Monday, July 8, 2024

Christmas, Criminals, and Campers

Title: Christmas, Criminals, and Campers
Author: Tonya Kappes
Published: October 26, 2018 by Tonya Kappes Books
Format: Kindle, 264 Pages
Genre: Amateur Sleuth
Series: Camper & Criminals #4

First Sentence: “The way Nadine carefully wove the tapestry of the small town really did make it feel like its own character,” Abby Fawn said with a deep sigh of happiness.

Blurb: Welcome to Normal, Kentucky where NOTHING is normal.

Librarian Abby Fawn is star struck when her favorite romance author, Nadine White, has rented a cozy camper at the Happy Trails Campground for the winter months.

Abby is devastated to find out Nadine White is nothing like the person she portrays in interviews or on social media. In fact, Nadine White is not nice at all and Abby lets her feelings known that she thinks Nadine is a fraud. . .after she finds out Nadine has a ghost writer.

When Nadine White is found dead in the Normal Library, Abby Fawn is Detective Hank Sharp's number one suspect.

It's time for Mae West to put up her camping gear for the winter months and put on her sleuthing gear to figure out who is framing Abby Fawn before Abby is the ending in Nadine White's final chapter.

My Opinion: With a heatwave going on, what is better than reading a Christmas book?

Abby Fawn, librarian in Normal, Kentucky, is excited when she discovers that her favorite author, Nadine White, will be spending time at Happy Trails Campground while writing her next novel. But that quickly fades when Abby discovers that Nadine is a fraud.

This wouldn’t be a cozy Camper & Criminals outing without a body showing up and Mae West, proprietor of the campground, saving the day. Mae has made Normal her hometown and she will protect Abby from being Detective Hank Sharp's primary suspect. While also trying to avoid her mother, who has taken up residence, and manage the usual shenanigans in the trailer park. There is no rest for Mae and the readers are right on her tail at every turn.

I enjoy the quirkiness of this series. It is a nice break between heavier books, and it’s always fun checking in on this quaint town.

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