Penned In by Lynn Cahoon

Item: Penned In
Rating: 5
Author: BaronessMom

Posted October 19, 2022 by BaronessMom in #BookishRecipe, #HalloweenWithTheBaroness, Mystery, Novella, Review, Series, Short Stories / 0 Comments

Penned In

by Lynn Cahoon

Series: Farm-to-Fork Mystery #4.5
Series Rating:

on August 4, 2020
Genres: Mystery
Pages: 92
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Angie Turner, chef at Idaho’s finest farm-to-table restaurant, has organized a team-building event at a haunted prison, only to find a real-life murderer in their midst. . . .
Contented employees make for a successful restaurant, which is why the County Seat’s crew goes on a quarterly out-of-office meeting. This time, the location is the Old Idaho Penitentiary near the Boise Foothills, a prison brimming with ghostly lore. The lock-in features actors role-playing as guards, fascinating prison stories . . . and an unscripted murder. Who sentenced one of the faux guards to a very authentic death? Angie, her boyfriend, and the County Seat gang are locked in with a killer—excellent motivation for a little sleuthing. Between ghostly apparitions and flesh-and-blood suspects, Angie’s plate is full, but will her luck, and her life, hold out until the gates reopen at dawn?

Penned In by Lynn Cahoon is a delightful Halloween mystery.

Will Angie and County Seat crew survive the night in the Old Idaho Penitentiary?

Angie Turner

Angie is a go-getter, multi-tasking, trouble magnet, chef, restaurant owner, and amateur sleuth. Her crew/family seem devoted to her and each other. It appears that Angie has solved murders before and seems to have a bit of intuition added to her skill. She also has her companion, a St. Bernard, Dom, to help keep her safe. I like Angie and her band of friends. They are funny, make great food, and solve mysteries. Seriously, they sound amazing.

The Mystery

For a team-building exercise, they agreed to be locked in the Old Idaho Penitentiary the night before Halloween. So, nothing scary. Just some getting to know your co-workers. Well, maybe not. But is it the prison ghosts or one of the living that killed the guard? Since they can’t get out until morning and they don’t have any phones, they need to figure it out before anyone else gets hurt.

Five Stars

I adore this short Halloween tale. My rating for Penned In by Lynn Cahoon is five stars; even though this is the first book, I have read in the series. I truly enjoyed the characters’ relationships and the mystery plot. I hope to go back and read more of this series in the future.

And don’t forget to check out the recipe for Special Chocolate Chip Muffins at the end.

Other Books in the Series

Thank you for dropping by! I hope you enjoyed this review of Penned In by Lynn Cahoon.

Until the next time,

About Lynn Cahoon

NYT and USA Today bestselling author, Lynn Cahoon, writes the Tourist Trap, Cat Latimer, Farm-to-Fork, Kitchen Witch, Survivors’ Book Club, and the Haunted Life cozy mystery series. No matter where the mystery is set, readers can expect a fun ride Sign up for her newsletter.

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