Susan Boles

What is "wolfman syndrome"? I'd never heard of it before reading the southern set cozy mystery, Death of A Wolfman, book one in the Lily Gayle Lambert series. And I won't give it away here, you'll have to discover it for yourself. Discovery was part of the fun of reading Death of a Wolfman and I enjoyed meeting all the interesting characters in this small southern town. Lilly Gayle just can't keep her nose out of anything and it was fun seeing what she would nose into next.

Susan Bowles knows how to sweeten a cozy mystery like a perfect glass of iced tea, with a spunky heroine and good old southern charm. I can't wait to see what Lily Gayle Lambert is up to next.… (altro)

Lily Gayle is at it again, in book two in the series, peeking into windows and following her curiosity into empty rooms and dark shadows where danger might be hiding. This time as she drags her best friend Dixie along to peek inside, the body Lily Gayle discovers turns out to be Luxen, the elderly pastry baker. Cakes and cookies and murder, oh my!

This series, set in the southern town of Mercy, Mississippi, is full of fun and quirky southern characters. There's the elderly Miss Edna, with her binoculars, her opinions and more than a small seasoning of spunk. There's Lily Gayle's best friend Dixie who tries to sweeten things between Lily Gayle and Miss Edna when it looks like things have gone sour. And there's Sheriff Ben Carter, Lily Gayle's cousin, who wishes Lily Gayle would stick to sewing Civil War gowns for her clients instead of nosing around where she might get into trouble. Miss Edna's niece Harley Ann and her boyfriend bad boy Bobby Moore are some of the younger residents of Mercy and I wasn't sure til the end of the book if Harley Ann was a good girl or a bad girl running from her past. I'm looking forward to meeting more of the citizens of Mercy, Mississippi.

I'm also looking forward to trying the recipes in this book: Grits and Gravy Café’s (Death by) Chocolate Gravy, Dixie’s Wicked Chickens Deviled Eggs, and Luxen’s Punchbowl Cherry Cake. How have I lived in the south for twenty years and never tried Chocolate Gravy?

This was a fun cozy!

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It's Christmas in Mercy, Mississippi, but things aren't so festive for Lily Gayle and Dixie when someone makes an attempt on their lives. And they are far from festive for the local bank manager who is found dead on the steps of the Midnight Dragonfly where Vlad Templeton is conducting his state funded sleep study.

Who killed the banker and what secret is Vlad hiding? Who tried to kill Lily Gayle and Dixie? You'll just have to read this one to find out.

This is a fun series and I can't wait to see what Lily Gayle, Dixie and Miss Edna get up to in the next book.

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