New Corpse In Town
by Lucy Quinn
Series: Secret Seal Isle Mysteries #1
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Published by Seaside Story Productions on July 13, 2016
Genres: Cozy Rom-Com Mystery
Pages: 166
Format: Kindle
FBI agent Cookie James is enjoying her extended leave from the agency on Secret Seal Isle, managing her quaint inn and flirting with the oh-so sexy-handyman, Dylan Creed…until her sixty-year-old mother goes skinny dipping and is almost drowned by a corpse.
A phone call to the sheriff should mean the end of Cookie’s involvement, but when it’s clear the sheriff has no interest in the investigation, Cookie calls in reinforcements…her ex-partner Hunter O’Neil. Suddenly it’s like old times while the pair questions the residents of Secret Seal Isle. Except it’s not. Now she has both Hunter and Dylan vying for her attention, a wayward hippy mother, and a potential killer on the loose.
With her love life heating up, her mother lighting up, and all signs pointing to the most unlikely suspect, Cookie does the only thing she knows to do—focus on solving the case.
Scintillating new series.
New Corpse in Town by Lucy Quinn is a brilliant start to a new cozy series.
Cookie James is fabulous. She seems to have it all together with her new life, B&B, and good looks. Yet, she worries about her looks, which guy to date, her Mother and the corpse of an unknown man. Combine it all and you have this wonderful story.
The other two side of the triangle
Hunter is sweet on Cookie but he is like the forbidden fruit or is he? Cookie has always wanted him, but if she ever returns to the FBI she doesn’t want to sample that deliciousness.
Dylan is a “local”. He is mysterious and has these hidden talents and baggage, but he is also on the sweeter side. Should Cookie even try with this one?
Right as Rain
Cookie’s Mom, Rain is the ultimate hippy. She is a great cook and seems to run the B&B flawlessly. Rain does the craziest things, like making pot brownies for the guests. Therefore, Cookie feels like she needs to constantly chaperon Rain
The mystery was good. The clues were there if you pay attention. I enjoyed the red herrings that the authors threw at our sleuths. It was so cool that Rain found some of the biggest clues.
My rating is 5 stars. I am definitely looking forward to the second installment Life in the Dead Lane. I truly enjoyed this book and highly recommend it.
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This is a Guest Review for Baroness’ Book Trove. Thank you for the opportunity to review this book for your site. ~Jen
About Lucy Quinn
Lucy Quinn is the brainchild of New York Times bestselling author Deanna Chase and USA Today bestselling author Violet Vaughn. Having met over a decade ago in a lampwork bead forum, the pair were first what they like to call “show wives” as they traveled the country together, selling their handmade glass beads. So when they both started writing fiction, it seemed only natural for the two friends to pair up with their hilarious, laugh-out-loud, cozy mysteries. At least they think so. Now they travel the country, meeting up in various cities to plan each new Lucy Quinn book while giggling madly at themselves and the ridiculous situations they force on their characters. They very much hope you enjoy them as much as they do.
Deanna Chase is a native Californian, transplanted to the slower paced lifestyle of southeastern Louisiana. When she isn’t writing, she is often goofing off with her husband in New Orleans, playing with her two Shih Tzu dogs, or making glass beads.
Violet Vaughn lives in coastal New Hampshire where she spends most mornings in the woods with her dogs, summer at the ocean, and winters skiing in the mountains of Maine.
