Welcome to my stop on the Great Escapes Virtual Book Tour for The Golden Hour Murder: A Robyn Cavanagh Mystery by Jeanne Quigley! Today we are featuring a review of book two in this cozy 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 digital copies of The Golden Hour Murder. ENTER HERE!
The Golden Hour Murder: A Robyn Cavanagh Mystery
Cozy Mystery
2nd in Series
Setting – New York
Independently Published (February 11, 2025)
Print length : 271 pages
Digital ASIN : B0DNXTBRNQ
About the Book:
It’s October and Mother Nature has painted photographer Robyn Cavanagh’s suburban New York hometown in rich colors of red, orange, and gold. Autumn has provided many scenic locales to shoot, but Robyn is happily preoccupied with one particular landscape. She’s landed the biggest job of her flourishing career: a contract to photograph the lush Linden Acres farm.
Her work begins with sunshine-filled days of apple and pumpkin picking and starry nights featuring a spectacular display of glowing jack-o’-lanterns. The merry mood darkens after Robyn discovers the body of Doug Paxton, the estranged husband of a member of the Linden clan.
Robyn can’t look through her camera’s viewfinder without picturing Doug’s body in the Linden pumpkin patch. Along with her friend Will Vonderlin, she plays detective to solve Doug’s murder. Will the killer be caught before the apples and pumpkins are turned into Thanksgiving pies, or will Robyn lose her best client and watch her career fade along with the autumn colors?
My Review:
I’m beginning to think that 2025 might just be the year of the cozy. Despite only being the second month of the year, I’ve been lucky enough to read some truly delightful cozy escapes, and I count The Golden Hour Murder as one! From page one I was hooked on the wonderful characters, beautiful fall setting and of course, the stellar mystery.
Robyn is a thoughtful, likable sleuth who is both creative and mathematical. As a lady in my mid-forties, I enjoyed that Robyn and I were similar in age. Her friendship with her bestie Will is one to admire, and I love that that relationship didn’t have angst, but simply a focus on enjoying each other’s company. I’m also a fan of stories where adult children have strong relationships with their parents – Robyn’s dad was a favorite!
The setting of fall time in New York made for an enjoyable literary escape especially since we were in the single digits of winter as I write this. The descriptions were vivid and I could easily picture the apple orchard and pumpkin patches.
The murder mystery at the heart of the story was well plotted and layered. I thought I knew who did it and I was wrong! Readers will find lots of suspects to consider and secrets to uncover.
I’ll certainly be back for more adventures with Robyn!
About the Author:
Jeanne Quigley is the author of the Veronica Walsh Mysteries and the Robyn Cavanagh Mysteries. Unlike her fictional sleuths, she has never been a soap opera star, accountant, or professional photographer, but she has worked in the music industry, for an educational publisher, and in a county agency. She lives in New York’s historic Hudson Valley.
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TOUR PARTICIPANTS:
- February 12 – Jody’s Bookish Haven – SPOTLIGHT
- February 12 – Frugal Freelancer – AUTHOR GUEST POST
- February 13 – fundinmental – SPOTLIGHT
- February 14 – Cozy Up With Kathy – REVIEW
- February 15 – Maureen’s Musings – SPOTLIGHT
- February 15 – Escape With Dollycas Into A Good Book – SPOTLIGHT
- February 16 – Boys’ Mom Reads! – REVIEW
- February 17 – Christy’s Cozy Corners – CHARACTER GUEST POST
- February 17 – Sapphyria’s Book Reviews – SPOTLIGHT
- February 18 – Socrates Book Reviews – SPOTLIGHT
- February 18 – Baroness Book Trove – SPOTLIGHT
- February 19 – FUONLYKNEW – SPOTLIGHT
- February 19 – Celticlady’s Reviews – SPOTLIGHT
- February 19 – Reading Is My SuperPower – AUTHOR GUEST POST
- February 20 – Sarah Can’t Stop Reading Books – REVIEW
- February 20 – Deal Sharing Aunt – CHARACTER INTERVIEW
- February 21 – Novels Alive – REVIEW
- February 21 – MJB Reviews – SPOTLIGHT
- February 21 – Books, Ramblings, and Tea – SPOTLIGHT
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