Welcome to my stop on the Great Escapes Virtual Book Tour for Kilned at the Ceramic Shop: A Braddock Mystery by Donna Clancy! Today we are featuring a review of book one in this new cozy mystery series. Stop by each blog on the tour for interviews, guest posts, spotlights, reviews, and more! It’s a great way to add books to your TBR! There is also a Rafflecopter Giveaway for a $25 Amazon gift card!
Kilned at the Ceramic Shop: A Braddock Mystery
Cozy Mystery
1st in Series
Setting – Maine
Publisher : Level Best Books (March 12, 2024)
Print length : 234 pages
Digital ASIN : B0CV7J53PQ
Bestselling mystery writer Tammy Wright returns to her small hometown in Maine to help in her Aunt Clara’s ceramic shop during the tourist season. She is looking forward to being with her aunt and having lots of peace and quiet to work on her next mystery. But as readers of cozy mysteries know, Tammy isn’t going to get any peace and quiet for a while.
Soon after arriving, Tammy learns that Aunt Clara, along with other area shop owners, are being harassed into selling their properties to two competing real estate agents. These agents want to clear the way for a fancy new housing development. Clara remains strong despite the pressure, even in the face of a dead body in her shop. Soon after, Clara is kidnapped without a trace, and Tammy is both terrified and determined to find her. Thankfully she reconnects with a former classmate, Zeke, who is now a Sheriff’s Deputy, and the two work together to solve the crimes. Tammy quickly learns the difference between crime on a fiction page and crime in real life.
What a wonderful start to a new series! I enjoyed this so much. The details of the small town were so cozy, and I could easily visualize Tammy working to solve the mystery. And speaking of the mystery – it was so well planned and well paced, and I did not guess it ahead of time. There’s a touch of romance developing between Tammy and Zeke and it was just the right amount. It’s fun to see characters reconnect as old friends first before the romance. Aunt Clara is a wonderful character, and I just love stories featuring strong relationships between younger and older characters. I’m anxious to get my hands on the next in this series, but I’m thankful to learn that Donna has an extensive backlist–I’ll certainly be loading up my kindle!
About the Book:
Tammy Wright, a bestselling mystery author returns to her hometown to give her Aunt Clara a hand with running her ceramic shop during tourist season. She discovers that two vindictive realtors have been bullying her aunt and others into selling their properties to make room for new housing developments. Those who don’t comply pay the consequences.
Tammy stumbles upon a body, and when her aunt refuses to give in to either realtor she disappears without a trace.
With the help of an old schoolmate turned policeman, the writer must step out from behind her computer screen and her fictional mysteries to confront real life crime. If she doesn’t, she may never see her aunt again.
About the Author:
Donna Clancy lives on Cape Cod. She has three grown children and one rescue Papillion named Zumiez. She has a seven-book deal with Level Best Books for The Braddock Mysteries, writes The Trash to Treasure and Paint and Sip cozy series’ for Summer Prescott Books Publishing, as well as self-publishing The Shipwreck Cafe and Jelly Shop Mysteries. She loves to write in various genres including suspense, thriller, romance, and YA.
Author Links:
Website http://www.donnaclancybooks.com
Facebook https://www.facebook.com/dwaloclancy/
BookBub https://www.bookbub.com/profile/donna-walo-clancy
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TOUR PARTICIPANTS:
- March 12 – Mystery, Thrillers, and Suspense – SPOTLIGHT
- March 12 – Elizabeth McKenna – Author – SPOTLIGHT
- March 13 – Read Your Writes Book Reviews – CHARACTER INTERVIEW
- March 13 – Christy’s Cozy Corners – AUTHOR GUEST POST
- March 14 – Literary Gold – AUTHOR INTERVIEW
- March 14 – Maureen’s Musings – SPOTLIGHT
- March 15 – Storybook Lady – REVIEW
- March 16 – Celticlady’s Reviews – SPOTLIGHT
- March 16 – FUONLYKNEW – SPOTLIGHT
- March 17 – Review Thick And Thin – REVIEW
- March 18 – Reading Is My SuperPower – REVIEW
- March 18 – Brooke Blogs – SPOTLIGHT
- March 19 – The Avid Reader – REVIEW, INDIVIDUAL GIVEAWAY
- March 19 – #BRVL Book Review Virginia Lee – SPOTLIGHT
- March 20 – Boys’ Mom Reads! – REVIEW
- March 20 – Sapphyria’s Book Reviews – SPOTLIGHT
- March 21 – Socrates Book Reviews – SPOTLIGHT
- March 21 – Ascroft, eh? – CHARACTER GUEST POST
- March 22 – Cozy Up WIth Kathy – REVIEW, AUTHOR INTERVIEW
- March 22 – Teatime and Books – SPOTLIGHT
- March 23 – Sarah Can’t Stop Reading – REVIEW
- March 23 – Escape With Dollycas Into A Good Book – AUTHOR GUEST POST
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