Dru’s Short Musing:
Due to a mishap at another lodging, Emmy’s ex-boss must stay at her family lodge. Of course, the ex-boss was her typical self, antagonizing all around her including Emmy. When Emmy finds her frozen body, it appears at first like an accident but turns to murder and it’s anyone’s guess who killed Gwenda.
The author did a great job in staging this drama with a wickedly solid plot, a sizable pool of suspects, and a well-executed mystery that kept me intrigued and in suspense with its comfortable tone. With clues sprinkled throughout, we got to know the suspects and their encounter with Gwenda which helped narrow down the list of suspects since we knew one person had a much stronger motive. This tale kept me in the game with a few twists here and there led by the visually descriptive narrative and all I could do was follow along with what the author intended. Everyone had a pivotal role, and it was fun watching it all play out until one person left was standing, the killer. Overall, this was a fun and delightfully engaging whodunit that I could not put down until all was said and done. I enjoyed seeing the mentions of a few authors that I read.
Series Name: A Northwoods Mystery, Book 3
Genre: Cozy Mystery
Release: February 18, 2025
Format: Print, Digital
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Book Synopsis:
Winter has wrapped the Wisconsin Northwoods in a bitter chill, and Emmy Cooper’s family lake cottage resort, Cooper’s Cove, is no exception. But it’s someone from Emmy’s past who’s about to bring the real frostbite!
A stormy mix-up at a local hotel reroutes an unwanted group of guests to Cooper’s Cove Resort, including Emmy’s former boss and the reason Emmy slunk home with her tail between her legs, Gwenda Caperwell. As if being face-to-face with an old grudge wasn’t bad enough, a fierce blizzard picks that moment to strike, leaving Emmy snowed in with her least favorite person on earth. But things go from bad to downright chilling when Gwenda suddenly turns up dead—colder than the January air—and Emmy’s snowed in with a corpse!
With the roads impassable and the safety of the other guests at stake, the local law enforcement had no choice but to rely on Emmy and her parents to help solve the mystery and catch the real killer, much to the dismay of Emmy’s love interest, Officer Dean Erickson. But it quickly becomes clear that plenty of the other guests snowed in at Cooper’s Cove had a reason to want Gwenda dead. Battling through drifts of secrets and lies, Emmy must navigate the frosty web of suspicion to uncover the murderer—before the next victim is iced!
FTC Full Disclosure – I received a digital ARC of this book from the author.