story easy to read. I like Tammy and Aunt Clara. They are both strong women who will not be bullied. The mystery had action and misdirection. There are clues to help readers solve the whodunit before the reveal. I was left with a lingering question or two. Tammy finds romance when she returns to her hometown. I would like less focus on romance and more investigating. The small town has some wonderful residents with a couple of exceptions (there is always a bad apple or two). I especially liked the feisty sisters who resided near the ceramic shop. There are some details that are repetitive, and I thought the pacing in the latter portion of the story was unhurried. There were a couple of items that I thought were dated. I am curious as to what Aunt Clara will do next, and I look forward to seeing how Tammy will decorate her writing cave. Kilned at the Ceramic Shop is a cute cozy with a dead delivery driver, tyrant realtors, feisty sisters, a kidnapped Clara, a friendly deputy, rampant rumors, and peacock keys.
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