Thursday, June 30, 2022

Peril At Pumpkin Hill (Inn Vermont Cozy Mysteries Book 1)

Author:    Thea Cambert
Genre:      Mystery 

Paperback; Digital Book
ISBN #:    9798722350596
Independently Published
144 Pages
$6.99; $3.99 Amazon
March 15, 2021

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Trying to juggle everyday responsibilities along with holiday tasks...can be murder...

It's Christmastime, and the entire town of Williamsbridge, Vermont, looks like a snowy New England postcard.  The Inn on Pumpkin Hill is booked solid, and it's sure to be a busy season for Eloise Murphy and her mother, with all the local festivities that are planned for the holidays.

Eloise does her best to juggle her innkeeping duties with her job as a reporter, and secret advice columnist at the local newspaper.  When a body turns up, she joins forces with her oldest friend to solve the mystery in time for Christmas.

Will the daring duo save the day?  Or will the killer strike again?

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Eloise's mother June turned their large home into an inn after her father's death.  It's Christmas, and the entire place is booked with a group of people who are there for a family reunion.  But not everyone is welcome to the town, and there are more than one person who would like to see that person gone.

Fortunately, they are.  Unfortunately, they've been murdered in the back of the inn, and now all the family members are suspect.  But which one had the greatest motive?  After realizing the dead person's room had been ransacked before Eloise could lock it for the police, she has one clue.  Then she overhears conversations -- and now she has more.  With the help of her childhood friend, Matthew, who now works at the inn, they're determined to get to the truth of the matter.  But will they be able to do so before someone else gets killed -- namely, one of them...

This is the first book in the series, and I really wanted to read it because I read Ms. Cambert's other series and enjoy it so much.  This one is no less enjoyable than the other.  While these are short mysteries, they are fun to read and are written well.  The characters are interesting, and the dialogue is crisp.  

Watching Eloise and Matthew go about their day while trying to put clues together and figure out a mystery was fun, but hearing the descriptions of the inn and the things around them made this pleasant to read.  I myself had a few clues to the murderer, and it was pretty apparent before Eloise discovered it, but it was still entertaining watching the climax and how it played out.  I enjoyed this book quite a bit and will continue with the series.  Recommended.



More on Thea Cambert's Books:    https://www.fantasticfiction.com/c/thea-cambert/

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