Welcome to my stop on the Great Escapes Virtual Book Tour for Cooking to Death: Stirring the Pot (The Ghost Texter Paranormal Cozy Mystery Series) by Marcy Blesy! Today we are featuring a review of the first book in this new 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 three paperbacks of Cooking to Death (Stirring the Pot) by Marcy Blesy, one copy each for three separate people (US only please).
Cooking to Death: Stirring the Pot (The Ghost Texter Paranormal Cozy Mystery Series)
Paranormal Cozy Mystery
1st in Series
Setting – Michigan
Publisher : Independently Published (June 14, 2024)
Paperback : 302 pages
ISBN-13 : 979-8323615087
Digital ASIN : B0D21LBL3M
About the Book:
A Paranormal Cozy Mystery Series:
Twenty-four-year old Vivien Belcher–Ms. B, for obvious reasons–teaches a full class of kindergarten students in Southwest Michigan in a Lake Michigan beach town. Trying to maintain control of her overly enthusiastic students while managing life as a fully-fledged adult, Vivien’s life is balancing as perfectly as a gymnast sticking her landing until the scale tips when she receives an unlikely and unwelcome text message from her ex-boyfriend…her dead ex-boyfriend.
Trapped in the Transitional World and having to atone for his many sins in life, Kasper must “make good” by helping to solve the murder of his beloved high school lunch lady. The problem? It’s hard to solve a murder as a ghost. But Kasper doesn’t count on Vivien’s reluctance to help him, not to mention her doubt. And he really doesn’t count on his reaction to Vivien moving on with relationships in her life that don’t include him.
What ensues is hilarity and frustration as Kasper’s time is running out to convince Vivien to help him. Being a ghost is hard. But so is being a new teacher.
Marcy Blesy is the author of The Tucson Valley Retirement Community Cozy Mystery Series which has sold thousands of books in the hilarious whodunit series.
My Review:
I read and loved the first book in Marcy’s Tucson Valley Retirement Community cozy mystery series and have the others loaded and waiting on my kindle! I was so excited when I saw that she had a new series out and this time a paranormal cozy mystery. I’m here to tell readers that this new book is 300ish pages of such fun. Go now and put this on your kindle and you can thank me later! If you’re looking towards the end of summer and the start of school and want your reading to match that season, this new book will be a great fit. I read it in one sitting!
In book one, readers meet our new sleuth Vivien (Ms B) who by day is a wonderful kindergarten teacher (the scenes inside her classroom are so entertaining, I laughed out loud several times). The whole vibe of the school community gave me the same kind of feels I have when I watch Abbott Elementary–it feels very true life. Great characters are introduced from the school and I hope we see more in future entries in the series. There’s also a bit of a romance beginning for Ms B and I wholeheartedly approve!
I enjoyed watching Vivien unravel the death of a former high school lunch lady and the characters and clues she encountered throughout. The writing is vivid so I got a real feel for the town and characters, and the mystery was solid. I had a guess at the culprit but found myself surprised (in a good way!).
There is a bit of a cliff-hanger ending and I am excited to get my hands on book two, coming out later in August!
About the Author:
Marcy Blesy is the author of over thirty books including the popular cozy mystery series: The Tucson Valley Retirement Community Cozy Mystery Series. Her adult romance mystery series includes The Secret of Blue Lake and The Secret of Silver Beach, set in Michigan. Her children’s books include the best selling Be the Vet series along with the following early chapter book series: Evie and the Volunteers, Niles and Bradford, Third Grade Outsider, and Hazel, the Clinic Cat.
Marcy enjoys searching for treasures along the shores of Lake Michigan. She’s still waiting for the day when she finds a piece of red beach glass. By day she teaches creative writing virtually to amazing students around the world.
Marcy is a believer in love and enjoys nothing more than making her readers feel a book more than simply reading it.
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Book 2: Dribbling to Death (Taking His Shot) August 2024, Preorder Now!
TOUR PARTICIPANTS:
- July 30 – Mystery, Thrillers, and Suspense – SPOTLIGHT
- July 30 – Literary Gold – AUTHOR INTERVIEW
- July 31 – Christy’s Cozy Corners – AUTHOR GUEST POST
- August 1 – Sarah Can’t Stop Reading Books – REVIEW
- August 1 – MJB Reviewers – SPOTLIGHT
- August 2 – Maureen’s Musings – SPOTLIGHT
- August 2 – Sapphyria’s Book Reviews – SPOTLIGHT
- August 3 – fundinmental – SPOTLIGHT
- August 3 – Escape With Dollycas Into A Good Book – SPOTLIGHT
- August 4 – Cozy Up With Kathy – REVIEW, AUTHOR INTERVIEW
- August 5 – Lady Hawkeye – SPOTLIGHT
- August 6 – Ruff Drafts – CHARACTER GUEST POST
- August 6 – Socrates Book Reviews – SPOTLIGHT
- August 7 – Baroness Book Trove – CHARACTER INTERVIEW
- August 7 – StoreyBook Reviews – AUTHOR GUEST POST
- August 8 – Ascroft, eh? – CHARACTER GUEST POST
- August 8 – Novels Alive – REVIEW
- August 9 – Celticlady’s Reviews – SPOTLIGHT
- August 10 – FUONLYKNEW – SPOTLIGHT
- August 11 – Elizabeth McKenna – Author – SPOTLIGHT
- August 12 – Boys’ Mom Reads! – REVIEW
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