“Chaos, Criminals, Catastrophic Weather, and a Whole Lot of Crazy.”From Wall Street Journal bestselling mystery author, Larissa Reinhart. The seventh in the award-winning Cherry Tucker Southern Cozy Mystery series and the third in the Maizie Albright Star Detective series.“It was fun watching Maize and Cherry do what they do best, helping each other, indirectly, along the way in this engagingly … indirectly, along the way in this engagingly entertaining drama. I look forward to more adventures together or separately with these lovable characters.” —Dru Ann Love, Dru’s Book Musing
May Your Days Be Cherry & Albright… When Halo’s most notorious artist, Cherry Tucker, thinks she sees a crime through her bedroom window, her feverish claims are ignored by her family. Trapped in bed, influenza is the least of her problems. Deputy Luke Harper can’t be found. She can’t tell fevered dream from reality. And a very bad Santa knows Cherry’s spotted his Christmas killing. It’s going to take a Christmas miracle for Cherry to recover.
Meanwhile, ex-celebrity and #WannabeDetective Maizie Albright’s determined to help an elderly woman find her missing granddaughter despite her private investigator boss (and not-so-secret crush) Wyatt Nash’s claims that the grandmother’s annual plea is nothing but a dangerously wild goose chase. This holiday, Maizie’s search takes her away from her family and Nash to Halo, Georgia, where a storm threatens her nerves and her quest. When a deviant Santa learns Maizie’s looking for the granddaughter, he put Maizie on his naughty list. This Santa may get his holly jollies from murder.
”If you love southern settings with plenty of sweet tea and eccentric characters, the meetup of these two heroines is epic. Not only did I race through the pages, but I immediately headed over to Amazon to download the first book in the series.” — Barb Taub, humor writer and author of the Null City series
“I love the characters Cherry Tucker and Maizie Albright and this mystery brings the two of them together in the same book. Everything I love about both series is here. If you’ve read either of the two series, I highly recommend this one.” — Michelle’s Romantic Tangle
“A quick read, but it has laughs and reflections on life and the holidays. Well-written. Although pulling the main characters from two series, this is easily read as a stand-alone mystery. Enjoyed it.” — Christa Reads and Writes
220 pages
Books in the Cherry Tucker Mystery series:
A CHRISTMAS QUICK SKETCH (prequel)
PORTRAIT OF A DEAD GUY (#1)
STILL LIFE IN BRUNSWICK STEW (#2)
HIJACK IN ABSTRACT (#3)
DEATH IN PERSPECTIVE (#4)
THE VIGILANTE VIGNETTE (novella)
THE BODY IN THE LANDSCAPE (#5)
A COMPOSITION IN MURDER (#6)
A VIEW TO A CHILL (#7)
A MOTHERLODE OF TROUBLE (2020)
Books in the Maizie Albright Star Detective series:
15 MINUTES
16 MILLIMETERS
NC-17
A VIEW TO A CHILL
17.5 CARTRIDGES IN A PEAR TREE
Other mystery series by Larissa Reinhart:
A Finley Goodhart Crime Caper series
THE PIG’N A POKE
THE CUPID CAPER
more
Wow! Cherry and Maizie in the same book!!! How awesome is that! I already love the characters but that is because Larissa Reinhart creates her characters so well that I have no choice. I have mentioned before that one of the things I love about Cherry and Maisy is that they both have kind hearts, kind to the point that they will make sacrifices to help others. That willingness is once again evident in what they go through to try to help and old woman and her estranged granddaughter.
The intricate plot was outstanding, including lots of amazing detail and action and mirroring a bit of Hitchcock’s Rear Window. Speaking of detail, I think I have the flu! Not really, I am one of the fortunate few down here, but I swear I felt every ounce of misery that Cherry experienced. I shivered more than once with Maizie, too as she sat out in the cold doing surveillance, refusing to give up even though she really, really wanted to spend Christmas with Nash and to discover what his last comment meant!
The twists of the tale are typical Larissa Reinhart and one more things that makes her work stand out.
It is identified as a novella but Amazon shows it at over 250 pages, that is novel length to me and I enjoyed every minute of it.
I loved the main characters, Maizie Albright (Star Detective) and Cherry Tucker and how they went about solving the crime & catching the criminals. Very good cozy mystery.
This was a cross-over between Maizie Albright and Cherry Tucker. The chapters are telling the story from each one’s perspective. Maizie goes to Halo, Georgia to visit Martha Mae (Mrs. Fowler’s sister) to acquire about Krystal, the missing girl. Martha Mae lives next door to Cherry Tucker. Thus the story begins. Cherry having the flu, believes she saw Martha Mae get murdered. While Maizie and Cherry investigate on their own, they come together to solve the case. This was an enjoyable read. The things Maizie gets into and nothing would stop Cherry from finding out what happened to the neighbor and who the strange people in Martha Mae’s house. Highly recommend if you enjoy reading women’s sleuthing.
Goes off on a tangent way too much for me. For a mystery this storyline should be a lot tighter and more focused.
A View to a Chill by Larissa Reinhart brings two of her main characters, Cherry Tucker and Maizie Albright together. Two of my favorite main characters. The flu, murder and the holidays with humorous mayhem. A View to a Chill was first released as part of 12 Slays of Christmas. My posted review of 12 Slays of Christmas attached — The 12 Slays of Christmas-12 Great holiday stories by 12 Great authors-is a way to spend some holiday time with old and new friends. Some stories/characters are from current series. There is action, suspense, thrills and chills. Unpredictable twists and turns. Romance, humor, LAUGHS. A few tears. Heart warming moments. Characters to remember. Entertaining holiday cheer and spirit. I received 5 of the stories—1). The Case of the Curious Biscuit by Nell Goddin, 2). Frankincense, Gold and Murder by Kim Hunt Harris, 3). The Most Wonderful Crime of the Year by Judith Lucci, 4). A View to a Chill by Larissa Reinhart, 5). Murder at the Holiday Bazaar, by Kathryn Dionne—as ARCs. I ENJOYED them SOOO much I purchased the entire set. For both holiday gift and myself. Because reading the other stories, A MUST!!! I am voluntarily posting this review.