Author: Lynn Cahoon
Published: September 6th 2022
Format: Kindle, Paperback, 234 pages
Genre: Amateur Sleuth
Source: My thanks to Netgalley and the Publisher for the opportunity to read an advanced copy of this book.
Series: A Tourist Trap Mystery #14
First Sentence: Mayor Marvin Baylor’s excitement made the tone of his voice rise even higher than his normal, birdlike chirp.
Blurb: Hustling her fiancé off to a neighboring tourist town might be the only way Jill Gardner can plan her nuptials to South Cove’s in-demand police detective. But when a mystery man turns up dead at South Cove’s PD, Greg is hightailing it back home to investigate, leaving Jill to finish the vacation solo.
Jill can barely get in a spa day before her own respite is spoiled by a greedy hotel guest and unexpected revelations about Max Winter, the developer conniving to buy her home out from under her. Then there’s the staffing issues at the store, the strange men seen lurking about town, and an aggressive and obnoxious family member harassing Jill’s beloved employee. It’s enough to make the bride-to-be full of jitters . . . especially when she finds herself in the crosshairs of a killer, (GoodReads)
My Opinion: *Maybe I missed it in the previous 13 books, but Greg is a detective in a small tourist town on the coastal highway in California, only because the mayor doesn’t want to give him the title and salary of a police chief. I honestly don’t remember that ever being mentioned before, but now it makes sense why South Cove, with an abundance of murders and body dumps, requires a detective. I also wonder why they need a detective since Jill Gardener, owner of Coffee, Books, and More, tends to solve all the murders, and Greg is always a step behind.
Jill and Greg head out on a vacation of sorts as they try and plan their upcoming nuptials, only to have (not surprising) Greg called back early. Then add in the confusion of detective, almost police chief, Greg asking his barista girlfriend to step in and investigate for him and then getting mad when she digs up information. Honestly, the junior high antics of these two are beginning to wear on me.
Even though you knew the names of the culprits and where the story was going, the ending still felt rushed. There are a few continuity issues and places where Lynn Cahoon could have done a little more research; overall, the book wasn’t bad. Not the best of the cozy mystery genre, but after 13 previous books, the reader gets used to the people of South Cove, and it’s nice to check in with them again.
Where will the two of them head next? No way of telling with a ten-week premarital financial seminar on the horizon and two adults that can’t seem to find time for each other yet can step on each other’s toes.
Blurb: Hustling her fiancé off to a neighboring tourist town might be the only way Jill Gardner can plan her nuptials to South Cove’s in-demand police detective. But when a mystery man turns up dead at South Cove’s PD, Greg is hightailing it back home to investigate, leaving Jill to finish the vacation solo.
Jill can barely get in a spa day before her own respite is spoiled by a greedy hotel guest and unexpected revelations about Max Winter, the developer conniving to buy her home out from under her. Then there’s the staffing issues at the store, the strange men seen lurking about town, and an aggressive and obnoxious family member harassing Jill’s beloved employee. It’s enough to make the bride-to-be full of jitters . . . especially when she finds herself in the crosshairs of a killer, (GoodReads)
My Opinion: *Maybe I missed it in the previous 13 books, but Greg is a detective in a small tourist town on the coastal highway in California, only because the mayor doesn’t want to give him the title and salary of a police chief. I honestly don’t remember that ever being mentioned before, but now it makes sense why South Cove, with an abundance of murders and body dumps, requires a detective. I also wonder why they need a detective since Jill Gardener, owner of Coffee, Books, and More, tends to solve all the murders, and Greg is always a step behind.
Jill and Greg head out on a vacation of sorts as they try and plan their upcoming nuptials, only to have (not surprising) Greg called back early. Then add in the confusion of detective, almost police chief, Greg asking his barista girlfriend to step in and investigate for him and then getting mad when she digs up information. Honestly, the junior high antics of these two are beginning to wear on me.
Even though you knew the names of the culprits and where the story was going, the ending still felt rushed. There are a few continuity issues and places where Lynn Cahoon could have done a little more research; overall, the book wasn’t bad. Not the best of the cozy mystery genre, but after 13 previous books, the reader gets used to the people of South Cove, and it’s nice to check in with them again.
Where will the two of them head next? No way of telling with a ten-week premarital financial seminar on the horizon and two adults that can’t seem to find time for each other yet can step on each other’s toes.
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