Author: Kathleen Suzette
Genre: Mystery
Paperback; Digital Book
ISBN #: 9781983101335
Independently Published
172 Pages
$8.99; $2.99 Amazon
June 6, 2018
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"I knew when the mayor tried to end the Halloween season he was up to no good," I said to Ethan. But I didn't know he was going to end up dead."
Someone is trying to sabotage the town of Pumpkin Hollow and when the mayor turns up dead, Mia Jordan is on the case to save the town and catch a killer.
When rumors of a curse spread through town, Mia must head them off before they destroy the town's reputation as a family-friendly tourist destination.
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Mia Jordan helps her mother run the family's candy store in Pumpkin Hollow, a small town in northern California. She's also trying to save the town's tradition of celebrating Halloween year round, and has the support of most of the shop owners, even though the mayor opposes it. But when she goes to a corn maze with her maybe-beau Ethan, a police officer in the town, she trips over the body of the mayor. Now there's another murder in town, and Mia has to find a way to keep tourists from figuring it out. It doesn't help that some people are spreading the rumor of a witch's curse, and it only makes things more difficult. But will the killer stop at the mayor, or try again?
This is the second book in the series, and since the first was shorter, I thought I'd catch this one and see what Mia is up to next. Like the first, the characters are the same, and we get to know a little bit more about them, which is nice. (I would like to know what Mia's father does for a living, though; right now he's just wallpaper in the series). Anyway, when the unpopular mayor is murdered, it seems the only ones mourning him are his widow and brother-in-law. Everyone else seems to be glad of him, which makes finding the murderer a tough job. Even the police are finding it difficult.
Mia is still wondering, though, and looking for clues. But will she come up against a killer or find them and turn them over to the police? Since the town is still divided on the will-they or won't-they get rid of Halloween traditions, anyone could have murdered the mayor. Sifting through business owners as the main suspects, Mia isn't making herself popular, either. She's also deciding if she wants to pursue a relationship with Ethan, who was her bane in junior high, but doesn't ask him why he did what he did. Hmmm...
I will say that I knew who the murderer was the minute they stepped on the page. I was wondering when Mia would figure it out, but she eventually does, as we all know she would. Unfortunately, there was still something about the book that bothered me, and readers will eventually know what it was. The ending was fine and I will probably read the next in the series.
More on Kathleen Suzette's Books: https://www.fantasticfiction.com/s/kathleen-suzette/
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