TURKEY TROT TERROR Book Review

Turkey Trot Terror (book 3 in A Cozy Baked Mystery series) by Kate Bell, eBook, 172 pages (alternate title: Thankfully Dead)

Synopsis from GoodReads: Thanksgiving is upon Sandy Harbor Maine, and so is murder. When philanthropist Todd Spellman is murdered at the annual Thanksgiving Day Turkey Trot, Allie McSwain and Detective Alec Blanchard must find the killer before they become the next victims. Recipes included!

BOOK REVIEW: Allie and Alec are getting close. So close that they plan to spend Thanksgiving together and what better way to start the day than with a Turkey Trot! Being the competitive Southern woman that Allie is, she insists that they take off after her son, Thad, and all the college boys! There is one person between them and the boys when Allie hears a whistling sound and sees Todd Spellman fall to the ground. Once they reach Todd, Allie and Alec realize they are still being shot at. They turn towards the crowd and get everyone to turn around and head back to the start.

This is the first time that Allie is present for the murder and we don't have to hear about how bad she would look in an orange jumpsuit. I think it was mentioned a handful of times in the first and second book. Really though, how much bad luck can one one have in a small town? She stumbled upon two dead bodies and now is being shot at. It took awhile to build suspicions as to who actually had done it and I didn't expect who the killer/killers could be. It was a pleasant surprise. I rate this 5 out of 5 stars. I still think it's crazy that she inserts herself into the investigations like she could do the job better. It makes me wonder why she doesn't get her license to be a private investigator. At least that would give her a tiny bit more authority...or not.

5/5 Stars