Tag: Bishops Landing

• Title: Baker and a Body Bag
• Author: Avery Kent
• Series: Bishops Landing Cozy Landing #6
• Genre: Cozy Mystery
• Takes Place:  Bishops Landing Cozy Mystery
• Main Character: Annie
• Other Characters: Jake, Casey Alisson, Nicki, Ethan, Casey, Maggie, Francesca, Aunt Mildred, Connie, Lancer, Janine, phard name Sarge, Karl, Lance, Rhett, Maggie, Colin, Doc James, Principal Bell, Kurtis, Ty
• Stars: 5

The sixth novel in the Bishops Landing Cozy Mystery Series brings us back to the quaint town of Bishop’s Landing. Catching up with Annie and her friends is always a pleasure. Annie is thrilled to have her Goddaughter, Nicki, coming to visit, and she is even more thrilled to have a surprise visit from her son, Ethan.

Annie is looking forward to her first date with Jake. Everything is set up for their sunset cruise on Jake’s boat, which is going great until they discover the high school coach’s dead body in the water. As if this isn’t bad enough, it gets worse when Annie’s son is the main suspect since he was observed having a heated argument with the deceased. Annie is determined to prove her son couldn’t have committed the crime. During her sleuthing, she discovers a series of secrets & lies that have been kept under wrap for a years which gives us several possible suspects.

It’s always nice to catch up with Annie in this series, which I absolutely love. The author is skilled at giving each character enough nuance and personality to give them dimension. I am really enjoying the slow-burn romance of Annie and Jake to see where that might lead. And of course there are dogs which is always entertaining. For a small town, there is a lot going on, which keeps the reader engaged. The reader is taken on a exciting journey through a compelling mystery that keeps them guessing until the very end.

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• Title: Dog Show Demise
• Author: Avery Kent
• Series: Bishop’s Landing Cozy Mystery #5
• Genre: Cozy Mystery
• Takes Place:  Bishop’s Landing
• Main Character: Annie Bishop
• Other Characters: Maggie, Jake, Patricia, Ellie, Will, Mildred, Casey, Reece, Odette, Carlton, Allistair
• Pets: Golden Retriever named Cookie & a German Shephard named Sarge
• Stars: 3

This is the fifth book in the Bishop’s Landing Cozy Mystery Series. This book is set during a dog show. I love dogs, so I was really excited to read this book.

A Dog show comes to Bishop’s Landing and it is all fun and games until Annie finds the editor of a Canine Today dead in her office. With Jake’s suggestion, Annie finds herself enrolling her Golden Retriever, Cookie, in the dog show, so she can help investigate without suspicion. She discovers more going on at the dog show than meets the eye. Also we meet a new dog when Jake decides to foster a German Shepherd named Sarge.

I am enjoying the slow romance between Jake & Annie. And Casey has a new love interest. I am looking forward to see where this leads.

Because this is a dog show, a lot of time is devoted to figuring out how low people are willing to go to win a competition. People can get vicious when it comes to their dogs but who was vicious enough to kill? There are a lot of people with different motives for killing the victim. It took a few turns to reveal the killer, but it was so obvious to me that it didn’t surprise me. I kept waiting for it to take a different direction, but it didn’t. This book was ok and it kept my interest mainly because of the dogs and I do love the characters. I really enjoyed the introduction of Sarge. I like mystery with a lot of twists and turns with an ending that really takes me by surprise and I didn’t get this with this book.

I will be reading the next book because I do love the characters and I want to see what they are up to next.

I received this book free as part of an ARC and this review was given freely and is my honest opinion

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• Title: Cookies & Crime
• Author: Avery Kent
• Series: Bishop’s Landing Cozy Mystery book 1
• Genre: Cozy Mystery
• Takes Place: Biships Landing
• Main Characters: Annie, Casey, Maggie
• Other Characters: Mildred, Hank, Martha, Mayor McCray, Catherine
• Pets: Golden Retriever named Cookie
• Stars: 3

This is my first book by the author. This book was given to me as a free giveaway at the time of reading. My opinion is my own and is not influenced by the giveaway.

Newly divorced Annie moves back to her home town of Bishop’s Landing to help her Aunt Mildred and take over her aunt’s bakery. The bakery needs extensive renovations before she can open her doors again so the town handyman begins the renovations. Imagine Annie’s shock when she arrives at the bakery to find the mayor dead at the base of the stairs. This is definitely a murder. The mayor wasn’t popular, so no one cares. Even the sheriff isn’t that interested in solving this crime. Annie and her amateur detectives Cassie and Maggie take on the task of figuring out who killed the mayor.

This book is the first in a series called Bishop’s Landing Cozy Mystery. This book was okay and kept me interested for a while, but it lacked depth and character development. The characters are 2 dimensional and not very interesting. Even Annie (the protagonist)) was not someone I could connect with. Most books I read, especially small town books, make me feel like the main characters are best friends and I want to be a part of that small town community. I didn’t feel that way in this book. I don’t really know where the book took place except Bishops Landing, and I never said where, so I’m not sure if it even took place in the United States. I thought it was the UK because the apartment above the bakery was referred to as a flat, but that’s just a guess. The town wasn’t really described and It lacked the sense of community connection I have come to love in the books I read.

This book reads more like a short story than a full-length book. I figured out who the murderer was early on in the book, so there weren’t any twists and turns to solve the mystery. I didn’t find out the motive until the end, but I had a gut feeling that this person did it and I was right.

I am going to give the second book in the series a try because I think this might have been this authors first book. When I look it up on Fantastic Fiction and Goodreads, It is only showing this series with this being the first of a three book series at the time of this review. I will see if my opinion changes after the second book and if I decide to read more. I feel like every author has to start somewhere and deserves a chance.

If you read this book, let me know what you think.

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