Easily one of the top ten mystery series to have come about in the last few years, the Olive Grove series is a winner!
Eva Knox alternates between impulsive absolutely hilarious reactions and sickly sweet sarcasm, and it's a perfect balance! She is smart, kind, and strong, aka a perfect MC. Her sisters are hilarious (and VERY Southern), and Precious. Oh, Precious. Precious is probably one of my absolutely favorite characters in the book. She is stellar, yet I can't even picture her because of how large she's described. I love how she is tight-lipped about Ian, and yet so open about everything else.
The mystery was strong, I had an inkling of the killer, but the motive was never in my mind. The setting is also beautiful, but the orchard was barely even in the story. I loved the descriptions of it in the last book, so I was a little bit disappointed that it wasn't as prominent in this one. I did love the facts about olive oil throughout the book.
Really the only drawback of the book is the fact that it is so southern. Literally it's almost so unbelievable the names of the characters and the businesses (the Palatable Pecan!?!?!). Besides that, this book was absolutely superb, I highly recommend and I will be around for the next one!