Peach Clobbered: A Georgia B&B Mystery (A Georgia B&B Mystery, #1)

by Anna Gerard

A small-town B&B owner gets more than she bargained for in this first installment of a Southern cozy mystery series that’s as sweet as a Georgia peach

What’s black and white and dead all over? Georgia bed and breakfast proprietor Nina Fleet finds out when she comes across a corpse in a penguin costume . . .

Nina Fleet’s life ought to be as sweet as a Georgia peach. Awarded a tidy sum in her divorce, Nina retired at 41 to a historic Queen Anne house in quaint Cymbeline, Georgia. But Nina’s barely settled into her new B&B-to-be when a penguin shows up on her porch. Or, at least, a man wearing a penguin suit.

Harry Westcott is making ends meet as an ice cream shop’s mascot and has a letter from his great-aunt, pledging to leave him the house. Too bad that’s not what her will says. Meanwhile, the Sisters of Perpetual Poverty have lost their lease. Real estate developer Gregory Bainbridge intends to turn the convent into a golfing community, so Cymbeline’s mayor persuades Nina to take in the elderly nuns. And then Nina finds the “penguin” again, this time lying in an alley with a kitchen knife in his chest.

A peek under the beak tells Nina it’s not Harry inside the costume, but Bainbridge. What was he doing in Harry’s penguin suit? Was the developer really the intended victim, or did the culprit mean to kill Harry? Whoever is out to stop Harry from contesting the sale of his great-aunt’s house may also be after Nina, so she teams up with him to cage the killer before someone clips her wings in Peach Clobbered, Anna Gerard’s charming first Georgia B&B mystery.

• ISBN10: 1643850067
• ISBN13: 9781643850061
• Publish Date: 9 July 2019
• Publish Status: Active
• Publish Country: US
• Imprint: Crooked Lane Books
• Format: Hardcover
• Pages: 320
• Language: English
• URL: https://penguinrandomhouse.com/books/isbn/9781643850061

Reviews

[Baroness Book Trove]

I voluntarily reviewed an Advance Reader Copy from the Great Escapes Book Tours. This does not affect my opinion of the book or the content of my review.

Is murder black and white?

Peach Clobbered by Anna Gerard is an exciting start to a new cozy mystery series. I thoroughly enjoyed reading this story. I was transported to Georgia and felt like I was part of Nina’s new life.

Nina Fleet

Our amateur sleuth and B&B owner is Nina Fleet. She is the ex-wife of the famous golfer, Cameron Fleet. Nina comes to Cymbeline for some antique shopping and ends for buying a huge home. She and her Australian Shepard, Matti are making a beautiful home for themselves.

Things I liked about Nina: She has a great sense of humor (her penguin jokes). Nina isn’t afraid of hard work. She knows what she is good at and what she needs help with. Nina has some great Star Trek references, and she reads cozy mysteries. She is also great with Matti, who is well trained and friendly.

However, Nina can also be stubborn, is always second-guessing herself, and seems to be attracted to men whom she shouldn’t be.

Mystery

You have to love it when the worst person in town gets his comeuppance. The hard part was that Nina hasn’t lived on Cymbeline long and doesn't know many people. She is having a hard time getting the town gossips to trust you when you are such a newbie.

Things about the book that I liked:

• There are lots of subplots


• The mayor isn’t afraid to wheel and deal for her constituents.  


• Harry, the actor, has numerous jobs instead of waiting for the next audition or gig, like the penguin for the ice cream shop and the pizza delivery person. He does them all with the extreme pizzazz and costumes.


• The nuns are great. I adored there different personalities and quirks.


• Harry and his claim on the house gave us that what-if factor to keep us guessing.

My only question for the next book is: What did Harry say to Jill on his first day in their employment about Nina and her house?

5 Stars for Peach Clobbered by Anna Gerard

My rating for Peach Clobbered by Anna Gerard is five stars. I don’t feel like I put it down. The story is superbly written, and the characters are perfect. I love all the differences, and the setting with the Shakespearean references is fabulous.

This book is a lovely start to a new cozy mystery series, and I highly recommend this book.

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