A Parting Shot is the 6th Allie Cobb small-town cozy mystery by J. C. Kenney. Released 19th April 2022, it's 206 pages and is available in paperback and ebook formats.
Although it's the 6th book in the series, this small-town cozy works perfectly well as a standalone. The author provides the necessary backstory without spoon feeding or info dumping all over readers. The characters are competently written and mostly believable with a protagonist who's a literary agent and a former professional kickboxer. The action moves along at a fast pace and never drags or meanders. There are some slightly rough spots with the dialogue in a couple of places, but it never detracted or yanked me out of the story. I liked the information the author provided about the publishing industry and marketing, as well as the author and series name-dropping recommendations throughout; I found it interesting.
The
plot resolution was a little more linear than I'm used to, but all in
all the denouement was satisfying and well written. The language is
squeaky clean and there's no on-page blood or gore. I recommend it to
fans of small-town cozies with amateur sleuths (plus cat, and fiancé with dog). It's a quick
and satisfying read. I would recommend it to fans of amateur sleuth small town cozies. Definitely one for cozy binge readers who love having series at their fingertips.
There was one very minor "foul play" twist included in the epilogue which wasn't entirely cricket, but it will no-doubt thrill fans of the author and the series.
Four stars.
Disclosure: I received an ARC at no cost from the author/publisher for review purposes.
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