Seven time Amazon All Star Author Dianne Harman with her fourth book in the best selling Liz Lucas Cozy Mystery Series.
The time has finally come for Liz Lucas, the owner of The Red Cedar Spa, and her long-time boyfriend, Roger Langley, a criminal defense attorney, to get married. What’s not to be happy about that? Well, for starters Roger’s best friend Bob Salazar’s sister-in-law, Laura, is … Laura, is murdered at Cindy’s Bed & Breakfast during the wedding reception. Definitely not a good thing to have happen on your wedding day.
There are plenty of quirky suspects, including the wealthy rancher who’s still in love with Bob’s wife, the smarmy minister who ran against Bob for county supervisor in the recent election, the estranged stepmother of Bob’s wife, Laura’s drug-addicted ex-husband, and Bob’s ex-girlfriend whose family has strong Mafia ties.
Join Liz, Roger, and their dog Winston, as they search for the killer. As always, there are recipes, dogs, and good food. Enjoy!
This is the fourth book in the Liz Lucas Cozy Mystery Series. Dianne is also the author of the Cedar Bay Cozy Mystery Series and the High Desert Cozy Mystery Series, both of which are best sellers. To find out more about Dianne and her books, visit her web site at www.DianneHarman.com
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Good easy reading!
There are a lot of interesting characters in this mystery! And many possible suspects. Liz and Roger are finally going to get married. But unfortunately a relative of Roger’s good friend Bob is murdered during their reception. Bob’s wife and Liz decide to do some investigating on their own. Dianne’s mysteries are always fun cozy mysteries. There’s always a dog or more in the story. And she includes recipes as well.
Murder at the Bed and Breakfast is an entertaining cozy mystery. While it is a part of a series, it can easily be enjoyed as a standalone without feeling lost. I appreciate that the main characters are middle aged with grown children and still having adventures. The narrator gave a nice performance.
This review is for the audio book.
I enjoyed this book. This is another cozy mystery that keeps you guessing over the motive, as well as the killer. The author gives you a number of suspects perspectives over the reason why the victim needed to die, surprisingly not over something she herself did, before Liz solves the case. This although a bit jumpy, does work well for the story as the suspects slowly get eliminated from the list as you follow Liz after a few red herrings.. The story is full of interesting and often quirky characters which certainly keep it entertaining. This is just a nice easy cozy mystery that you can pick up a book anywhere in the series and know you will lose yourself for a couple of hours in a good mystery.
Liz and Roger’s big day has finally arrived and with no guests staying at the B&B, they can sit back and enjoy the perfect wedding. Unfortunately before they can start there honeymoon Roger gets a phone call, his ex work colleague bob and one of the guest at the wedding needs his help. His sister in law was shot and killed in her hotel room while babysitting his young daughter. With Seth still some how sheriff, Liz knows she can’t go on her honeymoon and leave the investigation up to him. Especially when Laura’s death seems like it only happened so someone could get back at Bob or wife. Were they the real targets? Liz will have to look into a wide range of suspects to find the killer, from a mafia boss’s daughter who was dumped to a minister that isn’t so squeaky clean, her own ex husband who went into rehab to get her back to even her strange step mum who is still grieving for her husband. Can Liz find the killer? Or will her big day be remembered for all the wrong reasons.
I liked the narrator. She has a pleasant voice that brings character to each of the characters as the mystery is revealed.
I was given this free review copy audiobook at my request and have voluntarily left this review.
Enjoyed book. I listen to books while doing other things and like books that are easy to follow and yet not super simplistic, this one qualified. A fun cozy mystery.
This is one of my favorite of her cozy mysteries. I guess I am a sucker for bed and breakfast mysteries.
As always, this is yet another fun ride from this highly prolific and entertaining author! Definitely recommended…:)