Welcome to The Friday 56 hosted by Freda’s Voice.
This is a really fun meme!
The only rules are to grab a book (any book), turn to page 56 or 56% in your eReader and find a sentence or a few (no spoilers) that grabs you and post it.
Then go over to Freda’s Voice and leave your link so we can visit your 56!
My 56 for this week is from:
The Corpse In The Cabana
by Shea MacLeod
![The Corpse in the Cabana (Viola Roberts Cozy Mysteries Book 1) by [MacLeod, Shéa]](https://images-na.ssl-images-amazon.com/images/I/51Blvyy%2Bh4L._SY346_.jpg)
Genre: Cozy Mystery
From 56% in the eBook.
“just go home, Ms. Roberts, and leave the investigating to the professionals.”
“Can’t go home,” i said smugly. “I live in Oregon, and my flight isn’t until Monday.”
He literally groaned. I had to hold back a laugh.
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I’m going to make a confession here. I grabbed this the second I came across the pretty cover. LOL But, I’m also a cozy mystery addict and I’ve been wanting to try Shea’s books. This has a writer as the main character and is located in Florida, a hop, skip and jump from where I live. It looks like home to me!
Have you done that? Bought a book just because of the cover? Come on. Don’t be shy. You can tell me!
The above cover is the one I own from Amazon. Here is the one from Goodreads. Either of these would have been a cover buy for me!
Which do you like more?
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Synopsis
Sassy, snarky Viola Roberts quit her boring accountant job to pursue her dream of writing novels, even if it meant eating ramen noodles every day. Now that her career has taken off, she’s headed to a writers’ conference at an exotic Florida resort complete with white sand beaches and swaying palm trees where she plans to lounge in the shade drinking frosty beverages with little umbrellas. And, of course, no sojourn to tropical climes would be complete without her boozy, wise-cracking best friend, Cheryl. When Viola discovers the diva of the author world dead (as a doornail) of unnatural causes, the police immediately consider Viola their prime suspect. But when the head detective turns a gimlet eye on Viola’s best friend, the author has had enough! Along with help from hunky fellow writer, Lucas Salvatore, Viola is determined to ascertain who killed the corpse in the cabana before she, or Cheryl, wind up in jail. Or worse.
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Both covers are nice, but I like the cute, pink typewriter.
The typewriter is too cute. And the flamingo float in the pool caught my eye too!
lol Ms Roberts sounds like a bit of a busy body! 😂 great choice! I do like those pink and blue covers!
Busy bodies mean plenty of laughs!
This sounds so funny😁 I actually like the second cover better, I just love the huge pink building!
We have lots of hotels and condos in these bright colors here!
Good one. Nice to get a laugh first thing in the morning.
sherry @ fundinmental Friday Memes
A laugh in the morning makes the day a good one, Sherry!
This book sounds delightful. I’m overdue for a great cozy, and I love those covers, too. Covers do play into my choices. Thanks for sharing, and for visiting my blog.
Now and then I buy books just because of their covers. This is also a favorite genre of mine so it’s a win win!
I think I prefer the second cover. The big pink building is so pretty!
My Friday memes this week.
It is a pretty building:) I love wearing bright pink in the summer too:)
I read this one a long time ago but never finished the series, I should though I recall liking it. 🙂
I’m sure I’ll be continuing with the series. I have the next book in my cart now:)
This book looks interesting. Also, I feel like most main characters of cozy mystery books are told to “go home and leave it to the professionals,” at least once.
Yep. But they never listen. LOL
Sounds like a fun read, I like a good mystery. Happy weekend!
It’s going to be a whole lot of fun:)
Sounds like a fun story. The main character has attitude. I also like books set where I live. This week I am featuring Murder in Belgravia by Lynn Brittney from my review stack. Happy reading!
I like attitude and not taking no for an answer. LOL
Oooh I love that banter! I could add an “evil laugh” as she seems so delighted!
She did chuckle! LOL
I love a good cozy mystery and that excerpt had me laughing. I think I might have to check this series out. Thanks for sharing! Hope you have a great weekend! 🙂
Cozies are delightful, fun reads and I love to laugh too:)
I was laying in bed this morning before I got up thinking about how I really should read more mysteries. This sounds like a fun place to start. Thanks for visiting my blog.
Watch out! Cozies are addictive. LOL
Hope you enjoy your new cosy! Happy Reading.
I am so far!
Leave it to the professionals – yeah I don’t think so!
No fun in that! LOL
This sounds like fun. I’ve been dying to read this one.
I couldn’t resist:)
Sounds like a fun mystery. I like the level of snark. Happy weekend!
I love snark too! LOL
OMG, sounds good. I couldn’t resist the first cover!! Book covers do influence me as well. It’s too bad, because I have read some awesome books that had absolutely awful covers. If I hadn’t heard about them through some other readers, I would NEVER have read such books.
I’ve read some books that had bad covers and titles that I really enjoyed. I may fall for a great cover but I take a risk now and then on those not so great ones because of recommendations too:)
This sounds like a fun mystery. I will have to add it to my TBR.
Mary
I think I prefer the top cover. Thanks for sharing. 🙂
I enjoy cozies too. 🙂 I hope you love this one. I don’t often let a pretty cover be the deciding factor in my choosing a book to read, but it is often the reason I take a closer look at a book for consideration.
I love the cozies. When a cover catches my eye I usually read a sample before grabbing the book. But then there are those times I just snatch the book. LOL