When a crime stopper senior citizen starts to act oddly, a new business sells fake products and the New Year’s Eve fireworks display disappears, Mayor Cora Mae Bingham and the Spicetown Police Chief Conrad Harris have to get involved. Cora keeps an eye on her quaint small town nestled in the southern hills of Ohio. Although Spicetown is sprinkled with culinary street names, stores full of … spices, and quaint life-long citizens, out-of-towners can bring in a dicey element.
”…Cozy fans who prefer the crimes in their mysteries to be nonviolent will be charmed.” (BookLife)
more
Good mystery without a murder
This review is for the audio book.
This was a fun cozy mystery. It did seem strange not to have a murder happen (and to be honest I kept expecting to stumble over a body) but all the same I did enjoy it. The characters were fun and like able. I did wish the author had chosen some different names because a few did start with the same letter and it took me a while to sort out who they were, but that could just be me. The plot was interesting and I liked the unusual shops in the town. It felt like the author knew what she was talking about and put a lot of thought into it making it easy to picture. All in all a good start to a new series and a book you don’t have to worry if little ears are listening to.
Things in Spicetown are not right, the fireworks brought for a big New Year’s Eve party are stolen and disappear. Also the Mayor Cora Mae Bingham is sold some essential oils that seem less than perfect from a new shop that has just opened up in town.with the towns reputation on the line can Cora and Police Chelif Conrad Harris get to the bottom of it? Could a local resident be behind the theft or is it a visitor from out of town? A van with doctored plates is seen spotted in town, could the owner be connected? Cora’s assistant has just started seeing a new man and has fears he might be involved with the lady running the oil shop. If only she could test him as easily as she can run a test on the purity of the oils. Is more than a cold winter about to hit the small town?
I liked the narrator, she used a number of voices to bring the story and characters to life.
The quaint town of Spicetown can be
located in Ohio’s southern hills. The
street names are culinary, spices fill
the stores and most residents are live
long abiding citizens.
A new store has opened called Ivy’s
Oils & Organics. It is an interesting shop
selling all types of oils for different
ailments such as marjoram mixed with
either wintergreen or peppermint to
relax muscles for joint pain, cypress is
used to help clear and calm the mind
while chamomile and vetiver to promote
sleep.
Come along and meet the crafty created
characters of this town such as Mayor
Cora Mae Bingham, Police Chief Conrad
Harris, Amanda Morgan (assistant to the
mayor), Wink (the chief’s right hand man)!
Sheriff Bobby Bell, Harvey Salzman better
known as Saucy ( the town’s curmudgeon),
Denise Ivy plus many others that add to the
story.
Something is not right in Spicetown but what
is up needs to be determined. A truckload of
Fireworks is stolen plus other robberies are
occurring.
An interesting, intriguing read with some humor
even a touch of romance.
I loved the characters and their personalities were developed well. Couldn’t wait for the next one from this author.
small-town, friendship *****
Small town southern Ohio is a lot like small town anywhere but with more nice folks than some. Everybody knows everyone else and gossip is a given, but here there is very little that’s malicious. This is a comfortable story about some interesting mysteries but no murder of people or their character, and the characters you get to know are the kind of people you’d want for friends.
The audio is narrated by Nicole KandeLind who is well suited to the task.
I won a free audio copy in a giveaway.
Captivating
I loved the characters! It wasn’t the best story, but still very enjoyable and I hope to read more about the people in this small town.
Not my type of book. A little on the boring side. Wouldn’t read it again.