Fun cozy mystery

Fun cozy mystery

Dead on the Vine: A Finn Family Farm Mystery

By: Elle Brooke White

Rating: 4 of 5

This is the first in a new series of cozy mysteries. Charlotte Finn has inherited a farm in California and has plans to sell it. However, a murder occurs and the body is found on the farm. She finds herself increasing of a mind to keep the farm and make a go of it.

There are a number of side characters, my favorite of which is a pig. Yes, a real pig but one who is smarter than many of the other two-legged characters.

While the story was fun and the mystery interesting, there were some problems with some of the dialog. The characters would try to sound like farmers but sometimes came across more like ranchers. Note – these are not the same. While it was distracting, I still overall, enjoyed the story.

I was provided a digital advance reader copy of this book by the publisher via Netgalley.