After the horrific experience of saving the lives of her niece and fiancé, Stormi Nelson takes the family to a retreat high in the Ozark mountains. It doesn't take long before a dead body in a bubble bath turns the vacation into anything but. Forbidden to leave since they are all suspects, Stormi's family spends two weeks in a resort that is not at all relaxing. From horseback riding, bear attacks, and zip-lining, it gets to the point Stormi is afraid to leave her cabin! Join in on another misadventure as the newly credited Private Investigator/Best-selling Author Stormi Nelson tries to survive vacation without being killed.
Multi-published and Amazon and ECPA Best-Selling author Cynthia Hickey had three cozy mysteries and two novellas published through Barbour Publishing. Her first mystery, Fudge-Laced Felonies, won first place in the inspirational category of the Great Expectations contest in 2007. Her third cozy, Chocolate-Covered Crime, received a four-star review from Romantic Times. All three cozies have been re-released as ebooks through the MacGregor Literary Agency, along with a new cozy series, all of which stay in the top 50 of Amazon’s ebooks for their genre. She had several historical romances release through Harlequin’s Heartsong Presents, and has sold close to a million copies of her works since 2013. She has taught a Continuing Education class at the 2015 American Christian Fiction Writers conference, several small ACFW chapters and RWA chapters. You can find her on FB, twitter, and Goodreads, and is a contributor to Cozy Mystery Magazine blog and Suspense Sisters blog. She and her husband run the small press, Forget Me Not Romances, which includes some of the CBA’s best well-known authors. She lives in Arizona with her husband, one of their seven children, two dogs, two cats, three box turtles, and two Sulcata tortoises. She has eight grandchildren who keep her busy and tell everyone they know that “Nana is a writer”.
A good read. Okay a bit unbelievable as far as some of her mishaps go but overall an entertaining read. The characters being introduced are getting more over the top as the stories go on. The spa is supposed to relax and unwind them from the last case and bring peace to her niece. A death of a man in the bath wasn't planned. Nor was his wife asking her to investigate. Now she too is dead. Thankfully the guys have arrived with a stowaway. Rusty! Throw in zip lines fraying, shots being fired, locked in freezers and bear attacks. Why? Is this something to do with the papers they found hidden in a suitcase. Papers with account details on! Who is the killer and how far will they go?
I really enjoyed this book. I enjoyed the characters. I had my suspicions as to who the killer was, but the author did a good job having me second guessing myself throughout the whole book. The only reason I didn't give 5 stars is because when a book says, "Christian Cozy Mystery" I expect it to be clean of cuss words. There were only a few, but wanted to point it out for those who want to avoid those books.
This book was definitely a mystery which the killer was not easy to figure out, even until the end. I like the Christian humor, language and the characters depict wholesome lives and values. Thank you, once again, for a wonderful Stormi Nelson Christian Cozy Mystery.