The week the Mystery Moms Book Club featured the murder
mystery Scorned Woman, Charli Rae Warren's Book Barn
erupted into complete mayhem. The author had barely
disguised the names of the local residents, and with
someone getting killed in the novel, the book club
members were wildly curious and more than a little
excited. When Maddie MacAlister is found murdered almost
exactly like the book's victim, and her ex-husband and
Charli's friend Sugar become the prime suspects, Charli
must do something. But Charli's pet armadillo and the
latter's new little friend cause unexpected havoc that
lands Charli in hot water, and as a result Mayor Cade
Calloway's secret is revealed.
Kym Roberts has another hit with KILLER CLASSICS, the
fifth instalment in the Book
Barn Mysteries
series! Ms. Roberts has perfected the way to insert
recurring characters' backstories without interrupting
the flow of the narrative and welcoming new readers. The
author also introduces the new characters seamlessly, and
those new characters are truly spectacular, and as
multidimensional as the regulars, which is far from
customary in most cozy mysteries. I like that even tough
the crime upends the locals' day-to-day activities,
people still go about their business; life goes on and
there is romance in the air. While Charli sticks her nose
where she shouldn't, the sheriff -- the yummy Mateo, who
is also Charli's boyfriend -- actually does the real
investigating. KILLER CLASSICS barrels along, and amidst
the occasional almost surrealistic shenanigans often
involving various critters, the plot is deceptively
intricate: there is a solid mystery in there. Fans of the
series will be, once again, delighted with Charli's new
adventure, and the poor souls who have never read this
fabulous series can jump right in and enjoy this fun
ride!
Small-town life in Hazel Rock becomes a Texas-size crime
scene when murder takes a page from Charli Rae Warren’s book
club’s latest mystery . . .
Charli takes great pride in running one of the few
independent, family-owned bookstores in
small-town Texas. She vets everything carefully, with an eye
to the eclectic tastes of the locals. That includes the Book
Barn’s weekly book club selection. This time out it’s a
mystery whose characters bear a striking resemblance to
local citizens, including Charli’s friend Sugar . . . who’s
the prime suspect when her real-life nemesis is found dead
in a hotel’s water tank.
With help from her pet armadillo Princess, Charli campaigns
to clear Sugar’s sweet name—literally—when the
up-for-election mayor becomes a killer’s next target. Murder
and politics make scandalous bedfellows as Charli discovers
that fiction may be fatal, but reality could be just as
deadly . . .
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