In this intoxicating new cozy mystery series, the future for modern-day moonshiner Hattie Hayes looks bright--until death darkens the doorstep of her Moonshine Shack.
The Hayes family has made moonshine in Chattanooga since the days of Prohibition, and Hattie is happy to continue the tradition, serving up fun, fruity flavors in mason jars for locals and tourists alike. All signs indicate her new 'shine shop will be a smashing success. What's more, mounted police officer Marlon Landers has taken a shine to Hattie. For the first time ever, the stars seemed to have aligned in both her work and romantic life. But when a body ends up on her store's doorstep alongside a broken jar of her Firefly Moonshine, it just might be lights out for her fledgling business.
The homicide detective can't seem to identify the person who killed the owner of a nearby bar. The only witness is Hattie's longhaired gray cat, and Smoky isn't talking. When the detective learns that the victim and Hattie had a heated exchange shortly before his murder, she becomes her prime suspect.
Lest Hattie end up behind bars like her bootlegging great-grandfather a century before, she must distill the evidence herself and serve the killer a swift shot of justice.
My Review:
This was such a fun read! The whole concept of a moonshine maker getting caught up in a murder investigation, well, it was so entertaining to read! I personally don't like alcohol, the few times that I've had it, it's made me think of medicine then something enjoyable, but the Hayes family has a tradition of moonshine, so it was great that Hattie was taking up the mantle!
Hattie was a fun character to read about, she was earnest about moonshine and her history with it. She was so sweet, and it was too bad that death had to knock on her doorstep. This is a cozy mystery, so course there had to be a crime, and for this series, it seems like the main crime is murder.
The potential for romance with the cute mounted cop was just so cute! Things are unable to really go ahead because she's a murder suspect, but oh, I enjoyed the relationship between the two of them, and I'm so excited for more!
I loved how the clues kept piling up, and all the different suspects that they raised. There were so many possibilities since the murder victim was not a nice person who clashed with a lot of people. And oh, that confrontation had my heart pounding! I had to know how it'd resolved, and it was so great!
This was a really fun read, and I can't wait to read more in this series!
Author: Diane Kelly
Series: Southern Homebrew Mystery #1
Read: June 29th, 2021
Source: NetGalley
Reason Why: Love her writing and it sounded fantastic, and it's a Prequel & Sequel Challenge 2021 Book and a WoW Book!
Publisher: Berkley Books
Published: July 6th 2021
I loved how the clues kept piling up, and all the different suspects that they raised. There were so many possibilities since the murder victim was not a nice person who clashed with a lot of people. And oh, that confrontation had my heart pounding! I had to know how it'd resolved, and it was so great!
This was a really fun read, and I can't wait to read more in this series!
Author: Diane Kelly
Series: Southern Homebrew Mystery #1
Read: June 29th, 2021
Source: NetGalley
Reason Why: Love her writing and it sounded fantastic, and it's a Prequel & Sequel Challenge 2021 Book and a WoW Book!
Publisher: Berkley Books
Published: July 6th 2021
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