Showing posts with label Level Best Books. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Level Best Books. Show all posts

Wednesday, July 15, 2026

#BookReview ~ Dashing Through the Show by Cindy Goyette #CozyMystery

 

Dashing Through the Show

by Cindy Goyette


Book Details:

ASIN: ‎ B0DHWBN8X6
Publisher: ‎ Level Best Books
Publication date: ‎ June 16, 2026
Print length: ‎ 270 pages
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About the Book:

Murder is under the mistletoe in the peaceful island community of Orca Cove. Holiday plans are put on hold to give attention to the grand opening of the Wiggle Butt Manor Agility Course. Special guest, Bently, is supposed to dazzle on the stage, but the locals have had enough of his snooty trainer, Miles Collins. So has his killer. When Charlie Calderbank finds Miles’ body in the back of her moving van, it becomes the season of giving…alibis, that is. Her hopes for a Christmas romance are dashed when the local hot cop is forced to pay more attention to the clues leading to her door than the chemistry that simmers between them.

Tainted treats, a widow who raises a toast along with a few eyebrows, a groomer with a grudge, an angry Santa Claus, a nosey reporter, and a canine custody hearing have Charlie spinning in every direction, juggling clues, dogs, and blizzards. She must identify the killer, or she’ll spend her Christmas behind bars.

My Review:

Dashing Through the Show is the Second Wiggle Butt Manor Mystery. Charlie Calderbank is morning to Orca Cove permanently. Her aunt’s opening her Wiggle Butt Manor Agility Course and it’s a town affair. Their special guest is Bently, a champion agility course participant. His owner, however, has managed to offende everyone in Orca Cove, it seems.

When Miles’ body is found in the back of Charlie’s moving van, the local cop focuses on her for the absolute wrong reasons. Knowing she had nothing to do with Miles’ demise, Charlie works her way through everyone who has had a beef with him. Hopefully she can ferret out the suspect before she’s accused of a crime she didn’t commit.

What a tangled web woven between the pages of Dashing Through the Show. The story went in directions I wasn’t anticipating. The author kept me on my toes from start to finish. The who-dun-it was hidden quite well in this fast paced cozy.My Rating:



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Tuesday, May 30, 2023

#Review ~ No Small Murder: A Mini-Meadows Mystery by Lena Gregory ~ #CozyMystery @LenaGregory03

No Small Murder: A Mini-Meadows Mystery

by Lena Gregory

About No Small Murder:

 

No Small Murder: A Mini-Meadows Mystery

Cozy Mystery 

1st in Series

Setting - Florida

Level Best Books (February 21, 2023)

Number of Pages 215

Digital ASIN: ‎ B0BHX5L1J4

Mini Meadows, a Tiny Home community in rural Central Florida, is home to Emma Wells, a downsize specialist who left her daddy’s mansion and her inheritance behind in favor of a simpler, more peaceful life in a tiny home that was once two shipping containers. But when she opens a shipping container and discovers her dead client sitting in a rocking chair, neatly wrapped and labeled, and two of her friends end up on the suspect list, Emma pitches in to help find the killer. With plenty of clues to unpack, Emma narrows down the suspect list, but as she begins to close in on the culprit, she realizes if she’s not careful she could end up in a box of her own.

My Review:

No Small Murder is a fun first book in a new series by one of my favorite authors, Lena Gregory. I've been a fan since I laid my eyes on Death at First Sight. I devour everything she writes.

Emma is fantastic and enjoyable. Her character, along with the rest, was well-written.  I was fascinated by the tiny home concept. I have way too many possessions to downsize. And by possessions, I mean a library's worth of books alone. I'd have to have a second tiny home just for them. :)

No Small Murder is a great book. The story grabbed my attention and kept me engaged. The story was fun, exciting, suspenseful, and full of twists and turns. There is plenty of character development and I loved getting to know these new characters.

Fun characters with a fantastic whodunit made this cozy mystery top-notch. It checked all my cozy boxes!

I was provided a copy of this book.

My Rating: