A Berry Peculiar Party: A Kylie Berry Cozy Mystery

Kylie Berry Mysteries #12

by A.R. Winters

When up-and-coming politican Alex Tramden dies after a campaign celebration, everyone blames Kylie Berry. The event was catered, it involved food, and it lead to a strange death.

Kylie had nothing to do with Alex’s death! But somehow, she ends up in hot water over it.

When everything goes awry, Kylie joins forces with Zoey, Agatha and the rest of the gang.

Alex’s killer is going to be brought to justice… unless they get to Kylie and Sage first.

Genres: Mystery

242 pages, Kindle Edition

Published May 27, 2024

About the author

A.R. Winters is a cozy mystery writer who loves writing about crazy characters and vibrant locations. And food, lots of delicious food!

When not writing, A.R. Winters is usually busy eating too much cake...

You can also find her on Facebook

Reviews

[Susan · Rating 5 out of 5]

This cozy culinary small town mystery is page-turning with exceptional world-building and characters that are women sleuths/female investigators, captivating, quirky, and realistic. Their journey is enthralling as Kylie Berry seems to get in the cross-fire of the up-and-coming political Alex Tramden's death, and is accused of murdering him, must try and solve the murder/mystery and clear her name, suspense, action, adventure, heartfelt emotions, and more. To find out more, I recommend reading this book by an extraordinary author who knows how to captivate her readers' hearts and attention with a berry peculiar party and a Kylie Berry cozy culinary mystery that is sure to transport readers into a world that is mysterious and unforgettable.

I received a free copy of this book via Booksprout and am voluntarily leaving a review.

[Joyce · Rating 3 out of 5]

Coming into this series 12 books in, I felt like I was trying to catch up and took awhile to connect. Not sure again if it's due to being new to the series but people blaming Ms. Berry for the death of the local politician, just because she is in the food industry, when she wasn't even present or catering the event, made no sense to me.

For her to be so involved with the investigation putting her life on the line as she is attacked and almost killed should never even been required. Also am confused as to why Zoey is always scaring the daylights out of Kylie.

I received a free copy of this book via Booksprout and am voluntarily leaving a review.

[Kathie Morris · Rating 4 out of 5]

Has Kylie met her biggest case yet? Will she solve it?

A mayoral wanna be is running against.the long time Mayor!
Kylie has to finds murderer but it is like finding a needle in a haystack. Too many people hated the victim and nobody will talk! Who keeps trying to kill Kylie? Can she find the killer before it is too late? Read the book to find out!
The author owes it to the readers to do a better job of editing her books! Misspellings, driving a car she doesn't have, and lack of grammatical checking is just careless and thoughtless to expect her readers to put up with!

[Lizz Taylor · Rating 5 out of 5]

The town starts to avoid Kylie's perfect biscuits and gravy (which seems like a crime in itself) and when she finds out why she knows she has to investigate to clear her name and cooking reputation. There were a lot of twists and turns that kept me guessing until all was revealed. This book in the series can be read as a standalone. Do not read if you are hungry!.

I received a free copy of this book via Booksprout and am voluntarily leaving a review.

[Preston · Rating 3 out of 5]

pecuilar Party

Book 12 of the Kylie Berry series takes a turn from the usual books of the series. Starting very confusing with no one wanting to eat at The Berry Home and never explained why thus getting Kylie into the case out of no where. There were moments of “what is going on” and parts that made no sense at all. The ending was lacking an its usual excitement and can be seen as confusing.

[Anita Dinwiddie · Rating 3 out of 5]

Where's the humor?

I keep searching for the laugh out loud humor but its just not there. It would be nice if Kylie spent more time in the kitchen and there was more info about the food served , especially with the new bakery coming. Maybe focus a little more on the cooking part at first before dropping the murder in. Just an idea. Oh and more romance, especially between Kylie and Brad!

[Dianne Hall · Rating 5 out of 5]

A catering event gone wrong leads Kylie and her best friend, Zoey, investigating the collapse of a mayoral candidate. So many potential suspects make for lots of false leads and some tense situations. A fun and entertaining book.

I read this book as part of a reader team and am voluntarily providing this review.

[Molly · Rating 4 out of 5]

a restauranteur faces blame gor culinary death completely unconnected to her or her business

her sleuthing takes her through some complicated romance and personal issues- like some horrible exes, worse relationship hangovers, and lingering phobias and regrets - and brings business challenges unearned by her cooking and culinary skills

bittersweet and humorous

[Michelle Webb · Rating 5 out of 5]

I love every book this author has ever written. This is a great series starring Kylie Berry who has taken over a restaurant from a friend and has absolutely no baking skills whatsoever. The cast of characters in this book are amazing and they all interact so much together. W hen Zoey, Agatha and Kylie team up they are unstoppable. I love all the mysteries in this series.

[Divya · Rating 4 out of 5]

This was a cozy mystery with interesting characters. The story follows Kylie who is in a bit of a bother after the death of a local politician. She then teams up with her friends to unravel the mystery and clear her name.

[Deborah K DeLaVina · Rating 5 out of 5]

Berry

What an amazing author! I have thoroughly enjoyed reading this series. It is packed full of mystery, humor and camaraderie.

[Kanda Press · Rating 5 out of 5]

Absolutely wonderful read!

An absolutely wonderful read! The story was interesting and the metaphors and similes flew hard and fast. This is one of the author's Best so far.

[Linda Young · Rating 5 out of 5]

Favorite series

Already looking forward to the next visit to the Berry Home diner/ restaurant and all the characters therein. Always fun watching Kylie and Zoey on another case.

[Susan Schulte · Rating 5 out of 5]

Good reading.

I would recommend these books to anyone. They are funny as well as being a mystery that you just have read to the end.