The Avid Reader: Suspicious Delivery by Terry Overton

Suspicious Delivery

About the Book

Book: Suspicious Delivery: Finley Burke Mysteries Book 2

Author: Terry Overton

Genre: Cozy Mystery

Release Date: May 9, 2026

When an unclaimed express delivery vanishes from Cozy’s Coffee Shop in Sunset Cove, Finley Burke expects a simple explanation. What she gets instead is a mystery stitched together with rare books, resurfacing secrets, and people who aren’t who they claim to be. As Finley follows the trail, she realizes the missing package is connected to a past that refuses to stay buried—and to a crime that may have been planned long before the delivery ever arrived.

Old relationships resurface with new motives, and long-awaited reunions reveal fractures that run deeper than blood. With each clue, Finley edges closer to the truth, closer to danger, and closer to someone determined to keep secrets hidden.

In Sunset Cove, what’s been buried longest often carries the highest price.

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About the Author

Terry Overton is a retired university professor of educational and school psychology. She has an Ed.D. in Special Education and a Ph.D. in Psychology. Her professional experience includes teaching public school, teaching at the university level, and being a college dean. She has two children, seven grandchildren, and one great granddaughter.

Her previous writing and publication experiences include textbook and journal articles in the fields of special education and school psychology. She now seeks to answer God’s call to share the good news and grow the church by writing Christian books and devotionals.

Over the years, Terry’s books have won the Mom’s Choice Award, Christian Indie Award, Firebird Book Awards, American Writing Winner Awards, Bookfest Winner Awards, Pencraft Award, Reader Views Silver Reviewers Award, and International Book Award Finalist. Her writing examines real world events with a Christian worldview. She enjoys writing for young children, middle grade readers, YA fiction, and adult level novels.

More from Terry

The setting for this cozy mystery setting is a place called Sunset Cove. About two years ago, I relocated to the actual place! A small cove on Eagle Mountain Lake in Northwest section of Fort Worth Texas.

For more than twenty-years, I lived on the coast of Texas. Moving inland I knew I had to live near water, and Sunset Cove is the perfect place! My house (which is Finley’s lakeside cottage) is next to the cove, woods, and a creek that runs down into the cove.

After a few weeks in this new setting, the characters of Finley Burke, Birdie, Amelia, and Lynn just came into my writer’s mind and the series began!

I happen to live within the city limits of Fort Worth but this tiny patch near the cove is another small world with a handful of neighbors I have come to know. Not only is this setting “off the beaten path,” but we have foxes, alligators, herons, large barred-owls, racoons, armadillos, coyotes, and a host of birds and insects. Some of these animals make appearances in the plot of the Finley Burke Mysteries,

The main character, Finley Burke, is a retired university psychology professor who specialized in forensic psychology. Following her move to Sunset Cove, she earns the reputation for being an amateur sleuth who can assist police and detectives in solving local crimes. Each of her sidekicks have unique and often quirky personalities and they all contribute to solving the mysteries of Sunset Cove.

My Thoughts

Pack your curiosity—we’re heading back to Sunset Cove, Texas, where Finley Burke and her clever friends have more mysteries to unravel! Suspicious Delivery by Terry Overton reunites readers with a delightful, inquisitive bunch who feel real enough to be neighbors in my own village. Finley’s past gives her a knack for fitting the pieces together and seeing the bigger picture, while each friend brings a useful skill and an enthusiasm for sleuthing.

I had fun tagging along as they gathered clues and asked questions. What I especially enjoyed was their easy camaraderie; whether they’re tackling a mystery or sharing a meal, they make a wonderful team. Suspicious Delivery is the second book in the Finley Burke Mysteries series. Although it can be read as a standalone, I recommend enjoying this charming series in order. Come for the curious cases and stay for the company of Finley and her friends!

Giveaway

To celebrate her tour, Terry is giving away the grand prize of a $50 Amazon gift card. Be sure to comment on the blog stops for extra entries into the giveaway! Click here or the link below to enter.

https://gleam.io/AvOJc/suspicious-delivery-celebration-tour-giveaway

Ready to stir up a little mystery and a whole lot of reading fun? Suspicious Delivery is available on Amazon, along with Dockside Secrets, the first book in The Finley Burke Mysteries. The next installment in this charming series, Missing Legacy, arrives on November 17—another date for your reading calendar! Before you go, be sure to enter the giveaway: one lucky winner will receive a $50 Amazon gift card. Then pop back on Thursday, November 12, for Rituals and Rolling Pins, the long-awaited eleventh installment in A Magical Bakery Mystery series. Keep your bookmarks handy and your appetite for mystery ready—there’s more bookish fun on the menu!

Kris

The Avid Reader

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