When a bridal shower in the woods turns deadly, Sunni sets her sights on solving the tragic case.Journalist, and occasional sleuth, Sunni Taylor is working hard on restoring the Cider Ridge Inn to its former glory so that she can open a bed and breakfast, but Edward Beckett, the resident ghost, is not exactly helpful. Still, Sunni has grown used to having the arrogant gentleman spirit hanging … arrogant gentleman spirit hanging around.
Despite her busy life, Sunni offers to help her sister Lana set up a bridal shower camping party in the mountains behind the inn. The festivities end in disaster when the maid of honor ends up dead. Now Sunni finds herself back in the center of a murder investigation and face to face with the absurdly charismatic Detective Brady Jackson. Sunni is determined to beat the detective to the clues and solve the murder mystery herself.
Book 2 of the Firefly Junction Cozy Mystery series.
A full-length cozy mystery with a fun paranormal twist!
1. Death in the Park
2. Killer Bridal Party
3. Murder at the Inn
4. TBA
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Sunni Taylor, wears many hats. She is a part time newspaper reporter, as well as getting an old house in shape to reopen as an Inn, but her favorite thing to do is acting as an amateur sleuth, which really gets the town Murder investigator Detective Brady Jackson, (unofficial God’s gift to women) wondering where she will show up next-usually putting herself in a situation that is dangerous.
Det. Jackson’s nickname for Sunni is ‘bluebird’ which she earned in the first Firefly Cozy mystery, Death in the Park, when he caught her spying up in a grove of trees, with a bright blue shirt on! Sunni did not think anyone could see her, until he told her to get down!
Sunni also helps her sister Lana with her job as a party planner, and this time around it is a Bridal Shower Camping Party! She also goes to her other sister Emily’s house to help feed two new baby goats!
On top of all this there is a ghost, Edward, in her Cider Ridge Inn house, and she can actually see him! The first to see him were her two dogs, which he gladly threw the ball to play fetch with them. Then he hid a hammer from the construction workers, a brother and sister team, Ursula and Henry that he can’t stand. His exact words to describe them are “An insufferable pair of halfwits”.
Edward is 200 years old, was quite the vision in his time! Of course he is living that time right now and gets quite upset when he sees Sunni going out and coming back after dark! In his words she should be accompanied by a chaperone-oh and did I mention he hates the detective. One thing is for sure, Sunni gets it from all sides! However she is cool and takes everything with a grain of salt, while she has her secret sleuth hat on!
I love this series because all of the characters are well described and interact with each other so well, with the exception of Edward who is grouchy most of the time. Anyway, when the Bridal camp out ends in the death of the bride of honor, everything is complete chaos!
This book has it all; a good mystery, great characters, plenty of secrets, a lot of angst, a handsome ghost, and many many questions that will be answered while you read this wonderful cozy mystery!
I gave this book 5 stars and can’t wait for the next Firefly Junction mystery!
Killer Bridal Party, Book 2 in the Firefly Junction Cozy Mystery Series, was delightful. A bridal party goes camping in the woods. Someone bashes the maid of honor’s head in. Twists and turns shift the suspicion from bridal party member to member. Crack investigative journalist Sunni Taylor is on the job, discreetly. Add a handsome police detective, a very good looking ghost, and a psychic friend and you have a real page turner. Love the series. I am off to start Book 3.
Fun cozy mystery. Love the interaction between Sunny and her resident ghost.
London Lovett is such a great writer and this second book of the Firefly Juction did not disappoint! I actually can say that I enjoyed this book more so than the first. I loved that we were able to get a better idea of the relationships between Sunni and her sisters as well as with her best friend. However, I hope we will get to know more of Detective Jackson.
I thought the muder in this novel was well written and I truly had no idea who the suspect would be…or shall I say, the suspect ended up being someone completely different from who I thought it would be. Cannot wait to start book 3!