Boy howdy, as my aunt Adele says, does Indiana ever heat up in August. We are having some kind of Midwestern summer weather. The humidity is about a thousand per cent. The minute you get out of the shower, you feel like you need another one. And, as Lieutenant Buck Bird is fond of mentioning, it’s hotter than a goat’s butt in a pepper patch.
I still don’t have AC in my country store, Pans ‘N Pancakes. Usually the ceiling fans – up there on the original stamped tin ceilings – do the trick, that and a cross breeze through the windows, but not always.
We decided to serve a cold cucumber soup as a special for lunch today instead of something hot. It’s super refreshing, with buttermilk and fresh dill all blended up with cucumbers and a bit of seasoning, topped with a dollop of sour cream. My friend Lou and I ride our bikes out to Lake Lemon to swim, too.
She and a particularly hunky B&B guest of mine are starting to fall for each other, which is way nice. He’s a lawyer, so he’s smart, too. But I’m a little worried he’s getting involved in this protest of Adele’s. A developer wants to raze one of the prettiest hilltops in the county to build a fancy resort, and Adele and her friend Vera are starting to talk about chaining themselves to trees up there.
With this kind of sticky weather, tempers get kind of uncomfortable, too. I just hope everybody stays calm and safe. The last thing South Lick needs is another murder.
Readers, what do you do to cool off in the summer?
You can read more about Robbie and her friends in Strangled Eggs and Ham, the sixth book in the “Country Store” cozy mystery series, coming June 25, 2019.
Robbie Jordan’s rustic country store is growing in popularity. But when a dead body appears, it turns out that Robbie’s home-style cooking attracts hungry customers—and murder!
While Robbie scrambles through breakfast orders for her expanding clientele at Pans ‘N Pancakes, tempers run as high as the sticky August heat in South Lick, Indiana. Real-estate developer Fiona Closs plans to build a towering luxury resort at one of the most scenic hilltops in Brown County, and not everyone can see the sunny side of the imposing proposition—including Robbie’s furious Aunt Adele, who doesn’t waste a minute concocting protests and road blockades. When tensions boil over and a vocal protester is silenced forever at the resort site, Robbie ditches the griddle to catch the killer. But if slashed tires are any indication, she’ll need to crack this case before her own aunt gets served something deadly next . . .
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About the author
Edith Maxwell writes the Quaker Midwife Mysteries, the Local Foods Mysteries, and award-winning short crime fiction. As Maddie Day she writes the Country Store Mysteries and the Cozy Capers Book Group Mysteries. Maxwell, with seventeen novels in print and four more completed, has been nominated for an Agatha Award six times. She lives north of Boston with her beau and two elderly cats, and gardens and cooks when she isn’t killing people on the page or wasting time on Facebook. Please find her at edithmaxwell.com, on Instagram, and at the Wicked Authors blog.
All comments are welcomed.
Thanks to Maddie Day for donating a print copy of Strangled Eggs and Ham. Contest ends June 27, 2019 and is limited to U.S. residents. Please leave comment in box below. The winner will be notified by email (so check your spam folder). Good luck everyone!
I love 💕 this series and can’t wait to read this new book! Love 💕 the awesome cover! Thanks so much for the chance to win!!! 😻💜
I stay in the air conditioned house and read to stay cool in the hot weather. Great series, looking forward to reading “Strangled Eggs and Ham”.
Sounds like a fun series. I’d forgotten that Maddie Day is a pen name for Edith Maxwell.
This is a wonderful series. Thanks for the chance.
What a cool cover to a book by an author new to me. I cool off in the summer by reading a lot of books in air conditioning places. Would love a chance to read this book.
A delightful series and lovely giveaway. Thanks.
A series which is special. I cool off with a wonderful book and sitting in the backyard and relaxing under the umbrella.
Another winner Maddie/Edith! Cool off in Houston? Stay inside in the A/C!
I love this series and anything that this author writes. I generally cool off in the summer with a tall cocktail, sitting on the deck and soaking up the good weather
Interesting title, lol, sounds like a great book. Thank you for the chance to win a copy.
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I love this series. Thanks for the giveaway.
I enjoyed A Day In The Life with Robbie Jordan — it sounds pretty hot in South Lick, Indiana. To cool off in the summer, I like to sit on our deck (in the shade) over the river and drink an ice-cold limeade. I also love to made and eat gazpacho ~
This book sounds terrific, but not the weather part! Too close to the weather we experience in central Illinois-the getting out of the shower line is no exaggeration! Cooling off usually means road trip with the car’s AC blasting! Fortunately there are always place to go to enjoy and cool down. If the road trip doesn’t work out there’s always gallons of refreshing mint iced tea!
This is one of my favorite series
this is a really fun series!! looking forward to reading this newest installment.
I am looking forward to reading this! One way I stay cool when the AC is out is to read outside in the shade if there is a breeze–The house can get so stuffy. Water or iced tea with lots of ice too! Thanks for the chance to win!
Generally stay where AC is available.
I cool off in the summer by staying in the house! I’ll sit on my porch in the evenings with a glass of sweet tea. Thanks for the chance!
I stay in the house as much as I can to beat the heat.It is just too hot down here. Thanks for the chance to win!!
I like to stay inside in the air conditioning when it’s hot outside.
Loved hearing from Robbie Jordan and can’t wait for the opportunity to read “Strangled Eggs and Ham”.
When we want to beat the summer heat, we head for the front porch with all the ceiling fans on with a glass of something cool to drink. If possible we take our vacations to some place cool. This year we where in Yellowstone on the first day of summer and it SNOWED with white out conditions in part of the park.
Thank you for the chance to win the book tops on my TBR list by an author whose books I adore reading!
I love the title and sounds like an interesting read.
Sounds good! I love cozy mysteries!
I try to stay cool in the air conditioning… with a book! Can’t wait to read this new story in the series. Renee
**** WINNER ****
Strangled Eggs and Ham is Barbara Hackel
Congratulations!