Blooming With Murder
A Sierra Pines B&B Mystery
by Kathryn Long
.
Blooming with Murder (A Sierra Pines B&B Mystery)
Cozy Mystery
3rd in Series
Setting – California
Camel Press (March 14, 2023)
Paperback : 220 pages
ISBN-10 : 1684920671
ISBN-13 : 978-1684920679
Digital ASIN : B0B6YB1ZL9
Spring is blooming in Sierra Pines, and everyone’s busy preparing for the annual Spring Fling Festival. Ali Winston takes her B&B guests for a tour, and their first stop is the face painting booth. Local school board president, Melvin Renville, is there to honor a bet he lost to the student body by having his face painted. However, things turn tragic when he has an allergic reaction and ends up dead. No one is more surprised than Ali’s best friend and art teacher, Lyla Lane, when it’s discovered her face paint contains peanut oil, an ingredient Renville was highly allergic to. Lyla insists she’d never use store bought paint, only homemade, because in teaching elementary school, she’s aware many kids have food allergies.
Ali suspects someone wanted Renville dead and cleverly framed Lyla for the crime. The question is who had motive and the opportunity to pull off such a daring deed? Of course, rumors spread and fingers point at Lyla when word gets out that Renville had notified her, merely hours before his death, that the art program and her job would be cut next year. Talk about a motive to kill. With Sheriff Sterling painting Lyla as his prime suspect, Ali is determined to help her friend by discovering the true killer and to keep spring blooming in Sierra Pines.
About Kathryn Long
Kathryn Long is a native Ohioan who spends her days plotting murder and writing mysteries. She’s a member of Sisters in Crime as well as of International Thriller Writers. She’s actively involved in the writing and publishing worlds and stays up to date on her social media platforms. Kathryn lives with her husband and furry friend Max in the quiet suburbs of Green, Ohio. The B&B series also includes Boarding with Murder and Snowed Under Murder. Inspiration for the storyline comes from her classic movie obsession, particularly Arsenic and Old Lace, and her love for Cary Grant. Kathryn also writes the PAINT BY MURDER mystery series under the name Bailee Abbott.
Author Links: Website / Facebook / Twitter
Purchase Links:
Amazon
Barnes&Noble
Kobo
Apple
~~~~~
~~~~~
TOUR PARTICIPANTS
May 1 – Literary Gold – SPOTLIGHT
May 1 – Maureen’s Musing – SPOTLIGHT
May 2 – Celticlady’s Reviews – SPOTLIGHT
May 2 – Baroness Book Trove – SPOTLIGHT
May 3 – Hearts & Scribbles – SPOTLIGHT
May 3 – Brooke Blogs – SPOTLIGHT
May 4 – MJB Reviewers – SPOTLIGHT
May 4 – Sapphyria’s Book Reviews – SPOTLIGHT
May 5 – Ascroft, eh? – AUTHOR INTERVIEW
May 6 – Reading Is My SuperPower – REVIEW
May 6 – Escape With Dollycas Into A Good Book – SPOTLIGHT
May 7 – #BRVL Book Review Virginia Lee – SPOTLIGHT
May 8 – fundinmental – SPOTLIGHT
May 9 – FUONLYKNEW – SPOTLIGHT
May 9 – Cozy Up With Kathy – AUTHOR GUEST POST
May 10 – Elizabeth McKenna – Author – SPOTLIGHT
May 11 – Novels Alive – REVIEW
May 11 – The Mystery Section – SPOTLIGHT
May 12 – Reading, Writing & Stitch-Metic – SPOTLIGHT
.
~~~~~
Thanks so much for visiting fuonlyknew and Good Luck!
For a list of my reviews go HERE.
For a list of free eBooks updated daily go HERE
To see all of my giveaways go HERE.
Thank you for hosting me!
Sounds like a book I will enjoy reading.
Spring IS blooming and a cozy fits with poolside reading.
sherry @ fundinmental
This will be a great beach read this summer.
This looks like a very good novel
I love a good cozy mystery and this looks like it will be a great one.