Murder on Cape Cod by Maddie Day is the first book in the NEW “Cozy Capers Book Group” mystery series. Publisher: Kensington Books, coming December 18, 2018 and is a Barnes and Noble exclusive.

A Cape Cod shop owner and her book club must find a crafty killer in this charming new series from the Agatha-nominated author of the Country Store Mystery series.

Summer is busy season for Mackenzie “Mac” Almeida’s bicycle shop, nestled in the quaint, seaside hamlet of Westham, Massachusetts. She’s expecting an influx of tourists at Mac’s Bikes; instead she discovers the body of Jake Lacey. Mac can’t imagine anyone stabbing the down-on-his-luck handyman. However, the authorities seem to think Mac is a strong suspect after she was spotted arguing with Jake just hours before his death. Mac knows she didn’t do it, but she does recognize the weapon—her brother Derrick’s fishing knife.

Mac’s only experience with murder investigations is limited to the cozy mysteries she reads with her local book group, the Cozy Capers. So to clear her name—and maybe her brother’s too—Mac will have to summon help from her Cozy Capers co-investigators and a library’s worth of detectives’ tips and tricks. For a small town, Westham is teeming with possible killers, and this is one mystery where Mac is hoping for anything but a surprise ending. . .

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What an exciting whodunit that immediately captured my attention with the first appearance of Mac and cozy capers reading group. When she stumbles across the dead body of the local handyman, this after a verbal altercation that was witnessed by others, she along with her missing brother become persons of interest. What with reading cozies, the group decides to play amateur sleuths and solve this crime.

This was such a fun book to read and I liked how the author presented this well-written whodunit with a comfortable tone that made the story flow with a nice pace. The author knows how to tell a story that kept me enthralled in all aspect of this finely tuned mystery where the suspect pool was small but it was the clues that told me the direction the author was taking as one by one, we got to know a little bit more about each character (love Mac’s family dynamics) who had a pivotal role in the telling of this light drama.

I really liked how the author turned the corners on their sleuthing with visually descriptive narrative that enhanced my enjoyment of what was left to come, that being said a camaraderie of friends and family joining together to bring a killer to justice. Boasting a lovable cast of characters and engaging dialogue, this was an entertaining read and I can’t wait to see where we go next in this delightfully charming series.

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FTC Full Disclosure – I received an Advanced Reader Copy (ARC) from the publisher.