Thanksgiving Dinner Death by Leighann Dobbs Narrator: Kasey Logan
Series: Juniper Holiday Cozy Mystery #2
Published by Leighann Dobbs Publishing on January 17, 2023
Source: Purchased
Genres: Paranormal, Cozy Mystery
Length: 2 hrs 32 mins
Pages: 101
Format: Audiobook
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A new month, a new holiday, and Juniper Holiday is ready for stuffing to happen!
This year, Juniper has invited most of Crescent Cove to her Thanksgiving feast. Even that annoying Detective Mallard and his gang of ducklings.
The mansion is decorated. The table is set. The cooks (both living and ghostly) are trying new recipes. Everything is perfect until someone ends up face-down in the pecan pie.
Juniper is determined to solve the case before Detective Mallard can ruin her fun with his rules, but will she manage it before the killer decides to try again, or will this Thanksgiving meal be Juniper's last supper?
I love a good holiday cozy mystery. I did read the first in this series a couple of years ago, but it’s an easy one to just pick up. Juniper Holiday has invited lots of people to her Thanksgiving dinner, including the local police detective, Desmond Mallard. But when someone is poisoned, Juni somehow ends up both the prime suspect and potentially the intended victim. She of course decides she has to figure out what’s going on.
Juniper is funny and eccentric and not afraid to speak her mind. There’s a touch of paranormal: a few helpful ghosts, and a friendly neighborhood potions master. The whodunnit was a little obvious, but I don’t typically mind that too much as long as the rest of the story is enjoyable, which it was.
I listened to the audio and my one complaint is that the narrator was awful. Her inflections were over-the-top and didn’t always seem to fit the story. This is one that might be better in print.
About Leighann Dobbs
USA Today bestselling author, Leighann Dobbs, discovered her passion for writing after a twenty year career as a software engineer. She lives in New Hampshire with her husband Bruce, their trusty Chihuahua mix Mojo and beautiful rescue cat, Kitty. When she’s not reading, gardening, making jewelry or selling antiques, she likes to write cozy mystery and historical romance books.
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