Better Off Read by Nora Page is the first book in the Bookmobile Mystery series. Cleo is a seventy-something librarian in a small rural south Georgia town. The local library has suffered storm damage but the mayor has his sights set on making the town a fishing hot spot. Cleo heads out in the bookmobile to pass out books and gather support for the library. When one of the library's main supporters is found murdered, the suspects are many. Cleo and her sidekick feline Rhett Butler set out to solve the murder and save the library. I appreciated the rural southern setting where eccentric characters and crazy happenings rival any large city. I look forward to more from this series!
The first book in the Southern Cake Baker Mystery series by Maymee Bell is Cake and Punishment. Sophia returns to her hometown of Rumford, Kentucky, to recover following a bad breakup. She has taken a break from her job as head pastry chef of a New York restaurant. Rumford lacks a bakery, and Sophia soon finds herself baking for every event in town. When the chef of the country club is murdered, Sophia is knee deep in a mystery. Some parts of this first book were quite predictable, but this is the first book of the series. I read this in less than a day since it was interesting and also a quick read. I am looking for a little more depth in the second book.disclosure: I received these e-books through NetGalley but was not otherwise compensated for these reviews. All opinions are my own!
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