Alpaca My Bags by Violet Patton

Item: Alpaca My Bags: Dying to Leave the Oasis
Rating: 3
Author: karenbaron

Posted January 24, 2019 by karenbaron in Mystery, Paranormal, Review, Series / 0 Comments

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Alpaca My Bags: Dying to Leave the Oasis

by Violet Patton

Series: Desert Oasis Cozy Mystery #1
Series Rating:

on January 18, 2019
Genres: Cozy Paranormal Mystery
Pages: 229
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Also in this series: Wool Over Your Eyes: Knit One, Kill Two

Murder? Romance? Intrigue? The Desert Oasis runs rampant with gossip and secrets.
Sweetie Bastard told Hunny Bunny—pack your bags we’re moving to lovely Tucson, Arizona. She didn’t have a choice. He sold her house and bought a park model online sight unseen in The Desert Oasis 55 plus community.
The park was more asphalt than oasis—hot—dry—terrible.
The trailer was a wreck. No air-conditioning. No beautiful view of the San Francisco Bay.
There’s an Arizona room to build. A golf cart to buy. Dances, crafts and funerals to attend.
Bunny agrees to take water aerobics. She hates water.
First lesson—the park’s ladies’ man athletic director was found weighed down and dead at the bottom of the swimming pool. Who killed philandering Dan? And why?
The last tenant in their new home, Wanda, left behind her clothes, knickknacks and dishes. The place gives her the willies. Bunny can’t stand an unsolved mystery, and she’ll dig deep and wide to solve Wanda’s case.
Download Alpaca My Bags today. Will Bunny agree to live happily ever after in the Oasis, or will she make Sweetie Bastard move to posh Scottsdale?

Tucson or bust! Will Bunny survive the oasis?

Alpaca My Bags by Violet Patton is a funny adventure filled with eccentric characters. I can’t tell you the times that I laughed out loud while reading this story.

Hunny Bunny, our sleuth

Bunny Winter’s husband Phil decided to sell their house in San Francisco to one of the techy guys and move to The Oasis Retirement Community in Tucson, Arizona. Oh, in case you are wondering, yes, that is her real name. Bunny didn’t want to move here, she liked her home and had a routine. Now she doesn’t know anyone, everyone is old, she doesn’t have a yard, and she hates her pink “park model” home.

Bunny and Phil are originally from Texas, but he was a pressman, and they moved to San Francisco when the Chronicle hired him. The two of them have lots of luck, and most of it is bad. Yet, Bunny is sticking by Phil, and she can at least find her way around by the end of the story.

The Oasis

I have never heard of anything like this 55 Community before, but apparently, they live in small trailers with tiny yards. There are lots of activities for the seniors from water aerobics, to quilting, pickleball, there are two clubhouses and a library. Oh, and the establishment posts everything about you on the community board. So, there was a bio posted for Bunny and Phil before they got there. I researched this, and there are places like this. Who would’ve known?

The people are a bunch of busybodies. They are all sticking their nose in everything. Oh, and there are tons of rules. Bunny isn’t happy, but if Phil is, then she will figure it out. Bunny and Phil make friends with another couple who are from Texas. Did I mention that it is gated and they have their own security? Are they being protected or held captive? That is what Bunny is trying to figure out.

The Mystery

Well, it was ok. Bunny didn’t know the man who was murdered, but she was there when they found his body and when the killer confessed. Then there was a cold case that still hasn’t been solved. But more about that one in the next installment, Wool Over My Eyes which comes out next month.

Random things that I liked about the story

Bunny’s nickname for Phill is Sweetie Bastard.
Phil’s calm manner and that he just goes about his business ignoring whatever fit Bunny is having.
The two-step night.
That almost everyone who works there also lives there.
That Dominos game is a secretive game that you have been asked to join.
That everyone drives golf carts.
Bunny sees and talks with ghosts.

3 Stars for Alpaca My Bags by Violet Patton

My rating for Alpaca My Bags by Violet Winters is three stars. The story was alright, and I like the crazy characters. I did think that the mystery could have been a bit better and that we could have been given more info about Bunny seeing ghosts. Although, if I started seeing ghosts I am not sure that I would tell anyone either. However, the story is told in first person point of view; Bunny should have figured out what was happening. It is a good read though, so if you are looking for lots of humor with a bit of mystery, this is a good choice for you.

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About Violet Patton

I grew up in Arkansas, just a few miles from Louisiana. Violet Patton was a grandmother. I took her name as a pen name in her honor. She didn’t read much and when she did it was True Confessions magazine. She married a man twice her age at 18 and she did not have romance in her life, but she longed for it. She was tough, picking cotton, milking cows and tending a garden to keep her family alive. Behind her toughness was a sweet tenderness which showed through her beautiful blue eyes. Now as I age, I miss her more and more. Her photograph graces my desk, and I often ask for her advice or read my stories aloud to her. I can hear her laugh as I read my stories and I remember that spirit she never lost despite her adversities.

Thank you for giving me everything you had.

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