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Curses, Boiled Again! by Shari Randall Series: A Lobster Shack Mystery #1
Published by Minotaur Books on January 30, 2018
Genres: Cozy Mystery
Pages: 309
Format: eARC
Source: NetGalley
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Reading Challenges: 2018 Cloak and Dagger Reading Challenge, Craving for Cozies 2018 Reading Challenge, Cruisin' Thru the Cozies Reading Challenge 2018Welcome to the seaside hamlet of Mystic Bay, where the fish is always fresh, the folks are ever-friendly, and murder is on a roll...
Allie Larkin was living her dream as a ballet dancer when a bad fall put her out of business. Now she’s back home in Mystic Bay to heal a broken ankle while also helping her dear Aunt Gully get her Lazy Mermaid Lobster Shack off the ground. Nothing would help Gully more than winning the local food festival’s Best Lobster Roll contest. The competition is sure to be killer—especially after one of the contest judges dies after eating a roll from one of Gully’s biggest rivals.
Soon, all eyes fall on Gully as the prime suspect. Allie may only have one good leg to stand on, but she’s not going to let her aunt go down for a crime she never could have cooked up. Can Allie, along with her devoted crew of friends, family, and customers, find a way to trap the killer and claw herself out of this hard-boiled murder case?
My Thoughts
Oh, this was an absolutely wonderful start to a new series! Allie Larkin, a ballerina with a broken ankle, finds herself back home in Mystic Bay, helping her Aunt Gully run her new lobster shack. When a judge at a lobster roll competition winds up dead, and the other judges poisoned, Aunt Gully finds herself as a suspect. Allie, along with her BFF Verity, must figure out who really committed the crime…so they can save Aunt Gully and her lobster shack.
I was sucked into this story right away! The seaside setting of Mystic Bay and the entertaining cast of characters had me happily reading late into the night. There were plenty of twists to keep me guessing, and I liked the little mysteries that were in the story as well. I am already looking forward to my next visit to Mystic Bay.
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Reading this book contributed to these challenges:
- 2018 Cloak and Dagger Reading Challenge
- Craving for Cozies 2018 Reading Challenge
- Cruisin' Thru the Cozies Reading Challenge 2018
