I
enjoyed this fun cozy mystery for coffee lovers. I liked the setting
of an island on the Florida coast. I liked the characters. I liked
how Lana was portrayed as a slightly insecure barista with an
investigative bent do to her previous journalism career. She did some
dangerous probing but nothing really dumb and I appreciate that. Noah
was kind of a missing in action police chief. I think the budding
romance would have been better if he had actually helped Lana
investigate.
The
murder plot was pretty good. Many signs pointed to a suicide but we
know because of the title that it must be murder. Lush provided a
good number of suspects and I appreciate how Lana ruled them out, one
by one. The actual murderer did not have much foreshadowing so I did
not have to feel bad at not identifying the person ahead of time.
This is
a fun cozy mystery set in an interesting location and with
sufficiently developed characters. There was nothing amazing about
the writing style. The novel was a good and fun read overall.
My
rating: 4/5 stars.
Tara
Lush is a RITA Award finalist, an Amtrak writing fellow and the
winner of the George C Polk award for environmental journalism. She
lives in Florida and is a reporter with The Associated Press in
Florida. She also writes as Tamara Lush. You can find out more at
https://taralush.com/ and
https://tamaralush.com/.
Crooked
Lane Books, 320 pages.
I
received a complimentary egalley of this book from the publisher. My
comments are an independent and honest review.
(My
star ratings: 5-I love it, 4-I like it, 3-It's OK, 2-I don't like it,
1-I hate it.)
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