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Dusky Cove B&B #6
The Gift of Grift: Ray's Gifts #1
When a con artist turns up dead in his small town, can gift shop owner Ray clear his name? Ray Watson is ready for a quiet December in Dusky Cove, the cutest little resort town up and down the North Carolina coast. All he has do is watch his gift shop and the B&B across the street for a few days. A happy occasion brings back a familiar face to Dusky Cove. But when the hometown boy turns out to be a con artist, the reunion is a little less than joyful. Especially once he turns up dead. The trouble gets even deeper when the grifter’s victims become prime suspects—including Ray. With the town’s resident sleuth on vacation, it falls to Ray and his wife Katie to clear his name. Can he find who really killed the con? The latest installment in a fun cozy mystery series set in a Southern small town! Read more of the Dusky Cove Cozy Mystery Lori's B&B 1. Inn Over Her Head 2. Inn Trouble 3. Inn Vain 4. Inn Dire Straits 5. Inn Danger Ray's Gifts 6. The Gift of Grift 7. The Gift of Lift Get a FREE book, recipes and a tourist's guide to the prettiest little town all up and down the North Carolina coast in the author's email group--offer inside!
- GenresCozy MysteryMystery
153 pages, Kindle Edition
First published April 23, 2020
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Dixie Davis
10 books15 followersAlso known as Dixie R. Davis, Di Davis, and Diana Davis
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July 20, 2020
Ray takes the high road.
I simply adore Ray and Katie. A mature romance lasting over half a century and still flourishing. It makes my heart sing. Honest folks living the golden rule, “Treat others as you would like others to treat you.”.
This is an exceptionally good whodunit featuring Ray and Katie working to clear Ray’s name. A clean, fun, entertaining and easy read. I have been binge reading this series this week and I am so disappointed that I will have to wait until July to read the next book in the series.
I simply adore Ray and Katie. A mature romance lasting over half a century and still flourishing. It makes my heart sing. Honest folks living the golden rule, “Treat others as you would like others to treat you.”.
This is an exceptionally good whodunit featuring Ray and Katie working to clear Ray’s name. A clean, fun, entertaining and easy read. I have been binge reading this series this week and I am so disappointed that I will have to wait until July to read the next book in the series.
January 27, 2021
While I kind of miss Lori as the main character and hobbyist sleuth extraordinaire, Ray and Katie have always been favorites of mine in Dusky Cove, and I'm delighted that they get their own mystery (series?).
Maybe the whodunit isn't the toughest nut to crack, but to me, the Dusky Cove mysteries are more about spending time with old fictional friends anyway. And Gift of Grift gives me just that fix I need. :)
3.5 / 5
Maybe the whodunit isn't the toughest nut to crack, but to me, the Dusky Cove mysteries are more about spending time with old fictional friends anyway. And Gift of Grift gives me just that fix I need. :)
3.5 / 5
March 12, 2022
It was an okay read but it moved slowly, was repetitive and really, really dragged towards the end when it should've picked up. I also knew who the murderer was early on. A rarity for me because I purposely try not to guess (I like to be surprised) but it was so glaringly obvious, I couldn't ignore it.
It was okay. Just okay.
It was okay. Just okay.
July 8, 2020
Author Dixie Davis is continuing her Dusky Cove Cozy Mystery series 😄 I’ve read all of her cozy, “whodunnit” mysteries and they’re clean, funny and always have feel good endings 😄
July 20, 2020
Ray takes the high road.
I simply adore Ray and Katie. A mature romance lasting over half a century and still flourishing. It makes my heart sing. Honest folks living the golden rule, “Treat others as you would like others to treat you.”.
This is an exceptionally good whodunit featuring Ray and Katie working to clear Ray’s name. A clean, fun, entertaining and easy read. I have been binge reading this series this week and I am so disappointed that I will have to wait until July to read the next book in the series.
I simply adore Ray and Katie. A mature romance lasting over half a century and still flourishing. It makes my heart sing. Honest folks living the golden rule, “Treat others as you would like others to treat you.”.
This is an exceptionally good whodunit featuring Ray and Katie working to clear Ray’s name. A clean, fun, entertaining and easy read. I have been binge reading this series this week and I am so disappointed that I will have to wait until July to read the next book in the series.
February 21, 2022
Brilliant❣️Definitely Binge-worthy❣️You are hooked as soon as you start reading...
Very anxious to read more . . .
Next please🐿️ More and more difficult to put down . . .
Very anxious to read more . . .
Next please🐿️ More and more difficult to put down . . .
August 12, 2023
Happy read
Lovely story that kept me interested. I confess I want to visit that shop and I looked into making buoys out of 4x4's!
Lovely story that kept me interested. I confess I want to visit that shop and I looked into making buoys out of 4x4's!
January 24, 2024
A very simple plot with good characters. This was a bland read with a whole of nothing going on. I am not interested in reading the rest of this series.
May 2, 2024
Great Mystery
This was a great cozy mystery to read. Had me guessing the entire time who was the one who committed the crime.
This was a great cozy mystery to read. Had me guessing the entire time who was the one who committed the crime.
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