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After
spending the Christmas holiday visiting her Great-Aunt Iphy
in Heart’s Harbor, Maine, Callie Aspen has made the
move from New Jersey to Maine. Iphy has found a cottage for
her to rent, and Callie will work at Book Tea, which is Iphy’s
vintage tearoom.
Iphy
plans to keep Callie busy by tasking her with finding something
spectacular to present to the town during the Living History
events that town Historical Society is arranging for the Fourth
of July. A handyman named Quinn will be doing repairs to Callie’s
cottage, and he suggests that she search the newspaper archives
for a big story from the past. He even offers to go to the
library with her.
Quinn
quickly finds a story about Monica Walker, a TV star from
the 1980s. She was in Heart’s Harbor and mysteriously
disappeared. This is just what Callie needs for her “something
spectacular”, but after she starts digging deeper, she
discovers that the locals have stories about Monica Walker,
but they are contradictory. Joe Jamison, editor-in-chief of
the local newspaper doesn’t trust Quinn and asks Callie
to find out what he’s really up to. In short order,
Jamieson is murdered, and Callie sinks her teeth into this
new mystery hoping to catch the killer before anyone else
gets hurt.
As
with the first book in this series, In Peppermint Peril,
it was intriguing to watch small-town secrets come to light
and there were enough twists and turns to keep me interested.
I like Callie and Iphy and the rest of the cast of characters
and enjoyed seeing relationships grow from where they were
in the first book. Cozy mystery lovers should be pleased with
this story.
I
highly suggest you get a copy of In Peppermint Peril when
you purchase Sweet Tea and Secrets. Sweet Tea and Secrets
is fine as a solo read, but going back to the debut book will
serve to enhance reader engagement.
I’ll
be looking forward to another book from Joy Avon. A new author
in the cozy genre is always refreshing.
Reviews
of other titles in this series
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Peppermint Peril
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