DEADLY DYE & A SOY CHAI by Traci Andrighetti & Elizabeth Ashley

Fiction, Cozy Mystery, Danger Cove Mystery Series

4****

Blurb: This salon’s styles are to die for. Native Texan Cassidi Conti was expecting to face some obstacles when she moved to Danger Cove and opened The Clip and Sip, a hair salon that gives away free drinks. What she wasn’t counting on was a client dying during a dye job. But when eighty-year-old Margaret Appleby comes in for her biweekly appointment, that’s exactly what happens: Margaret drinks her usual soy chai, dozes off under the dryer…and doesn’t wake up. Now The Clip and Sip is under suspicion, clients are wary, and Cassidi is on a mission to prove that while her styles may be killer, her employees are innocent! But as Cassidi wades through the myriad of suspects in the small, costal town, the killer sets his sights straight on everyone’s favorite stylist. If Cassidi doesn’t watch her back, she may just end up Danger Cove’s latest fashionable victim.

Review: Don’t mention the word “blue” to Cass, owner of the Clip and Sip salon in her uncle’s Victorian home in Danger Cove. When he was murdered, she became the owner of the building. Her uncle was definitely on the cops “most suspicious” list as he was a suspected source of running drugs and the house was a brothel. Poor Cass and her cousin Gia are trying to make a go of things when one of their customers ends up murdered in the salon. And the fun (NOT) begins.

Cass is a good character for the sleuth, but her cousin Gia is a hoot and a half. They go on the search for clues to who killed their customer, as well as her uncle, and… eventually… a town doctor. But the cops definitely do not like them interfering in the investigation (of course). And Cass even gets suspected of doing the deed. 

The characters are fun and realistic and the town of Danger Cove does live up to its name. This is the second book I’ve read in the series and both were entertaining. 

Recommended.

Disclaimer: all opinions are mine alone and not influenced by anyone or anything. I reviewed this book voluntarily and was not solicited for this review.