Fiction, Cozy Mystery

3***

Blurb: A pile of money. A mystifying law firm. A dead best friend. Can Libby figure out what the mob is really doing in Black Ridge Cove before Grammie ends up in jail, or worse?Libby follows in her Gramps’ footsteps by re-opening the town paper, The Cove Post. But before she can get a staff together, Grammie becomes the lead story! Dastardly Deeds and Possible Parricide is the second book in the paranormal Libby Foster Cozy Mystery series. If you are a fan of whodunits, paranormal amateur sleuths, and charming – albeit secretive – small towns, then you will love this cozy mystery by Ana Bisset.

Thoughts: his was a good story with good characters.
BUT… very badly edited. There are tense issues – past and present – sometimes in the same paragraph. There are grammatical issues – capitalization, wrong word choice, etc. And the cap for me was that there were way too many threads left hanging. Yes, this particular murder got solved, but there were still too many questions at the end. I know that is a marketing ploy to get you to buy more books to find the answers, but it just irritates me. Still, I did find the story intriguing and loved the characters. I especially loved that the entire quilting guild showed up in jail to confess to the murder and spend the night. Though I knew who the villain was early on, and knew what the background reason was, I still enjoyed the twists and turns to get to the end.

So… recommended with the caveat of needing better editing.