A Slay Ride Together With You - Cozy Mystery Review

Goodreads: A Slay Ride Together With You (A Year Round Christmas Mystery #7) b Vicki Delany

Rating: Really Liked It (4 Stars)
Source:   Publisher

Description:  Rudolph, New York shop owner Merry Wilkinson’s best friend Vicky Casey is newly engaged to Chef Mark Grosse and is moving into the historic Cole House–a home surrounded by drama, intrigue, and a possible haunting, that is in desperate need of renovation. The wedding is just three weeks away, but all is not bliss for the newly engaged couple as estranged relatives of the late owner fight over her will. Then, late one night, Vicky and Merry come across a dead body in the garden of Cole House–and Mark is the one standing over the corpse. As Detective Diane Simmonds focuses on Mark as the prime suspect, Vicky asks for Merry’s help to clear her fiance’s name in time for the wedding. As they dig deeper into the connection between the house, Cole relatives, and town residents, past and present, it becomes clear that plenty of people wanted the victim dead. With a bakery to run, the busy Easter weekend fast approaching, a house to renovate, and a fiancé to clear of a murder accusation, Vicky’s wedding may end up on the chopping block. It’s up to Merry to put aside the chocolate bunnies and stuffed rabbits and help her best friend save her wedding–and her life.

Genre: Mystery - Cozy

Why I Picked This Book:  I have really enjoyed this series in the past so of course I had to pick this one up.

My Impression:  I so enjoy this series.  I love Merry and her friends and family.  Her mother's grand appearances always make me smile though I'm glad I don't have to deal with her on a regular basis.  Any time spent around Merry's dog Matterhorn is always a good time and has me seriously considering getting a St Bernard.  For this book in particular I especially enjoyed the focus on Merry and Vicky's friendship and seeing more of Vicky and Mark's relationship.  

While the book is set in Spring with mentions of Easter dinner and bunnies it has enough creepiness to be a perfect fall read.  I mean chunks of the book take part in a dilapidated mansion with some serious tragedies in its past as well as a modern day one.   The victim was a horrid little man and more than a few people had a motive to breathe a bit easier once he was no longer breathing.  

This was one of thoese right books at the right time for me.  I thoroughly enjoyed the reading experience from the beginning to end and was sad when I put the book down.  This is one of my favorite cozy series and Delany is an author I'm always on the lookout for.  While you could jump into this mystery with no issue I do think you would enjoy it more if you started out with an earlier book.  You won't be disappointed!

Would I Read More of this Series/Author? Absolutely!  I've thoroughly enjoyed this series and everything else I've read by this author.  I need to read her Baker Street Bookstore series next.  

Would I Recommend this Book? If you like cozy mysteries with a good set of characters and a bit of Christmasy spirit this is a must read series.

* I received this book in exchange for an honest review.  As always my opinions and impressions are completely my own. *