Welcome to my stop on the Great Escapes Virtual Book Tour for A Room for Murder (Charlie Kingsley Mysteries) by Michele Pariza Wacek! Today we are featuring a review of this cozy novella in the award-winning Charlie Kingsley Mystery series. Stop by each blog on the tour for interviews, guest posts, spotlights, reviews, and more! There is also a Rafflecopter Giveaway for two paperback copies of A Room for Murder (Charlie Kingsley Mysteries). ENTER HERE!
A Room for Murder (Charlie Kingsley Mysteries)
Cozy Mystery
5th in Series
Setting – Wisconsin – In the 1990s
Publisher : Love-Based Publishing (November 2, 2024)
Number of Pages ~100 pages
Digital ASIN : B0CMN7TXGY
About the Book:
A Room For Murder For is book 4 in The Charlie Kingsley Cozy Novella series by USA Today bestselling author Michele PW (Pariza Wacek). Ideal for cozy mystery fans, especially readers who love clean, twisty and funny cozy mysteries that include tea, pets, baking, small towns and quirky side characters.
Charlie’s very first case!
Normally Darla, the ghost that haunts the Redemption Inn, behaves herself. Relatively speaking.
Nancy, the owner of the Redemption Inn, swears that Darla is harmless. At least, mostly harmless. Maybe she plays a few pranks on some unsuspecting guests, but it’s all in good fun.
Until one of the hotel guests is found dead at the bottom of the stairs, and Darla is the one who’s blamed.
With the threat of guests canceling and her business on the line, Nancy turns to Charlie to help find the real culprit so Darla can rest in peace.
Meet Charlie. Better known as “Aunt Charlie” from the award-winning Secrets of Redemption series. She’s back, making teas and solving cases in this funny, twisty, cozy mystery series set in the 1990s in Redemption, Wisconsin.
My Review:
Thanks to the Great Escapes Virtual Blog Tour, I was lucky enough to get to read and review The Mysterious Case of the Missing Motive (The Redemption Detective Agency) by Michele Pariza Wacek (see review here–5 stars!). I absolutely loved the first book in that new series, so I was delighted to get to read and review A Room for Murder (Charlie Kingsley Mysteries), also by Michele. This is book four in the Charlie Kingsley Cozy Novella series (to see all of Michele’s books and how they are connected, visit her website. There is even a very cool graphic to show the order of books if you’d like to read in order.) This can easily be read as a standalone – I can attest to that.
On to the review!
I loved this one too! I’m a new reader/fan of Michele’s work, so getting to see Charlie at work on her first case was a treat, as she was mentioned, but not a central figure in The Mysterious Case of the Missing Motive. Charlie’s a wonderful character, level-headed and thoughtful, and I am fascinated by her teas. I wish I could visit with her and try some.
Since this was a novella, it was short, but didn’t feel rushed, and I finished this in one day. It was a good introduction to characters that I hope to get to know more as I read further in the series (just found a bunch on my library’s Hoopla account as audiobooks, yay!). The ghost element was fun and certainly not too scary. The writing is clever and vivid, and I enjoy the suspense mixed with the witty. The 1990s setting is also a hoot and fun to relive through the pages of the mystery. Can’t wait to read more!
About the Author:
A USA Today Bestselling, award-winning author, Michele taught herself to read at 3 years old because she wanted to write stories so badly. It took some time (and some detours) but now she does spend much of her time writing stories. Mystery stories, to be exact. They’re clean and twisty, and range from psychological thrillers to cozies, with a dash of romance and supernatural thrown into the mix. If that wasn’t enough, she posts lots of fun things on her blog, including short stories, puzzles, recipes and more, at MPWNovels.com.
Michele grew up in Wisconsin, (hence why all her books take place there), and still visits regularly, but she herself escaped the cold and now lives in the mountains of Prescott, Arizona with her husband and southern squirrel hunter Cassie.
When she’s not writing, she’s usually reading, hanging out with her dog, or watching the Food Network and imagining she’s an awesome cook. (Spoiler alert, she’s not. Luckily for the whole family, Mr. PW is in charge of the cooking.)
Author Links:
Website https://MPWNovels.com
Facebook https://Facebook.com/MichelePWauthor
Instagram https://www.instagram.com/themichelepw/
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TOUR PARTICIPANTS:
- November 2 – Jody’s Bookish Haven – SPOTLIGHT
- November 2 – Sapphyria’s Book Reviews – SPOTLIGHT
- November 3 – Sarah Can’t Stop Reading Books – REVIEW
- November 4 – Books, Ramblings, and Tea – SPOTLIGHT
- November 5 – Literary Gold – SPOTLIGHT
- November 5 – Baroness Book Trove – SPOTLIGHT
- November 6 – Christy’s Cozy Corners – REVIEW, CHARACTER GUEST POST
- November 7 – Celticlady’s Reviews – SPOTLIGHT
- November 8 – Maureen’s Musings – REVIEW
- November 9 – Boys’ Mom Reads! – REVIEW
- November 10 – Reading Authors Network – AUTHOR GUEST POST
- November 11 – Deal Sharing Aunt – AUTHOR INTERVIEW
- November 12 – Reading Is My SuperPower – REVIEW
- November 12 – Escape With Dollycas Into A Good Book – REVIEW
- November 13 – Ruff Drafts – SPOTLIGHT
- November 14 – FUONLYKNEW – SPOTLIGHT
- November 15 – Ascroft, eh? – CHARACTER INTERVIEW
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