There’s nothing quite like a day on the lake…unless a dead body floats to shoreA new cozy mystery from #1 Best Selling author Danielle CollinsLife is going well for Margot and she takes time to go on a romantic boat ride with Adam. But when the son of a wealthy mogul washes up on shore to ruin the date, Margot is forced into another murder mystery. She soon learns that there might be political … soon learns that there might be political ramifications to this “accident” and refuses to let it get covered up. Can Margot uncover another one of the town’s secrets and put the killer behind bars?
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This is Book 6 in the Margot Durand Cozy Mystery Boxed Set Books 1-12 and this is the best one in the series that I have read so far. Margot and Adam take time to go on a romantic boat ride but they don’t finish the boat ride because the son of a wealthy mogul washes up on shore to ruin the date. This book has a lot investigative surprises and also some personal things in Margot’s life.
6. Book 6 Boating and Bodies
4 stars
I purchased a copy of the North, Bank Virginia set cozy mystery Boating and Bodies in the Margot Durand Cozy Mystery Boxed Set: Books 1 – 12 by Danielle Collins, and this review was given freely.
While the mystery feels less complex than the previous novels in the series, it is an easy-flowing story with realistic characters and a good bit happening. This is a single murder mystery where the story is divided between Margot and Adam’s relationship progressing with thoughts of an engagement, the growing need to fill Dexter’s position and Margot’s investigation of a suspicious drowning with the help of Adam and Dexter.
May be read as a standalone but is best if read in series order.
7. Book 7 Murder in Maine
4 stars
I purchased a copy of the cozy mystery Murder in Maine in the Margot Durand Cozy Mystery Boxed Set: Books 1 – 12 by Danielle Collins and this review was given freely.
Four months after he leaves, Margot receives a sudden 2 AM call from her ex-bakery assistant Dexter aka Hector VanNess asking for her to come to the sleepy small New England town of Bath, Maine to help him find his missing sister Danielle, a former gang member and FBI informant, and to help him, a former FBI cyber-security worker, run Danielle aka Darcy’s bakery.
Margot places her unconventional new assistant baker, single mother Julia Hangeman, in charge for a week and heads to Maine where on her first night a suspicious sound draws her down to the bakery where she finds a dead body and then becomes a target.
8. Book 8 Bakeries and Bodies
4 stars
I purchased a copy of the cozy mystery Bakeries and Bodies in the Margot Durand Cozy Mystery Boxed Set: Books 1 – 12 by Danielle Collins and this review was given freely.
An easy-flowing Christmas time murder mystery based on greed that contains some poignant moments and has a heartwarming ending.
Love is in the bloom of this sequel where Margot goes home with Adam to meet his family in Sister, Oregon leaving her bakery and her two assistants, Dexter and Julia, who have a hate/love relationship, under the care of Mama Rosie.
The vacation is less than relaxing when on day one, Margot learns she is volunteered to bake for the yearly Christmas bake-off and, her partner Fran is accused of killing the biggest rival.
May be read as a standalone but is best if read in series order.
9. Book 9 A Deadly Engagement
4 stars
I purchased a copy of the North Bank, Virginia set cozy mystery A Deadly Engagement in the Margot Durand Cozy Mystery Boxed Set: Books 1 – 12 by Danielle Collins, and this review was given freely.
An easy-to-follow, drama-packed, and at times suspenseful story that occurs around Valentine’s Day.
A story based on greed with a profession of love. While love continues to grow for the couples at the Bakery, this is not a carefree Holiday romance.
Shortly after Bentley enlists Margot’s help to unravel the meaning of the cryptic letter, he received from his recently deceased first wife, Margot has an odd encounter with Felix Lynch posing as a staff member, has a car following her, and someone with Bentley’s name is found burning in a car.
May be read as a standalone but is best if read in series order.
10. Book 10 A Killer Cover Up
4 stars
I purchased a copy of the cozy mystery A Killer Cover Up in the Margot Durand Cozy Mystery Boxed Set: Books 1 – 12 by Danielle Collins and this review was given freely.
An easy-flowing story of police corruption and wedding preparation stress.
As Margot approaches the last months before her wedding, a reporter from the past offers to provide Margot with new information regarding Julian’s murder only for him to be found dead at their meeting spot.
May be read as a standalone but is best if read in series order.
11. Book 11 Catering and Crime
4 stars
I purchased a copy of the cozy mystery Catering and Crime in the Margot Durand Cozy Mystery Boxed Set: Books 1 – 12 by Danielle Collins, and this review was given freely.
Margot takes a break from wedding planning stress to solve a murder and capture a jewelry-thieving ring that are connected to her reception caterer. Contains cameos with Bentley and his son Ben.
May be read as a standalone but is best if read in series order.
12. Book 12 Murder and Matrimony
4 stars
I purchased a copy of the cozy mystery Murder and Matrimony in the Margot Durand Cozy Mystery Boxed Set: Books 1 – 12 by Danielle Collins and this review was given freely.
A fitting conclusion that is full of drama.
When Adam’s “Secret Life” threatens to change their wedding plans, Margot must rely on her friends for help to clear Adam, finish the wedding planning, and protect herself from the violent stalker who is trying to stop her before she stops him.
Two weeks before the wedding, Margot thinks her main stressor is the lack of a wedding cake until Adam is arrested for murder.
May be read as a standalone but is best if read in series order.
I really like Margot! She is smart, impulsive, and fun! I do hope there will be lots more books about her!