Daily Archives: December 30, 2019

Slightly confusing story for a first time reader

Come Homicide or High Water (Welcome Back to Scumble River Book 3)

By: Denise Swanson

Rating: 4 of 5

This is the third in a new reboot of an older cozy mystery series. It is the first one that I have read. It was definitely confusing to walk into the middle of this story, because that is how this book reads. You really must need to have read earlier books to understand the dynamics of the characters and their relationships.

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A new Amish mystery series by Amanda Flower

Matchmaking Can Be Murder (An Amish Matchmaker Mystery Book 1)

By: Amanda Flower

Rating: 4 of 5

This is the second Amish mystery series I have begun reading by Amanda Flower. This series is a spin-off of the first, the Amish Candy Shop mysteries.)

In this story, Millie Fisher has come back to Harvest, Ohio. She is a widow who spent the last ten years taking care of her sister whose health was failing.

Millie is a matchmaker and she intends to start up her business, helping both the Amish and the English find their true companion. Sadly, her niece Edith, had chosen her first husband unwisely and appears to be heading down the same path with her new fiance.

When a murder occurs and Edith comes under suspicion, Millie and her newly re-found friend from childhood, decide to pull out all stops to find the real murderer.

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