Valleys, Vehicles & Victims
by Tonya Kappes
Series: Camper and Criminals Cozy Mystery #9
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on September 27, 2019
Genres: Mystery
Pages: 212
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Also in this series: Beaches, Bungalows, and Burglaries, Canyons, Caravans, & Cadavers, Deserts, Driving, and Derelicts, Forests, Fishing, & Forgery, Christmas, Criminals, and Campers, Motorhomes, Maps, & Murder, Hitches, Hideouts, and Homicides, Assailants, Asphalt & Alibis, Sunsets, Sabbatical and Scandal, Tents, Trails and Turmoil
Welcome to Normal, Kentucky where nothing is normal!
The Daniel Boone National Forest is gorgeous in the fall. The leaves have painted the sides of the mountains with yellow, oranges, reds and browns you won't see anywhere else. That's why it's such a popular destination for weddings!
When a wedding party show up at Happy Trails Campground, Mae West is thrilled. She's all things girly and excited to assist the bride in all things southern, which is what the bride is hankering for.
Mae recognizes the parents of the bride when they arrive. They are from her past. The past she's been desperately trying to escape...especially since it was the time she was married to Paul West. This just isn't any couple, it's the owners of the famous Moonbucks Coffee Company.
Determined to get the happy couple married off and on their way, hoping to see some of her past drive off forever, Mae volunteers herself and the Laundry Club ladies to become the wedding coordinators.
The wedding is set to take place in the beautiful wedding barn at the Old Train Station Motel, only Gert Hobson, the owner of Trails Coffee Shop and providing the coffee for the happy couple, has decided there's no way she's going to help out with Tom Moon's daughter's wedding since she claims how years ago Tom Moon STOLE her coffee blend recipe known today as the special Moonbucks blend.
A public fight between Gert and Tom leaves Gert a prime suspect after a member of the wedding party is found dead at the wedding venue. There might not be a happily ever after for the bride to be or Gert Hobson if Mae West and the Laundry Club ladies don't solve the murder before the wedding party's RV rolls out of town.
Valleys, Vehicles, and Victims by Tonya Kappes is another fun adventure with Mae West and the Laundry Club gals.
Did Gert kill Tom Moon out of revenge?
Mae West and the Laundry Club gals are on the case again when a friend of theirs is the police’s main suspect in the killing of a wealthy businessman. The girls didn’t think Gert did it since they know that their friend would never commit a crime like that. The evidence that the police were finding was hurting the chances of Gert being found innocent. Mae, though, is undeterred and wants to figure it out. She is still our main character, and this one is as good as the others.
The Mystery
The mystery is about Tom Moon being found with a knife in his back in his soon-to-be son-in-law’s motel room. Everyone knows that Gert didn’t like Tom, especially since she publicly confronted Tom about stealing her recipe. That doesn’t help Gert at all. There is also the whole thing of Tom being found in her daughter’s fiancee’s room when anyone could see that Lewis, the soon-to-be son-in-law, and his dad were coming up with an idea to steal Tom’s company. Then, Amy, the woman that kept Tom organized, had motive as well if she was fired. But would she do that?
A lot of motives are popping up. There was not enough time to figure it out as everyone there for the wedding was going back to New York soon to take care of business.
Four Stars
Valleys, Vehicles, and Victims by Tonya Kappes is an exciting tale that started when Gert was in college, working at a coffee shop. Now, will she get what she is rightfully owed, or will it still be kept from her? Guess it will all depend on if the Laundry Club gals can figure it out.
I am giving Valleys, Vehicles, and Victims by Tonya Kappes four stars and recommending it to anyone that loves a good cozy mystery.
Other Books in the Series
You can find my reviews of the other books by clicking their titles under “Also in this series” beside the Valleys, Vehicles and Victims cover above.
Coming out in 2020
Thank you for dropping by! I hope you enjoyed this review of Valleys, Vehicles, and Victims by Tonya Kappes.
Until the next time,
Happy Reading!
About Tonya Kappes
For years, USA Today bestselling author Tonya Kappes has been self-publishing her numerous mystery and romance titles with unprecedented success. She is famous not only for her hilarious plotlines and quirky characters, but her tremendous marketing efforts that have earned her thousands of followers and a devoted street team of fans.
She has a B.A. in Education from the University of Kentucky and a proud Kentucky Wildcat fan.
Married to an amazing man, Eddy, she has four son ranging in ages from twenty-two to sixteen years old, Charlie and Scooter (Schnauzers), and Kitty Kappes.
Now a full time writer, she spends her days creating the fun-loving, quirky southern characters that is full of charm that readers have come to love.
Reading this book contributed to these challenges:
- 2020 Cloak and Dagger Challenge
- 2020 Craving For Cozies Reading Challenge
- 2020 Cruisin' Thru The Cozies Reading Challenge
- 2020 Goodreads Reading Challenge
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