Book Review and Giveaway - Murder, She Wrote: Snowy with a Chance of Murder by Jessica Fletcher & Barbara Early

My Review

Jessica Fletcher falls on icy steps and has to stay home to recuperate from her fall, with the help of home aide Alice.  When a short term renter across the street starts building risque snow sculptures, the whole neighborhood is in an uproar ... culminating in a murder.  Of course Jessica works to solve the mystery!

I wanted to read Murder, She Wrote: Snowy with a Chance of Murder because I love the Murder She Wrote TV series and the book series as well.  I try to read all the books in this series as they come out.  I was also intrigued by the description of this book, which mentioned Rear Window - one of my favorite movies.

I think this is my favorite Murder She Wrote book yet!  The thing I love most in the books is Jessica's small town sleuthing in Cabot Cove.  The books with travel are fun, but the Cabot Cove books are particular favorites of mine.  It was interesting to see Jessica overcome the challenge of being homebound for so much of her sleuthing.  I enjoyed following along as she solved the mystery.  I loved seeing all the familiar Cabot Cove folks in this book - Seth, Mort, Maureen, Maeve.  I also liked Jessica's assistant, Alice.  I enjoyed their creative writing sessions together as Jessica mentored Alice.

The mystery aspect of this book was well paced, with several good suspects.  I guessed the right suspect, which makes a mystery read even more fun.

I enthusiastically recommend Murder, She Wrote: Snowy with a Chance of Murder - and of course, the entire Murder She Wrote series - to other cozy mystery fans!

Book Synopsis

In a nod to Rear Window, this newest entry in the USA Today bestselling Murder, She Wrote series finds Jessica Fletcher coping with an injury that leaves her homebound—and a murder just outside her window!

Jessica Fletcher has taken a nasty spill on the ice, leaving her in a wheelchair for several weeks. She tries to work on her latest manuscript but finds herself distracted by a new neighbor moving in across the street. There’s good reason for her to be distracted, because soon after unpacking his sparse belongings, Mr. Rymer is out in the front yard, building somewhat risqué (read: naked) snow sculptures.

While Cabot Cove debates whether the sculptures are a protected form of art or a public display of lewdness, someone starts destroying them at night. Rymer doesn’t seem upset. He just makes new ones. No need to get the police involved over a little snow, he says. Especially when there’s plenty more of it and a blizzard in the forecast.

The morning after the storm, Jessica looks out the window to see a new sculpture across the street—and the body of Mr. Rymer half-buried in the snow. Can Jessica catch a cold-blooded killer from her chair by the window?

Author Bios

Barbara Early earned an engineering degree, but after four years of doing nothing but math, developed a sudden allergy to the subject and decided to choose another occupation.

Before she settled on murdering fictional people, she was a secretary, a schoolteacher, a pastor’s wife, and an amateur puppeteer. She lives in Western New York State (Go Bills!), where she enjoys cooking, crafts, classic movies and campy seventies television, board games, and spending time with her granddaughters.

​Before teaming up with Jessica Fletcher, she previously wrote the Vintage Toyshop Mystery series and the Bridal Bouquet Shop Mysteries (as Beverly Allen).

Author Links

Website https://www.barbaraearly.com/

Facebook https://www.facebook.com/AuthorBarbaraEarly

Purchase Links – Amazon – B&N – Kobo – Bookshop.org – Penguin Random House 

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