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Description: Carrie Singleton is ready to kiss the single life goodbye. Her wedding to Dylan Avery is just a few weeks away, and a happy ending is about to be hers. But when a body is found on the lawn of their wedding venue, happily-ever-after is looking deadlier than ever.
The victim turns out to be Billy Carpenter, a young man recently released from prison after serving time for a bank robbery. The stolen money he’d buried is gone and Carrie and the police suspect Billy’s two alleged co-conspirators, his friends Luke Rizzo and Tino Valdez. But then Luke is murdered and Tino is nowhere to be found.
With no leads and only a week to go before her big day, Carrie is on the hunt for clues. She hopes to wrap up this investigation with a neat bow before she and Dylan tie the knot. Carrie has something old, something new, and something borrowed ready for her walk down the aisle. Now she needs to find the killer without becoming the ‘something blue.’
Genre: Mystery - Cozy
Why I Picked This Book: This has been one of my favorite series since the first book.
My Impression: Carrie and Dylan are on a countdown to their wedding day and finishing up all the bits and pieces and last minute details before the big day. In the middle of one of those last minute details - figuring out the arrangement of chairs for the ceremony - they stumble across a dead body. The dead body of a man who has connections to the previous owners of the house where the wedding will take place. Carrie and Dylan are pulled into an investigation involving a bank robbery from several years ago and the missing money.
As well as the investigation for the murder, Carrie becomes involved in the research of a historical diary found at the library and a movement to exonerate those who were convicted of witchcraft several hundred years ago. This brings her into contact with a number of women in the community motivated to work for the good of other women. I loved this expansion of the community that fills out this series. I love seeing the day to day library business and it was so fun to see Carrie and Dylan planning for the future together.
I have enjoyed every book in this series and this was no different. I love the mysteries, the library setting, and the community that surrounds the characters - and the ghost and the library cat and an extra bit of special. I am sad that the series is coming to an end as I hate to say goodbye to these characters but I am looking forward to seeing what is next from this author.
Would I Read More of this Series/Author? Absolutely! I have enjoyed every book I've read by this author.
Would I Recommend this Book? If you are a cozy mystery fan this series is one you should really try - it has books, ghosts, and cats - what's not to like!
* I received this book in exchange for an honest review. As always my opinions and impressions are completely my own. *
Would I Recommend this Book? If you are a cozy mystery fan this series is one you should really try - it has books, ghosts, and cats - what's not to like!
* I received this book in exchange for an honest review. As always my opinions and impressions are completely my own. *
I miss reading cozies, especially when the covers are so eyecatching and clever.
ReplyDeleteYou hooked me with the whole books, cat and a ghost thing!
ReplyDeleteI know. I hate seeing them all go on without us! It was such a good series.
ReplyDeleteI really have to get back to reading this series. I'm so far behind.
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