In the latest Tourist Trap mystery from New York Times and USA Today bestselling author, Lynn Cahoon, bookshop café owner Jill Gardner contends with a best friend-turned-bridezilla while trying to solve a local historian’s untimely date with death . . .
At Coffee, Books, & More, Jill’s the boss. But as Amy’s maid-of-honor, she can barely keep up with marching orders—and now she’s in charge of organizing an epic bachelorette! Adding to Jill’s party-planning panic, the South Cove Heritage Society just unceremoniously dumped her historic landmark bid. While vying proposals rush in from a loaded land developer and a pushy travel guide company, Jill finds an unexpected ally in Heritage Society expert, Frank Gleason. But their happy union is cut short when Frank is mowed down in a suspicious hit-and-run. With Amy’s big day on the horizon, Jill vows to catch the killer before she has to catch a bouquet.
Praise for Lynn Cahoon
“I love the author’s style, which was warm and friendly . . . [A] wonderfully appealing series.”
—Dru’s Book Musings on the Tourist Trap Mysteries
“Well-crafted . . . Cat and crew prove to be engaging characters and Cahoon does a stellar job of keeping them—and the reader—guessing.”
—Mystery Scene on A Story to Kill
Between 2 and 3 stars. I don’t know what it is exactly that I liked less about this one than earlier books in the series, but it just didn’t feel like it reached its full potential. Too much relationship-y stuff went on and while I like to see characters progress, Jill gets on my nerves. First she has a meltdown a few books ago about Greg moving in and now she’s having meltdowns about marrying him and they haven’t even discussed it that seriously? Get over it. Just not a fan of the ass-dragging and moaning about it, I guess. It’s not romantic and Jill frequently comes across as a wishy-washy co-dependent damsel in distress and no one around her calls her out on it, relying on passive-aggressive comments to get her more wishy-washy.
As for the plot, it could’ve been much more intriguing than it ended up being, buried in Jill's relationship crap. By the end of it, I was left wondering what happened to this series? Has it jumped the shark?
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