A Pumpkin Spice Killing
The Blurb
Angie and her County Seat staff are all prepared for some much-needed R&R. Hope’s been hinting at an arts-and-crafts-themed retreat. Instead, they end up at a military veteran’s home, where it’s their job to get it spic and span for summer. In between weeding the garden and painting the rooms, Angie starts up a conversation with an older vet who wants to make amends with his son before it’s too late. Unfortunately, he has no idea of his son’s whereabouts. It’s the perfect side job for the County Seat team, but someone keeps blocking their efforts. And the more they try to find out why the more they’re certain someone’s life might be in danger.
The Details
Series: A Farm-to-Fork Mystery – Book #5.5
Author: Lynn Cahoon
Genre/Category: Cozy – Amateur Sleuth/Culinary
Publisher: Lyrical Press
ISBN: 9781516110285
Page Count: 112
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The Review
A Pumpkin Spice Killing is a new novella in the “A Farm-to-Fork Mystery” series. Angie and the crew are off on another team-building excursion to help at a veterans’ home, the place needs a lot of work, and they are there to paint, garden, scrub, and cook. It doesn’t take long for the County Seat crew to realize that something bad is going on in the home, and they set out to solve the puzzle before they leave.
This latest novella comes out on July 6th, right in the middle of summer, but this book will have readers longing for fall, pumpkin spice lattes, muffins, and cooler temps. The County Seat crew finds that their hostess and the Veterans caregiver, Carol, may be hiding a secret or two, namely the suspicious death of other vets under her care. They also have another mystery to solve; one of the veterans wants to reconcile with his son, but he has no idea where to find him. There aren’t very many suspects in this story, and really there is only one motive. The evidence is thin, as they don’t know if any of the men who died were murdered. Readers will need to put their thinking caps on to put the pieces of this mystery together.
Although A Pumpkin Spice Killing is short, it packs a lot of punch in its pages. The characters are always charming and loveable. The veterans were great, and it was an original idea to have the County Seat crew helping those who need it most while relaxing with each other. The story is written well, and the plot is believable. I would have liked the book more if it had been a full-length novel; it jumps from the beginning to the end in a few paragraphs. Overall I enjoyed the fast-paced, easy read. I love this series and can never get enough of it to make me happy, and I look forward to the next in the series.
The Author
Lynn Cahoon is an Idaho ex-pat. She grew up living the small-town life she now loves to write about. Lynn started her career writing sweet contemporary romances with heroes ranging from cowboys to warlocks. An over ten-year breast cancer survivor, she lives with her husband and two fur babies in a small historic town on the banks of the Mississippi River, where her imagination tends to wander.
Other books involving the County Seat crew and the “A Farm-To-Fork Mystery” series that readers may enjoy are Deep Fried Revenge or another novella from the series, Penned In.
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