When beekeeper Story Fischer is on the case, you can run - but you can't hive . . .
When beekeeper Story Fischer is on the case, you can run - but you can't hive . . .
It's September - National Honey Month - in Moraine, Wisconsin, and things are looking up for Story Fischer. Her messy divorce is final, the honey from her beekeeping business has been harvested, and the market she owns is thriving. Life seems pretty sweet . . . until Manny, her mentor in the honey business, is found stung to death in his apiary.
Story is still trying to explain to the panicked locals that her honeybees had nothing to do with Manny's death, when another body is found floating in the Oconomowoc River. This time the evidence points to Story's ex. Sure, he's a womanizer and a buzzkill - but a murderer? Desperate to save her bees and her business (and, okay, her ex), it's up to Story to find a way out of a very sticky situation.
'A stellar debut . . . Once readers get a taste of the Queen Bee Mysteries, they will be swarming for more.' Cleo Coyle, national bestselling author of the Coffeehouse Mysteries
'You won't want to put it down.' Julie Hyzy, award-winning author of Eggsecutive Orders and Grace Under Pressure
'Action, adventure, a touch of romance, and a cast of delightful characters.' Lorna Barrett, New York Times bestselling author of the Booktown Mysteries
I'd actually give this book 3.5 stars if I could. I liked the story, and the characters and the author did a very good job describing the setting. But what almost killed this book for me were the bullet points the author used throughout the story and the protagonists mother. Every heroine needs a nemesis, but it shouldn't be her mother. This mother was just nasty and her part in the book only made me angry. The bullet points were almost always annoying and I skipped over them completely.
I might read the next book in the series, but only if the bullet points are nixed. I can hope her mother is the next victim, though I don't think I'll get that lucky.
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