In the Pennyfoot Hotel mysteries, MULLED MURDER written by Kate Kingsbury is the last book in this series that will leave the reader with a warm feeling for the road ahead for all the characters. Kate Kingsbury has left a beautiful closing to such a beloved series that all her fans can appreciate. In this cozy mystery there is again another bound with the Christmas Curse that the folks at Pennyfoot Hotel (Or as it should be called Country Club) with murder and the mystery surrounding it.

There is a dead body found on the shore near the Pennyfoot Hotel and Cecily hopes that there are no connections to her establishment. However later she finds he is a detective that is staying at Pennyfoot and she is baffled at what he could have been investigating. In the mean time she is preparing for Christmas and a wedding for one of her staff members along with the plumbing that stops working. A new plumber shows up, leaving her at her wits end about what would happen next. Between looking for clues and trying not to disturb the guest with everything that has been happening, Cecily promises her husband that she will let him in on what she finds and include him on her part of the investigating. Hopefully it does not cost her what she loves the most.

Kate Kingsbury adds life to such wonderful characters, each with their own vivacious personality. With all these characters, you find yourself gazing at each one trying to see who could be the culprit in this English mystery. Easy reading with such an entertaining storyline. It is one that you can enjoy even way past the holidays.

MULLED MURDER written by Kate Kingsbury will have you by the fire with the warm reading of a fantastic story that if you haven't yet, you soon will be checking out the others in the series.