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Five Golden Wings
Five Golden Wings
Donna Andrews | 2025 | Mystery
8
8.0 (1 Ratings)
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Dueling Weddings and Murder at Christmas
Meg and her mother are helping to organize two weddings for two of Meg’s younger cousins set to take place the Saturday before Christmas. Unfortunately, these young women are constantly feuding, so the weddings are taking place back-to-back, even though they are sharing the venues. The two brides bring nothing but drama in the days leading up to their events, and that’s before Meg finds the wedding photographer dead. Unfortunately, the suspect list is long, including members of the bridal party. Can Meg figure out what happened?

Reading the Christmas set entries in this series has become a Christmas tradition for me. Even when the plot doesn’t involve Christmas explicitly, there is still more than enough holiday cheer to make it feel festive. The mystery itself was a little weak, but things made sense in the end. And the weddings provided plenty to keep me engage, including many laughs. It’s always wonderful to spend time with these characters. If you are looking for a fun Christmas cozy, you’ll be glad you picked this one up.
  
Death on Cozumel Island
Death on Cozumel Island
Cindy Quayle | 2023 | Mystery
5
5.0 (1 Ratings)
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Is This a Series Debut to Dive into?
Claire O’Keefe is planning a destination bachelorette party of her best friend to Cozumel, hoping to get some diving in around the pre-wedding festivities. But her diving is less than ideal thanks to an obnoxious fellow diver. When someone kills him after a dive, Claire is surprised to learn a dive guide she really likes is the suspect. Can she find evidence to clear his name?

Being a lover of all things aquatic, this book attracted my attention when I first heard about it several years ago. But I just got a chance to read it. Sadly, it needed another couple of drafts to polish things up. The pacing was way off until we reached the final third of the book. Claire was pretty selfish at times, and her actions didn’t always make sense. The writing was rough at times as well. However, the descriptions of the diving were enough to make me want to plan a trip myself. Hopefully, the series gets better as it goes along.
  
Jousting and Justice (Destiny Falls Mystery & Magic #5)
Jousting and Justice (Destiny Falls Mystery & Magic #5)
Elizabeth Pantley | 2022 | Mystery, Paranormal
9
9.0 (1 Ratings)
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This series just gets better and better!!

Hayden is completely comfy in her new role as the newspaper editor and her life in Destiny falls. She is even falling in love! More excitingly there is a medieval festival being held on the forbidden island that has everybody a buzz with excitement! Hayden then finds the newspaper office headquarters has been broken into and there is a dead body in the archive room and this is just the begging of this adventure can this mystery be solved?

Elizabeth puts so much enthusiasm into her stories they are a joy to read. The right amount of intrigue and mystery so you don't find yourself getting frustrated because it seems to have gone on forever and nothing is being figured out. Also, the right amount of everything else to bring it all together so nice and neatly. I can't help hoping that maybe there will be a double wedding in the future of destiny falls?

Magnificent job again Elizabeth can't wait for the next instalment 4/5