Death Bee Comes Her by Nancy Coco is the first book in the “Oregon Honeycomb” cozy mystery series. Publisher: Kensington Books, coming December 31, 2019 and is a Barnes & Noble exclusive.
Welcome to a specialty shop in the Oregon tourist town of Oceanview, where it’s all things honey—from taffy to body scrub. But murder can make things sticky . . .
A BALMY WAY TO GO
With her Let It Bee honey boutique buzzing along nicely, life is as sweet as nectar for Wren Johnson—until she takes a morning walk along the Pacific beach with her Havana Brown cat, Everett, and stumbles upon the body of Agnes Snow, the cranky queen of the local craft fairs, stiff as driftwood. More unfortunate? Clutched in the victim’s fist is a label from Wren’s homemade beeswax-and-honey lip balm. Which makes Officer Jim Hampton focus his dreamy-blue Paul Newman eyes on Wren as suspect number one.
With fabulous feline support from Everett, Wren must comb the town for clues and clear her name before someone else gets stung.
This was a well-crafted and fast-paced drama that I could not put down, quickly becoming a page-turner. The author did a great job in setting up the mystery with a tightly woven and solid plot, a small pool of suspects worthy of their role and a delightful cast of characters that I want to be friends with. It was fun following along with clues that were sprinkled throughout keeping me both immersed and intrigued in all that was happening on the page. I like how the author taunted this reader because when I thought I had a handle on the killer’s identity, the author changed direction all to enhance my reading pleasure. The visually descriptive narrative ran like a movie before my eyes with engaging dialogue, a setting that was easy to visualize and I enjoyed the interactions between Wren and those that crossed her path in her pursuit of finding a killer. All in all, this was a fun book and I look forward to more adventures in this pleasantly appealing new series.
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FTC Full Disclosure – I received a digital ARC of this book from the publisher.
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CONGRATS on your new series, Nancy! What a fabulous cover, too.
Thank you for this review, Dru! These are exactly the comments that make me want to go out and grab this book, curl up with it, and hide from the world! Can’t wait!