CANDY CANE KILLER Book Review

Candy Cane Killer (book 4 in A Cozy Baked Mystery series) by Kate Bell, eBook, 176 pages

*Synopsis from GoodReads: It's Christmas time and while that jolly elf dressed all in red is preparing to deliver presents around the world, Allie McSwain and crew are in Goose Bay, Alabama visiting Allie's mother and working to solve a murder. Allie's daughter Jennifer discovers a murdered neighbor on the lawn and it's up to Allie and Alec to figure out who the murderer is before there's another victim.

BOOK REVIEW: What can I say...I love these little novellas! We did get 1 mention of the orange jumpsuit (IYKYK). So far, of the 4 books I've ready, I was only able to correctly identify almost immediately who the killer was once...and this wasn't the one time! If I were Allie I would be trying to figure out what I did or who I pissed off because she has been part of a murder investigation every month in these books. September found a body, October found a body, November witnessed the murder, and December her daughter finds the body. Like that's a string of bad luck if I've ever seen it!

I give this book a 5 out of 5 stars simply because it's cute! Sure there are times when I'm thinking there is no way that would ever happen in real life but that's what helps make it such a cute little story! I did feel that the ending came a little too quickly. It was kind of like...here's the murderer, we don't know why they did it, time to go home, the end...and all in just a couple short pages. Is that going to stop me from reading the next book in the series...nope!

5/5 Stars