Author: Lily Rose Lane
Genre: Mystery
Digital Book
ASIN #: B0BYTKH1FL
Whiskered Mysteries
168 Pages
$3.99 Amazon
March 21, 2023
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A well-deserved vacation shouldn't end in murder.
After solving two crimes in Willow Cove, Georgia, I definitely need a break. And what better place to get away than a cozy little place in Ireland? Well, cozy in the fact that I'm sharing a room with my mother and boyfriend. And there's an entire wedding party staying at the inn with us.
Guess the luck of the Irish wasn't with us since we found a bridesmaid dead in her room. Gavin thinks this is the perfect opportunity to investigate and spread the word about our little business. But it isn't just the inn's resident cat who has been watching us. And I have a bad feeling that the luck of the Irish isn't on our side in this case.
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After a disastrous marriage and horrible divorce, Aubrey Rose goes back to Georgia and working at her mom's B&B. But since she's returned, she's been embroiled in two murders that she and the inn's handyman, Gavin, have solved. Now they've decided that they want to open their own private investigation company, but they'll worry about that when they return, since they and her mother are in Ireland on a much-needed vacation.
They're sharing the large inn with a wedding party, and while, according to Aubrey, some of the guests seem pompous, they're harmless enough. At least until the next morning when the maid of honor is discovered dead in her room -- which happens to be across the hall. It seems the Garda isn't all that interested in solving the murder, but Aubrey and Gavin are. Unfortunately, no one in the wedding is too keen on the idea. While they decide to ask questions and investigate anyway, the last thing they think is going to happen does. Someone wants them out of the way. But who? So they decide to dig into the dead woman's past, and what they find isn't pretty.
Determined to figure it out, they persevere even though it could put them in danger. But when Aubrey's mother wants to help, they have no idea how charming the woman can be and how much information she can garner. Aubrey is learning more about her mother than she knew, and less about the wedding party because they've warned her off. Will they be able to figure it out and salvage the rest of their vacation? Or will they be permanently be laid to rest on the Emerald Isle?...
This is the third book in the series and I have loved them all. This one, though, is perhaps my favorite. Mainly because it takes place in magical Ireland, and we get to see the real interaction between the three main characters without having to work -- being on a real vacation. But of course, since they are at it again, they are working of a sort, and what a job they have ahead of them. Who killed the young woman, and why? People seem to have a motive, but nothing that warrants murder. And it may take all of Aubrey's wits to figure it out.
The ending was done very well, and the mystery more so. I loved the interaction between all the characters in the book (although I do think the wedding party should have invited the three to the wedding, considering; for we know they will be the ones who solve the murder!). I even love the fact that Aubrey is warming up to cats. I have several, and they are so loving and protective of me. All in all, a very good read and I look forward to the next in the series.
I was given a copy of this book from the author and BookSprout but this in no way influenced my review.
More on Lily Rose Lane's Books: https://www.fantasticfiction.com/l/lily-rose-lane/
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