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Hooked & Cooked #2
Mobsters and Lobsters
Hannah Holiday knew it would be hard to get her great aunt’s ocean side cottage business booming again, but she didn’t know she would also have to deal with the mob. With guests arriving, Hannah thinks she is headed in the right direction to fulfill her dream. Until everything starts to go wrong. With the disappearance of a guest, Hannah searches for answers to keep her business afloat. Instead, she finds more questions that put her sister, Ruby, and Ruby’s daughter, Olivia, in grave danger. It only gets worse with the arrival of many less-than-respectable—but also interesting—guests, who all want to be first to find a buried treasure. Can Hannah, along with her neighbor, Jack, and handsome handyman, Cal, head off the approaching danger to Ruby and Olivia? When Ruby is forced to reveal a secret she’s been keeping for years, things look like they’re getting worse. Will Hannah be able to solve the buried treasure mystery before someone is buried in the process? Or will Hannah, herself, end up as the real prize for the mob? ***Mobsters & Lobsters is approx. 230 pages and is volume 2 in the Hooked & Cooked Cozy Mystery Series. Lyndsey’s books can be read and enjoyed in any order.
- GenresCozy MysteryMysteryCozy
286 pages, Kindle Edition
First published March 1, 2016
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March 24, 2025
More like 3.5 stars but rounding up.
December 14, 2017
#2 in the series, yet Great Aunt Caroline is still very much present throughout. At the property of cottages she inherited from her Great Aunt Caroline in Hooks Harbor, Maine, Hannah and her sister, Ruby, are in the middle of trouble again when one of Hannah's guests goes missing, and it turns out that Ruby might know him and has been avoiding him. Plus, people keep showing up with copies of a treasure map that may or may not have been a prank set up by Great Aunt Caroline. Is there buried treasure? When another body turns up (this time, it is the guy Ruby knows), Hannah worries that the treasure is behind it all and decides to raffle off the original map to raise funds for the local library and perhaps flush out the murderer(s).
November 5, 2021
If you like reading a good book then this one is for you. Mobsters and Lobsters book #2 of Hooked and Cooked will have you on edge until the killer is caught. What Hannah Holiday got was a Seaside Resort and TROUBLE spelled in all large letters because the people that walked in had it written all over their faces. And Hannah had TROUBLE right off the bat with no snack bar opening, boat capsized with one dead and one missing what could go wrong? Well not long after that then Hannah found another died body and it just got worst there on out. Get the book to find out what happened next.
November 5, 2021
The Real Treasure from Father to Daughter.
5 gold stars for this book because you are pulled into the story from the ever begining. Lyndsey Cole has another great series Hooked and Cooked, with Hannah Holiday and her family and friends by her side what could go wrong running a Seaside Resort. This book I would recommend to older young adults and adults.
5 gold stars for this book because you are pulled into the story from the ever begining. Lyndsey Cole has another great series Hooked and Cooked, with Hannah Holiday and her family and friends by her side what could go wrong running a Seaside Resort. This book I would recommend to older young adults and adults.
November 17, 2017
Surprise. Ending!
This book held my interest to the very end. The twists and turns around characters was interesting and kind of fun! I recommend this reading for some one looking for light fun mystery reading
This book held my interest to the very end. The twists and turns around characters was interesting and kind of fun! I recommend this reading for some one looking for light fun mystery reading
November 28, 2017
Great read
Second it the series, it delivers as well as the first. Aunt Caroline has the sisters and their friends desperately searching for answers when the cabins are suddenly full and a pair of bodies are discovered.
Second it the series, it delivers as well as the first. Aunt Caroline has the sisters and their friends desperately searching for answers when the cabins are suddenly full and a pair of bodies are discovered.
May 16, 2018
Hannah inherits her Aunt Caroline’s place that consists of 4 cottages to rent and a snack bar. Her aunt also left a map to a buried treasure and everyone wants the map, I only meant to start book and the next thing I knew, I had finished it.
June 12, 2023
Hannah Holiday has inherited some beach cottages and a food shack from her aunt, and is trying to get things up and running when someone is murdered under the food shack. Then people keep turning up looking for buried treasure.
May 11, 2017
Loved It
This book is really funny and weirdly amazing. This is anything one I will have to read and reread. I love the books that make me want to revisit them.
This book is really funny and weirdly amazing. This is anything one I will have to read and reread. I love the books that make me want to revisit them.
July 3, 2017
Didn't see that coming
Definitely not what I expected. Great Aunt Caroline was a smart lady. She made sure a lot of loose ends where tied up before she passed away.
Definitely not what I expected. Great Aunt Caroline was a smart lady. She made sure a lot of loose ends where tied up before she passed away.
November 14, 2017
Good Read
Mystery,suspense and thrills,and let's not forget the laughter.Because there is a whole lot of laughter.I really enjoy cozy reads,they make me feel good.
Mystery,suspense and thrills,and let's not forget the laughter.Because there is a whole lot of laughter.I really enjoy cozy reads,they make me feel good.
November 18, 2017
Good
the story of how one young woman who inherited a beach front window h cottages and a snack food bar.
the story of how one young woman who inherited a beach front window h cottages and a snack food bar.
November 23, 2017
Just as good
As the first book in the series! I am always glad to find a good series to read. I can’t wait to read more books by this author.
As the first book in the series! I am always glad to find a good series to read. I can’t wait to read more books by this author.
November 23, 2017
Good
I always enjoy this author's cozy mysteries, though I did work the 'bad guy' pretty quickly. Fun story and characters
I always enjoy this author's cozy mysteries, though I did work the 'bad guy' pretty quickly. Fun story and characters
November 24, 2017
A Fun who done it book. Didn't realize it was book #2 so will be reading book #1 next in the series
December 30, 2017
Treasure hunt or hoax
It was thrilling with little clues on who murdered the mob. In a small town it was like a murder she wrote novel. Always keeping you guessing.
It was thrilling with little clues on who murdered the mob. In a small town it was like a murder she wrote novel. Always keeping you guessing.
July 9, 2018
Another cozy mystery Kindle freebie. Entertaining.
September 1, 2018
Not bad
Was not quite as good as first book but still entertaining. I am hungry since they have some of my favorite sea food
Was not quite as good as first book but still entertaining. I am hungry since they have some of my favorite sea food
December 18, 2018
Cozy
Great adventure and suspense. Great characters and storylines. Mystery at it's best. Wanting to read more. Looking forward to the next book
Great adventure and suspense. Great characters and storylines. Mystery at it's best. Wanting to read more. Looking forward to the next book
March 11, 2016
I'm hooked on a hooked & cooked cozy mystery
Hannah is getting ready to reopen the cottages when she gets caught in the middle of another murder investigation. Cal, Ruby, Jack, Olivia and Meg are all back in this book 2 along with a few other crazy characters. Fun mystery, also an ongoing story line and great characters make this a great read.
Hannah is getting ready to reopen the cottages when she gets caught in the middle of another murder investigation. Cal, Ruby, Jack, Olivia and Meg are all back in this book 2 along with a few other crazy characters. Fun mystery, also an ongoing story line and great characters make this a great read.
April 6, 2016
Great series
A continuation of a great series that has imaginative characters that you love to read about. A plot that keeps you guessing and leaves you with a desire to see an actual beach, cottages and a clam chowder snack shop. I cannot wait for the next book in this series.
A continuation of a great series that has imaginative characters that you love to read about. A plot that keeps you guessing and leaves you with a desire to see an actual beach, cottages and a clam chowder snack shop. I cannot wait for the next book in this series.
May 9, 2016
Mobster r s and Lobsters
Read this in one evening, I couldn't put it down! Looking forward to the next book in this series! Glad to see that Cal and Hannah are getting along so well.
Read this in one evening, I couldn't put it down! Looking forward to the next book in this series! Glad to see that Cal and Hannah are getting along so well.
March 14, 2016
Awesome book.
The characters, the plot, the crazy lust for a list treasure makes people do strange things. Ms Cole is a great story teller.
The characters, the plot, the crazy lust for a list treasure makes people do strange things. Ms Cole is a great story teller.
March 27, 2016
Kept my attention
It was a good story about an independent woman trying to improve her business but then you add murder kidnapping and treasure hunt and the fun began
It was a good story about an independent woman trying to improve her business but then you add murder kidnapping and treasure hunt and the fun began
April 11, 2016
Decent Read
I enjoyed this book . I did not figure this out which I usually do. I will read the next one.
I enjoyed this book . I did not figure this out which I usually do. I will read the next one.
March 29, 2017
Kindle Unlimited, lot of stuff going on in these stories, although most never makes sense and some just hurts, as in cardboard characters and situations.
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4 Drowning in Dahlias 5 Hidden by the Hydrangeas 6 Christmas Tree Catastrophe Lily Bloom Cozy Mysteries Box Set Books 4-6
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Black Cat Cafe Cozy Mystery Series Books {many}
Lily Bloom Cozy Mysteries 1 Begonia Means Beware 2 Queen of Poison 3 Roses are Dead Lily Bloom Cozy Mysteries Box Set Books 1-3
4 Drowning in Dahlias 5 Hidden by the Hydrangeas 6 Christmas Tree Catastrophe Lily Bloom Cozy Mysteries Box Set Books 4-6
A Hooked & Cooked Cozy Mystery Series Gunpowder Chowder 1 Mobsters and Lobsters A Fishy Dish 3 Crook, Line and Sinker 4 Catch of the Dead 5
Black Cat Cafe Cozy Mystery Series Books {many}
April 25, 2017
New cozy mystery series
Excellent.
This series has it all.
A bit of humor, a bit of future relationships, many many twists and turns, some strong characters that continue from one book to the next and unexpected silliness.
Great read!
Excellent.
This series has it all.
A bit of humor, a bit of future relationships, many many twists and turns, some strong characters that continue from one book to the next and unexpected silliness.
Great read!
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