Sarah Can't Stop Reading

Jennie Marts’ debut cozy mystery, Take the Honey and Run (book 1 in A Bee Keeping Mystery) was seriously so much fun. I laughed out loud several places including during one particular breaking and entering scene where my guffaws woke up my husband. Whoops. 

Like any good cozy mystery there is a required amount of suspension of disbelief and I’m totally fine with it. Main character Bailey is a successful murder mystery author and back in her small hometown Humble Hills to help her grandmother run Honeybuzz Mountain Ranch. She’s happy to be home but certainly not expecting to find a dead body so soon into her stay. Unfortunately, her grandmother is the handsome sheriff’s number one suspect so Bailey and her best friend take on the case. Much to the frustration of that handsome sheriff. 

I loved all of this so much. It was just the escape I needed when I was annoyed with all the adulting I had to do. I loved the mystery (and all the red herrings totally got me) and there’s even a little light, second chance romance that worked perfectly into the story. I adored the characters–I always love grandmother/granddaughter relationships in stories and Bailey’s aunts were wonderful too.  I loved Bailey’s 12 year old daughter and her love of reading. I can’t wait to go back to Honeybuzz Mountain Ranch. 

This publishes on Tuesday July 17th and I highly recommend. Thanks to @netgalley and @crookedlanebooks for the eARC.