Category: Cozy Mystery

• Title Photo Finished
• Author Lori Roberts Herbst
• Series: Callie Cassidy Mystery #4
• Genre: Cozy Mystery
• Takes Place: Moonglow Dude Ranch in Maverick, Colorado
• Main Character: Callie Cassidy
• Other characters: boyfriend Sam, Bestfriend Tonya, Parents Butch & Maggie Cassidy, Detective Raul Sanchez, Ms Finney
• Pets: Golden Retriever named Woody and a tabby cat named Carl
• Stars: 4

Review:

This is book for of the Callie Cassidy Mysteries.

I have read all of Lori Roberts Herbst books and she has become one of my very favorite authors. I find her books engaging and interesting. A “can’t put down” read!!

The only reason I gave this book 4 stars instead of 5 is because their were snakes in it and I am deathly afraid of them. I can’t even look at pictures in a book or talk about them. Writing the word even freaked me out. I can’t read about them at all.
I did read this book and would skip over a paragraph when I read that word. That is my fear, not because The book wasn’t good. Luckily it wasn’t all through the book but it was mentioned several times and when I would see the word, I would skip that paragraph.

That being said I did finish the book and liked it except for those parts.

If you have liked the other books in the Callie Cassidy Mystery Series, you will enjoy this on.

This book takes us to Moonglow Dude Ranch in Maverick, Colorado for Callie’s best friend, Tanya’s, bachelorette party.
Their friend, Summer’s, Aunt and Uncle own Moonglow Dude Ranch. They are having trouble getting it opened because of nearby neighbors objecting to it. They even have the mayor involved to keep it from opening.

The bachelorette party seems to be going good until Tanya’s mother, Lydia shows up. Tanya and Lydia evidently don’t have a good relationship. I guess we could say that Lydia is a bit ‘over the top”..
Then to top everything off, there is a murder in the stable.

Maverick has an inept police department so, of course, Callie and her cop friend Lynn from Rock Creek need to investigate.

So who among the cast of suspects could have committed this murder!!

Along the way we meet a sexy ranch hand, Tanya’s mother, the tour guide, kitchen staff, the aunt and uncle (owners of the ranch), the billionaire neighbors who are protesting the dude ranch, staff, the guests at the bachelorette party and we even meet a psychic.

Read the book to see who the murderer is and all the drama leading up the final reveal.

• Title: Double Exposure
• Author: Lori Roberts Herbsst
• Series: Callie Cassidy Mystery #2
• Genre: Cozy Mystery
• Location: Rock Creek Village, CO
• Main Character: Callie Cassidy
• Other characters: boyfriend Sam, Bestfriend Tonya, Parents Butch & Maggie Cassidy, Detective Raul Sanchez, Ms Finney
• Stars: 5

Review:

This is Book 2 in the Callie Cassidy Mystery series by Lori Roberts Herbst,

I enjoyed this book just much as I did the first one.

We have Callie again in the book, who now owns her own photography studio called Sundance Studio. This is fitting since her dad calls her Sundance. Callie has also rekindled a romance with her high school sweetheart. who has a daughter, Elyse.

Callie’s coworkers from her old job are coming to town for a retreat and will be staying at her parents ski lodge. Everything was going great until she finds her old rival, Bree, dead In her darkroom.

The detective is investigating the murder but Callie just can’t help investigating it herself.
Lori takes us through some twists and turns to keep us guessing until the killer is revealed.

This is a must read book.

• Title: Suitable for Framing
• Series: Callie Cassidy Mystery #1
• Author: Lori Roberts Herbst
• Genre: Cozy Mystery
• Setting: Rock Creek Village, CO
• Main Character: Callie Cassidy
• Other characters: Sam, Bestfriend Tonya, Parents Butch & Maggie Cassidy, Detective Raul Sanchez, Kimberly, Ms Finney
• Pets: Golden Retriever named Woody & cat named Carl
• Star Rating: 5

Review:

This was actually the first Cozy Mystery I read. I didn’t even know about this Genre. I had read plenty of mysteries but had never heard any of them called Cozy. I fell in love with this genre after reading Lori Roberts Herbst books

Lori is a fairly new author and I am so glad I found her.

This is the first book in her series Callie Cassidy Mystery. The main Character, Callie is a photo journalist who faced a professional crises. Her mom convinces her to come back home to Rock Creek Village, CO to take pictures at the Snowflake Swirl Winter Ball. She runs into her ex boyfriend, Sam, and finds out that her old high school nemesis, Victoria, will be her boss while she is there. She goes to the office to speak with Victoria only to find she has been killed.

Now Callie finds her self in the middle of a murder investigation with a lot of suspects, including Sam. You will meet a lot of quirky characters along the way including her best friend, Tanya and Mysterious Ms Finney who is a guest at Callie’s parents Rocky Mountain Ski Resort. Of course their are pets so you will meet Callie’s golden retriever Woody and her adopted cat Carl.

You are going to love Callie and the other quirky characters in this book. Lori has done a great job at developing each character and keeping it interesting. It is definitly a ‘can’t put down’ read.