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Welcome to my stop on the Virtual Book Tour for Mildred Abbott’s The Cozy Corgi Mysteries hosted by Pump Up Your Book from October 1 – November 30, 2018.

I’ll be reviewing all of the books in this series. Be sure to stop back in!

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Title: CRUEL CANDY (Book 1)
Author: Mildred Abbott
Publisher: Wings of Ink Publications LLC
Pages: 282
Genre: Cozy Mystery

My Review

I love cozies, the small town settings, the quirky characters, the hints of sweet, fun romance and a little touch of murder. Throw in a cute dog and it’s all good.

After a split with her partner in their publishing business, Winifred, Fred for short, moves to the small town of Estes Park, Colorado. She’s welcomed by her mother and her hipster stepfather. With a nice little cabin and an empty building she plans to settle in, make the cabin her nest and use the building to open a book store, calling it The Cozy Corgi. Wouldn’t be fitting to not show off her taciturn pooch, Watson. He’ll be featured on the stores sign. But there’s a hitch in her giddyap when she finds a dead woman in the kitchen of her new shop. Not the best way to make herself welcome and also has her bumping heads with the handsome Sargeant Branson. Time for her and Watson to get some sleuthing done so she can get back to the business of settling in.

This was fun right off the bat. I liked  Fred. She had plenty of pluck and intuition. Her furry pal, Watson was a hoot too. The little guy was such a mooch and a bit of a curmudgeon. He got away with that by being so adorable.

There were the usual quirky characters. Her mother was sweet and her stepfather was all hippie. The two sisters, Opal and Lois couldn’t be more different. It was Fred’s bad luck that her business would be sandwiched between both of theirs.

Once Fred began sniffing out clues to the murder, some really fun surprises were in store. I can honestly say, this was new one for me. Who woulda thunk it. But you know what they say, you can’t ever really know your neighbor.

I enjoyed this cozy and it’s town full of fun characters and secrets. I’m already reading Traitorous Toys, the second book, and having fun.

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Synopsis

Estes Park, Colorado: picturesque mountains, charming shops, delightful bakeries, a cozy bookstore… and murder.
Winifred Page and her corgi, Watson, move to Estes Park to hit the Reset button on life. Fred is about to open her dream bookshop, and the only challenges she anticipates are adjusting to small-town life, tourists, and living close to her loveable mother, Phyllis, and hippy stepfather, Barry.
When Fred steps into her soon-to-be-bookshop for the first time, she expects dust bunnies and spiders… not the dead body in the upstairs kitchen. The local police have an easy suspect—Barry.

Determined to prove quirky Barry innocent of murder, Fred puts on her detective hat, and with Watson by her side, she explores her new town and gets acquainted with her fellow shopkeepers. Could one of her friendly neighbors be the real culprit? And what would be the motive for killing the owner of the Sinful Bites candy store? The secrets Fred discover put her at odds with the local police sergeant and threaten her cozy future in Estes.
With snow falling outside, all Fred wants to do is curl up by the fire with a good book and Watson snuggled at her feet. But before she can begin her new life and put her plans for her bookshop into action, Fred and Watson have a mystery to solve…

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