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Cozy Mystery, Fiction, Holiday

The Saint Paddy’s Promise by Kathy Daley

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  • Title: The Saint Paddy’s Promise
  • Author:Kathi Daley
  • Series: Tess & Tilly #6
  • Genre: Cozy Mystery
  • Takes Place: White Eagle, Montana
  • Main Character: Tess
  • Other Characters: Tony, Bree, Mike, Brady, Hap, Hattie, Tess’ mom
  • Pets: a golden retriever named Tilly and a cat named Tangletoe (Tang for short) and a cat named Tinder and Tony’s german sheppard Titan plust lots of other shelter dogs that come and go.
  • Stars: 5

This is Book #6 in the Tess and Tilly mystery.

An old woman returns to a bench where she was supposed to meet her boyfriend over 50 years ago so they could run away and have a life together. He never showed so she returns to the bench every year on St Patricks day.

Then of course there is a murder at the local bar and Tess & Tony are doing their own investigation right along with Mike.

I loved this book and this series. These books are a fairly quick read. The author gets to the point to you stay engaged while reading. As will all of the Tess & Tilly books, the author takes you on a roller coaster ride. The victim isn’t organized and the bar is a mess so there weren’t a lot of clues. The few clues there are take you in different directions with several suspects and DNA tests. I really thought I had it figured out and was convinced I was right but I was wrong. I love it when a mystery isn’t obvious and takes a lot twist and turns.

There are several mysteries going on with the 50 year old mystery of the no show boyfriend, who killed Brick at the local bar, Where do the DNA tests lead, and what about the mystery surrounding Tess’ dad. On a good note, there are wedding plans.

Pick up this series or download it to your ereader, you won’t be disappointed.

Cozy Mystery, Fiction, Holiday, Romance, Women's Fiction

The Thanksgiving Trip by Kathi Daley

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  • Title: The Thansgiving Trip
  • Author:Kathi Daley
  • Series: Tess & Tilly #5
  • Genre: Cozy Mystery
  • Takes Place: White Eagle, Montana
  • Main Character: Tess
  • Other Characters: Tony, Bree, Mike, Brady, Hap, Hattie, Tess’ mom
  • Pets: a golden retriever named Tilly and a cat named Tangletoe (Tang for short) and a cat named Tinder and Tony’s german sheppard Titan plust lots of other shelter dogs that come and go.
  • Stars: 5

This is the 5th book of the Tess & Tilly series and Tess’ mom wants to take a trip to the moutains where Tess’ dad used to go every yea tofish. So Tess’, her mom, Tony, Mike & Bree head to the lake for Thanksgiving week.

What should they find when they arrive but a dead body in the leak by their cabin. The local police is called but you know that Tess & Tony also have their own investigation to do.

The author takes on a roller coaster ride through some twist and turns to find out who the killer is. There are a lot of suspects but who really did it.

Then to top this off, Tess finds out some more info into the myster of her dad. What do you think that mystery couldl be? Has he been alive all these years or does someone just want Tess to think he has been? Read to find out.

I am really enjoying this series and when I finish one book, I can’t wait to read the next one. Even though there is a stand alone mystery in each book, the mystery of Tess’ dad is carried out throughout the series, at least so far.

Can’t wait to start the nest book.

Cozy Mystery, Fiction, Holiday, Romance

The Mother’s Day Mishap by Kathi Daley

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  • Title: The Mother’s Day Mishap
  • Author:Kathi Daley
  • Series: Tess & Tilly #3
  • Genre: Cozy Mystery
  • Takes Place: White Eagle, Montana
  • Main Character: Tess
  • Other Characters: Tony, Bree, Mike, Brady, Hap, Hattie,
  • Pets: a Dog named Tilly and a cat named Tangletoe (Tang for short) and a cat named Tinder and Tony’s dog Titan plust lots of other shelter dogs that come and go.
  • Stars: 5

Review:

This is the 3rd book in the Tess & Tilly Series.

This is another great Cozy Mystery by Kathi Daley. Mother’s day is approaching and Bree receives a card at her bookstore. She opens it believing it is for her but it is actually for someone else. It was meant for the woman who used to own the shop next door but has unfortunately passed away about 6 months ago. This card is from the son noone knew she had. She and her son were estranged for a quarter of a century. This card is him trying to reconnect with her after 25 years. He ends the card by saying he would meet her at their special place at noon on Mother’s day.

The problem is, he evidently doesn’t know she has passed away. Also, there isn’t a name or a return address so noone knows how to reach him or who to return the card to.

Teess, her friends Tony & Bree and her brother are out to solve the mystery of where Edith’s son is because they want to notify him of her passing. They don’t even have a name and have no idea where the ‘special place’ is.

So they are racing against time to find the son before mother’s day. Will they find him?

This isn’t the only mystery they are trying to solve. Is Tess’s mom’s new Italian boyfried a murderer? Is the father that Tess believed was dead for years, really alive? And if he is, where has he been and why did he leave?

The author is great at twisting these mysterys to keep you guessing. This is a great cozy read in a beautiful small Montana town and of course there is a little romance thrown in.

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The Valentine Mystery by Kathi Daley

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  • Title: The Valentine Mystery
  • Author:Kathi Daley
  • Series:Tess & Tilly #2
  • Genre: Cozy Mystery
  • Takes Place: White Eagle, Montana
  • Main Character: Tess
  • Other Characters: Tony, Bree, Mike, Brady, Hap, Hattie, Coby
  • Pets: a Dog named Tilly and a cat named Tangletoe (Tang for short) and a cat named Tinder
  • Stars: 5

Review:

This is the 2nd book in the Tess & Tilly series and I liked it even batter than the first one.

If you read the first book, The Christmas Story, then you are already familiar with Tess and know that she is mail carrier and seems to always be in the middle of some sort of mystery. This book isn’t any different. Once again, Tess finds herself in the middle of a mystery. There are a couple of side mysteries in this one

Tilly witnesses an accident and stops to help. She sees the first car and a man is stuck inside so she helps him get out. They see anther car down the embakement so they both go down there to get the man out. The first man, who we now know his name is Coby, gives the man CPR while Tess calls 911. The EMTs get there and take the man to the hospital but he is dead. He supposedly had a heart attack that caused the accident. But is everything as it seems!!

Once Tess talks to Cody, she finds out that he is in town to look for his biological mom, According to him his bio mom left him at a church right after he was born and all he has from her is a picture from when she was pregnant. Naturally Tess wants to help him find his bio mom so with the help of her friend Tony they do some research to track her down.

Whilel she is help Coby find his bio mom she is also involved in another mystery involving her dad who has been dead about 13 years at this point. But is he really dead or he is he living a secret life somewhere. We will have to keep reading to find this out.

Also Tess’ mom has a new young boyfriend that Tess is suspicious of. Tess has her friend, tony, run a background check on him and he seems to check out fine, but does he really? Hmmmm another mystery!

This story takes some twist and turns while they search for this mystery woman. Do they find her? What really happened? You will have to read it to find out.

I think you will love this story while you fall in love with Tess and the other characters in the book I especially love her kids (as she likes to call her dog and cats)

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The Christmas Letter by Kathi Daley

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  • Title: The Christmas Letter
  • Author: Kathi Daley
  • Series: Tess & Tilly #1
  • Location: White Eagle, Montana
  • Main Character: Tess
  • Other Characters: Tony, Bree, Mike, Donny, Hap, Hattie and Pike
  • Pets: a Dog named Tilly and a cat named Tangletoe (Tang for short)
  • Stars: 5

This is the first book in the Tess & Tilly Cozy mystery series by Kathy Daley.

This is a great little read.  Tilly is a mail carrier and along with her dog Tilly, oshe meets interesting people along   her mail route. But when she was delivering a letter to Pike, who happens to be the oldest living resident of White Eagle, she finds him dead on the floor of his bedroom.

To top that off, her ex and now her best friend’s boyfriend, Donny, is arrested for the crime.

Her best friend Bree, is convinced that Donny didn’t do it. Tilly’s brother, Mike,  works for the police department and the evidence he has is pointing right to Donnie, so Tilly is starting to believe he did it.

Bree convinces Tilly to help her prove that Donny  is innocent. Tilly begrudgingly agrees even though she is afraid it will turn out that Donnie did it.

With the help of her friend Tony, who is the smartest person she knows and whiz at technology helps her find who killed Pike.

And then there is also a sexy new Vet in town. You will just need to read the book to find out more.

This is fun read and I really enjoyed it.