Six Mysteries Are Brewing in Small-Town Kansas The coffee shop on the corner of First and Main in Oak Grove, Kansas, seems to attract a series of mysterious events. Or perhaps it is the six women who frequent the shop for book club who are magnets for trouble. . . . Morgan Butler, owner of the Coffee Perk, finds a project worker hanged at her shop. Penny Parson finds a gun in one of her … Penny Parson finds a gun in one of her beehives.
Evelyn Kliff discovers a dead church meal organizer.
Jo Anderson shares hazelnut coffee creamer, sending a woman into anaphylactic shock.
Harper Daggett is being stalked for an antique jade owl she bought.
Baker Jeanine Gransbury’s charity event money goes missing.
Join them as they unravel six unexplained events that have the potential to ruin business and spoil friendships if not handled with care.
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As others have stated, this is a book with 6 separate stories by 6 different authors revolving around women in a coffee club in Kansas who are amateur sleuths because, through no fault of their own, they become embroiled in crimes committed including them! Those crimes include murder, robbery and such! These ladies are gems! I would love to meet them in real life. They are true friends to each other and have each other’s backs, through thick and thin. The town sheriff is not really nice and doesn’t seem very inclined to solve these crimes so the ladies take it upon themselves to do so, especially when a couple of them are the prime suspects! I really enjoyed getting to know the characters of this town in Kansas and the background of each of the ladies. Because these are cozy mysteries, there isn’t anything “gruesome” about the crimes! I had read some of these authors before but others were new to me. I love discovering new authors! I would definitely recommend the book.
How can you not love this book! The women are all different in age, personally and personal relationship status, but they are the BEST of friends. I laughed alot and I have my favorite stories but each one left me with a happy ending. I would love to see another collection by these authors in the future.
I have been a longtime fan of Dana Mentink’s writing so I was excited when I saw she was included in a new novella collection of cozy mysteries by six different authors. Coffee Club Mysteries centers around a group of friends who are members of a book club in a small town in Kansas. Each story centers around a different member of the club who somehow finds herself in the middle of a whodunnit mystery. The ladies work together much to the displeasure of the local sheriff to solve the mystery and help their friend. The stories include humor, suspense, fun-loving animal companions, and even a bit of romance. I enjoyed how the stories were connected to one another so you got updates on the characters you met in previous stories. It was refreshing to see a group of women of various ages and stages of life be so supportive of one another and exemplify true friendship.
I received a complimentary advanced copy of this book from Barbour Publishing through NetGalley in exchange for an honest review.
The coffee shop on the corner of First and Main in Oak Grove, Kansas, seems to attract a series of mysterious events. Or perhaps it is the six women who frequent the shop for book club who are magnets for trouble. . . .
Morgan Butler, owner of the Coffee Perk, finds a project worker hanged at her shop.
Penny Parson finds a gun in one of her beehives.
Evelyn Kliff discovers a dead church meal organizer.
Jo Anderson shares hazelnut coffee creamer, sending a woman into anaphylactic shock.
Harper Daggett is being stalked for an antique jade owl she bought.
Baker Jeanine Gransbury’s charity event money goes missing.
These short stories were a delight to read. I would class them as a good cozy read. You can either set at the beach or in front of the fireplace. These were not edge of your seat thrillers but good mysteries done the less. Each main character was at a different stage in life. There wasn’t even a romance in a couple of them. I recommend this book to all those who enjoy a light read with likable characters.
I was given this book by NetGalley in exchange for an honest review. I was not compensated in any way.
I really enjoyed reading this collection of mysteries. Each of the six stories was written by a different author, but it flowed like it was all written by the same person. Each story was unique and one thing I liked was that I wasn’t able to guess who the “culprit” was right off, I was surprised at the end of each story. I loved that there was a wide age range among the women of the Tuesday night book club. There was someone for every age reader to relate to. I would recommend this book.
I received a copy of this book from Netgalley in exchange for my honest review.
It’s not often that I read cozy mysteries, so when I had opportunity to do so with this collection from Barbour I immediately jumped on it! Since these are written by some very fine Christian authors, in my mind it just added an extra special layer to them.
First of all, even though these are six different stories, they didn’t feel disjointed or stuttered. As if reading a single book written by a single author. How these six writers made them flow seamlessly together, I have no idea! I loved that I felt like I made friends with each of the characters. From the first introduction of Morgan Butler, the owner of the Coffee Perk where they hold their book club meetings, to Jeanine Gransbury, our baker extraordinaire. Then you have the classic cozy mystery elements; a small town full of quirky characters, a few beloved and personable pets (even bees, if you will), amateur sleuths, and one bumbling Sheriff. Just your regular, run of the mill light-hearted whodunit’s! These were some fun, quick reads that kept me entertained and guessing who the culprit was in each story.
If you enjoy cozy mysteries and solving the case along with the characters involved, I think you will love these as much as I did!
*I received a complimentary digital copy via Barbour Publishing through Netgalley and was under no obligation to leave a review. All opinions are my own. *
6 determined women, 6 mysteries to solve…
When I saw that The Coffee Club Mysteries had a lineup of six such amazing authors I knew it was a book I seriously wanted to read. Years ago I would have probably bypassed this book because it is a novella collection but a classic children’s author changed my mind about short stories and novellas and I’ve read some pretty great stuff since.
The Coffee Club Mysteries was great! Kind of like reading a mini Hallmark mystery movie series it had all of the elements of a good whodunit. Murder, theft, betrayal, frame-ups, and even a dash of romance in some of them. The stories segued almost seamlessly, showing the true talent of the six very different authors, Darlene Franklin, Cynthia Hickey, Elizabeth Ludwig, Dana Mentink, Candice Prentice, and Janice Thompson. Another really cool thing about the book is that main characters are a wide variety of ages, from late twenties to mid seventies, so there is bound to be at least one for every reader to relate to.
While this collection can be read in several sittings, each novella took me about an hour or so to read, I found myself reading it in larger bites. Hey, there’s nothing better than a good a mystery on a cold winter day when you’d much rather be inside. I loved The Coffee Club Mysteries and I would definitely recommend it to fans of any or all of these authors.
(I received a copy of this book from the publisher. All opinions are entirely my own.)