Bad Pick - A Review

Bad Pick

by

Linda Lovely

A goat farm, goat milk, goat cheese, and goat yoga (yep, it is a real thing: http://bit.ly/Goat-Yoga), along with a right-wing Christian cult that met near the Udderly Goat Farm, are combined to make the foundation for a lively cozy mystery. A series of murders appear at first glance to implicate Brie Hooker, the owner and operator of the Udderly Goat Farm, and the real culprit must be discovered before Brie becomes the next victim.

The story is readable and enjoyable - making for a great Spring read. As expected, Henery Press has commissioned another winner - glad I was able to read this ARC prior to publication.
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This review is based on a free electronic copy provided by the publisher for the purpose of creating this review. The opinions expressed are my own.

Bones To Pick - A Review

Bones To Pick

by

Linda Lovely

A Review

Brie Hooker is a vegan, not a vegetarian, a vegan. And she has just inherited her family's goat (from which they got meat and cheese) and chicken (meat and eggs) farm. All of which are verboten to the vegan appetite. And that does not include the newest member of the family, Tammy, a Vietnamese potbellied pig. And as the reader moves from chapter one to chapter two, we find that Tammy has opened a barrel of worms - except the worms were gone and now all we had were human bones.  

Now to find the killer - the victim had probably been killed forty years or so in the past.  Even then, he was not well liked. Any number of people could have involved in the murder forty years ago, but now there were questions to be addressed in the present.

We get to meet the people of Ardon County, South Carolina. There seems to be as much love in this county as there was between the Hatfields and McCoys a bit further to the northwest. Families are convinced that they have been defrauded, others are accused of stealing land, and the legal paperwork is covered with forged signatures that might make any check writer proud.

Like most of the cozy mysteries coming from Henery Press, the story combines suspense, humor, and a smattering of romance (hey, Brie is being courted by two great, but very different guys). What is there not to like. To quote the last sentence in the book, “Holy ham hocks. Life [on the farm] was going to be interesting.”

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This review is based on a free electronic copy provided by the publisher for the purpose of creating this review. The opinions are mine alone.