Though a first for me, ‘Frozen in Motion’ is the third installment in the Callie Cassidy Mysteries. Callie lives in a picturesque small mountain town in Colorado. In a past life, she was an investigative journalist, among other things, but has settled into her hometown and owns a photography gallery. On the morning that this book opens up, she has a bit of a run with her friend Renata’s obnoxious ex-husband who has come to town seemingly to irritate everyone in town and to make Renata as miserable as possible. Desperate for closure, Renata asks Callie to investigate what he is up to and maybe find a way to make him leave. When the ex ends up dead at the ice rink where Renata coaches hockey and she has no alibi, the police soon zero in on her and her new beau as possible suspects.

I enjoyed reading this story. Though I came in at the end, there was never a feeling of missing out on backstory. I love the characters who populate the town and of course, it wouldn’t be a cozy without great small business names, like the bookstore “A Likely Story.” The mystery is well written and well-paced with just the right amount of action and drama and given the nature of the deceased plenty of suspects who might want the suspect out of their lives, maybe even dead. I did pick up on the killer fairly early but hoped I was wrong, which just shows the depth of the characters. I am interested in catching up with this series and seeing what is next for Callie and her friends.

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Rating: 4 out of 5.
I received an advance review copy for free through Great Escapes Virtual Book Tours, and I am leaving this review voluntarily ( )