Tis the season for the Oktobear Fest and Sasha Silverman is busy with
events to promote her family's store, the Silver Bear Shop, and Factory.
Meanwhile, her high school rival, Holly Parker, has returned to town and
started her own business, competing with both Sasha's and her
cousin's local stores. Unfortunately, Sasha finds Holly's assistant dead
and now the question is whether Holly was the intended victim rather
Gina. Can Sasha contend with all the festive events while investigating
who killed Gina?
I love teddy bears so I couldn't resist something as precious sounding
as the Teddy Bear Mystery
series. And oh, the teddy bears they describe! I'd have loved to
visit something like the Cranbeary Tea Party at Oktobear Fest when I
was a young girl. The artwork and creativity of the names of the bears
and events, as well as the descriptions of the statues, is amazing and
makes me wish this were a real event.
The mystery itself, however, has a dark side. Sasha has to face her high
school rival in a potentially deadlier scenario than either of them
expect. Holly's actions in BEAR
WITNESS TO MURDER provides Sasha with plenty of potential
suspects as it seems Holly infuriates everyone she comes into contact
with. Holly is definitely not a likable person and her actions in more
than one scene had me infuriated with her. However, Holly wasn't the
only character who made me furious as Sasha's mother and her
obsession with Sasha's cheating ex-husband is completely obnoxious. I
hope the next book resolves this issue or her mom moves out of the
picture completely as I just couldn't understand her logic at all!
Overall, I enjoyed BEAR WITNESS TO
MURDER. The concept of the teddy bears is engaging and
entertaining and Meg Macy does a great job at capturing the small
town feel of Silver Hollow. BEAR
WITNESS TO MURDER is the second book in
the Teddy Bear Mystery
series. Generally, I'm pretty good at jumping into the middle of
cozy mystery series and feeling comfortable with the characters but
BEAR WITNESS TO MURDER took
me a bit longer than normal to acclimate. The plethora of characters is
a bit overwhelming at first but once I settled in, I was able to enjoy the
storyline. I look forward to reading future books in the series (sans
Sasha's mom and her obsession with Flynn, I hope) as the cuteness
factor makes BEAR WITNESS TO
MURDER a hit.
As autumn air settles into the quaint small town of
Silver Hollow, there’s nothing more popular than Sasha’s
teddy bears—and murder in cold blood . . .
Silver Bear Shop and Factory manager Sasha Silverman is
cozying up to the fall season by hosting Silver Hollow’s
Cranbeary Tea Party, the opening event of the village’s
Oktobear Fest—a too-cute celebration themed around teddy
bears. She barely has a moment to agonize over the return of
her former high school rival, Holly Parker, whose new toy
and bookstore in town could spell big trouble for the Silver
Bear Shop and her cousin’s small bookstore . . .
But when Sasha discovers Holly’s shop assistant dead with a
knife plunged in her body, the unpleasant woman suddenly
looks like a real backstabber. So does Sasha’s ex-husband,
rumored to have rekindled the fiery extramarital affair he
once had with the victim. Now, before a gruesome homicide
case takes the fun out of both the Fest and her personal
life, Sasha must identify the true culprit from a daunting
suspect list—or risk becoming as lifeless as one of her
stuffed bears . . .
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