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Murder at the Wild Haggis Bookshop review

Tari Hann

This is the first in a new series , The Highland Bookshop Murders by Jackie Baldwin, a Scottish crime writer and new to me author. I really enjoyed what appears to be her first jump into the cozy mystery world, so I sure hope there’ll be more coming. The setting was awesome and the characters quickly became people I’d like to be friends with. Loved the bookshop cat Toby, too!

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My Goodreads review:

Murder at the Wild Haggis Bookshop (The Highland Bookshop Murders, #1)Murder at the Wild Haggis Bookshop by Jackie Baldwin
My rating: 5 of 5 stars

I always know I’m gonna love a book when I can start reading it as easily as I did this one and enjoy meeting the characters from the absolute get-go. Something about them just connected with me and I really liked this group of coworkers/friends sleuthing along with Beth their boss to prove she didn’t kill anyone.

The reveal was cool and multi-purpose too since there were a couple side mysteries that needed to be cleared up. I enjoyed how Beth and DS Logan were attracted to each other, so the ending was very cute. I’m definitely eager to read the next book!

I voluntarily read and reviewed an ARC of this book provided by Storm Publishing via NetGalley, and my opinions are my own.

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A Poisonous Page review

Tari Hann

This is the second book in the Sweet Fiction Bookshop Mysteries by Kitt Crowe, the pen name of Marie Harte who looks to be a romance author under that name. I’m glad she started writing cozies or I’d have never gotten to know her sense of humor and what fun characters she weaves. I absolutely love Uncle Jimmy and Uncle Elvis! They always crack me up and now that Elvis joined the Macaroons Murder Club, er I mean, Book Club, he’s having to actually do some reading. Well maybe not regular books, but they did accept his suggestion of a comic surprisingly well!

A Poisonous Page (Sweet Fiction Bookshop #2)A Poisonous Page by Kitt Crowe
My rating: 4 of 5 stars

It’d been a year since I read the first in this series, but it didn’t take long to catch up with all the hilarious antics and snarky comments/zingers these characters exchange on a regular basis. I love the author’s sense of humor, and that sweet Cookie dog! OMG I just wanted to hug her like crazy. Chad even sorta made friends with her by letting her be involved in a kids’ police safety event.

Boy this was one involved mystery! It was sometimes hard to keep track of who was with what person and when, but I got the general idea. I really didn’t zero in on one specific person but holy cow, at the end I was telling Lexi NOT to go somewhere! I’m totally Team Chad for her and hopefully she’ll realize he’s not really the jerk she thinks he is. Sometimes Lexi herself could be a real jerk to him too, so I felt bad for the guy. Cat and Teri crack me up wanting all the crazy details as every good bestie would, lol. And sweet Abe’s a heck of a lot nice neighbor to Lexi than his grumpy dad who got offed in the first book.

I loved that the whole book club got involved trying to solve the case and it was too funny how they hurried to hide their murder board whenever Chad came around. That showdown was wild, hilarious and super tense! All was explained in the end though, and now I’m eager to see what all these fun and crazy characters find themselves involved in by the time the next book comes out!

I voluntarily read and reviewed an ARC of this book provided by Crooked Lane via NetGalley, and my opinions are my own.

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