Rating: Liked It! (3.5 Stars)
Source: Publisher
Description: It’s a blistering hot summer in Sun City West, and members of the retirement community are happy to escape into the air-conditioned bliss of the library to work on a mammoth forty-thousand-piece jigsaw puzzle. But things begin heating up inside, too, when members clash with the domineering head of the puzzle committee over which puzzle to solve—until someone settles the matter by killing her. Now it’s up to Sophie “Phee” Kimball to put all the pieces of the murder plot together and catch the culprit responsible.
Any number of the jigsaw aficionados could have wanted the victim out of the picture for her personality alone, but Phee suspects there was a more sinister motive behind the murder. Then the chosen puzzle and the library itself are struck by one instance of sabotage after another, and Phee’s convinced that someone is sending a menacing message. But just as she unearths a telling clue and slots it into place, she finds herself in a race against time to finish the puzzle and solve the case—before the killer goes to pieces and finishes her off too . . .
Genre: Mystery - Genre
Why I Picked This Book: I've been reading this series since the beginning and I always enjoy the mysteries.
My Impression: This is a fun and quirky cozy mystery series involving Phee, her enthusiastic mother and the inhabitants of the retirement community she lives in. There are also an assortment of pets - especially Phee's mother's chiweenie whose primary skills are causing chaos, Phee's husband Marshall who is a PI and Nate and Augusta who are the other employees at the PI firm they work for. There is a huge cast of characters but you really don't need to keep the backstories of everyone in your head and the author does a good job of reminding you of what you need to know without an info dump.
Source: Publisher
Description: It’s a blistering hot summer in Sun City West, and members of the retirement community are happy to escape into the air-conditioned bliss of the library to work on a mammoth forty-thousand-piece jigsaw puzzle. But things begin heating up inside, too, when members clash with the domineering head of the puzzle committee over which puzzle to solve—until someone settles the matter by killing her. Now it’s up to Sophie “Phee” Kimball to put all the pieces of the murder plot together and catch the culprit responsible.
Any number of the jigsaw aficionados could have wanted the victim out of the picture for her personality alone, but Phee suspects there was a more sinister motive behind the murder. Then the chosen puzzle and the library itself are struck by one instance of sabotage after another, and Phee’s convinced that someone is sending a menacing message. But just as she unearths a telling clue and slots it into place, she finds herself in a race against time to finish the puzzle and solve the case—before the killer goes to pieces and finishes her off too . . .
Genre: Mystery - Genre
Why I Picked This Book: I've been reading this series since the beginning and I always enjoy the mysteries.
My Impression: This is a fun and quirky cozy mystery series involving Phee, her enthusiastic mother and the inhabitants of the retirement community she lives in. There are also an assortment of pets - especially Phee's mother's chiweenie whose primary skills are causing chaos, Phee's husband Marshall who is a PI and Nate and Augusta who are the other employees at the PI firm they work for. There is a huge cast of characters but you really don't need to keep the backstories of everyone in your head and the author does a good job of reminding you of what you need to know without an info dump.
The mysteries is a fun one involving cold cases and puzzles and lots of sabotage. Nothing goes smoothly in Sun City West and that is most definitely the case here. I love Phee and her relationship with Marshall though she does need to maybe try Yoga breathing when dealing with her mother. I also really enjoyed that we saw a bit more of Augusta this book. This is a long running series but one you can jump into with no issue. The mystery involved a bit of a coincidence but it was still fun getting to the conclusion.
If you enjoy a quirky cozy mystery this is a fun series that has only been getting better!
Would I Read More of this Series/Author? Absolutely! I always enjoy this series.
Would I Recommend this Book? If you enjoy cozies you should definitely give this series a try.
* 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 enjoy cozies you should definitely give this series a try.
* I received this book in exchange for an honest review. As always my opinions and impressions are completely my own. *
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