Beauty and the Deceased

by Debra Sennefelder

Kelly Quinn’s Long Island consignment shop offers high style at secondhand prices—but when a body is found on the beach, she needs to start hunting for a wolf in sheep’s clothing . . .

Kelly is thrilled when she gets a visit from a cousin she hasn’t seen in years. Becky’s cosmetics company is taking off, and she just might have laid the foundation for a big-money buyout. It’s a time to celebrate—but Kelly is heartbroken when a killer puts an end to their happy reunion during a mysterious midnight meeting near the shore.

Despite multiple warnings to steer clear, Kelly starts shadowing a variety of suspects both inside and outside the beauty business—when she isn’t busy filling the racks of the Lucky Cove Resale Boutique with lots of new inventory from a local shopaholic. Gossip and accusations are flying, but there’s no glossing over this ugly crime, and she’s going to make sure the culprit faces justice…

• ISBN10: 1516111036
• ISBN13: 9781516111039
• Publish Date: 14 December 2021
• Publish Status: Active
• Publish Country: US
• Publisher: Kensington Publishing
• Imprint: Lyrical Underground
• Format: Paperback (US Trade)
• Pages: 191
• Language: English
• URL: https://penguinrandomhouse.ca/books/isbn/9781516111039

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.Beauty and the Deceased by Debra Sennefelder is a perfect read to get away from wherever you are at to a summer beach mystery.

Can Kelly figure out who killed Becky Quinn?

Kelly Quinn

Kelly Quinn is our sleuth extraordinaire, who runs the Resale Boutique that she inherited from her grandma. I love Kelly as a character, and everything that she does in each of the books is hilarious. Or at least of the two that I have read so far. Kelly tries to do as much as possible to run a successful business. She doesn't mean to find the dead bodies that keep popping up around her. Sadly, this time it is personal. Kelly is trying to figure out what happened to her cousin. The way Kelly sleuths is pretty funny, and I love reading how she figures things out.

Mystery

Kelly had her cousin back in their little seaside hometown for the summer, and they had plans for the next day to meet up for some coffee. Poor Kelly had to find her cousin dead on the beach and was told to stay out of it. Well, for Kelly Quinn, she couldn't do that because it's family for her this time. The victim is her cousin, and she wants justice for Becky. I figured out who the killer was at first, even though I kept jumping between who actually did it and a red herring, but that's because they both had excellent motives.

Five Stars

I loved Beauty and the Deceased by Debra Sennefelder so much that I'm giving it five stars and a massive recommendation for anyone that likes cozy mysteries. Plus, who wouldn't want a good summer mystery read while being stuck inside while the snow is falling?

The Resale Boutique Mystery  Series

 

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Victim/Toe Tag: Becky Quinn (U)

Beachcomber Weapons: hand

Beachcomber Crime Scene: beach

Detectives: Kelly Quinn (Q)

This review was originally posted on Baroness' Book Trove