Author: Maddie Day
Genre: Mystery
Mass Market Paperback; Digital Book
ISBN #: 9781496740557
Kensington Cozies
288 Pages
$8.99; $6.99 Amazon
August 22, 2023
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Everyone loves a festival, though Mac has a few concerns about the Spring equinox event organized by the new Chamber of Commerce director, Wagner Lavoie. After all, March weather is unpredictable. Still, there's plenty to enjoy, between flower-shaped candies at Salty Taffy's, spring rolls at the Rusty Anchor, and a parade of decorated bicycles. But the festivities soon take a stormy turn...
Mac glimpses conflict between Wagner and other locals during the festival, but it's a shock when he's found dead in the Book Nook, pinned beneath a toppled bookshelf. It's an irresistible cast for Mac's book group. She and the rest of the Cozy Capers will have to use all their sleuthing skills to bring the killer's story to an end...
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Mackenzie "Mac" Almeida owns a bike shop in town, and her new husband, Tim Brunelle, owns the local bakery. They're just settling into married life, and all is good. At least, it was. The new Chamber of Commerce director, Wagner Lavoie, wants this year's Spring equinox festival to go over well, and he's requesting that all business owners give away "freebies" to locals and tourists. Not all business owners are happy about this, and Mac does see a couple of them arguing with Wagner. But the festival goes on as planned, and everything seems to be going well.
At least until Mac visits her friend Norland, ex-police chief in town, at the bookstore he's watching for the owners. They hear a noise inside, and unfortunately find the body of Wagner under a bookcase that's tipped over. When they find it's a suspicious death, Norland is one of the suspects, and Mac isn't letting it go. She's determined to find out who killed the man and why. What she does discover is that Wagner wasn't well liked by anyone, and the person who killed him just might be someone she knows...
This is the fifth book in the series and I have read all of them. I have to say that the series has improved with each book, and that's a good thing. This time out, Mac wonders if one of the other business owners in town is a killer, and if so, how she can prove it. Or it could be her new employee Sandy, who disappears without notice whenever she wants and seems to have a history with Lavoie. But Sandy's sister Orlean, another of Mac's employees, isn't giving anything out. She'll have to figure this one out on her own, since the rest of her book group isn't garnering much themselves.
When the ending comes it isn't as much of a surprise as it should be, but it is definitely worth reading about. It shows that Mac keeps her wits about her and manages once again to get herself as much out of danger as in it. It's a good book that will keep you reading in one session. Recommended.
I received an advance copy of this book from the publisher and NetGalley but in no way did this influence my honest review.
More on Maddie Day's Books: https://www.fantasticfiction.com/d/maddie-day/
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