Murder Served Neat is the second cozy mystery featuring plucky mixologist and amateur sleuth Samantha written by Michelle Hillen Klump. Released 21st Feb 2023 by Crooked Lane Books, it's 320 pages and is available in hardcover, audio, and ebook formats. It's worth noting that the ebook format has a handy interactive table of contents as well as interactive links and references throughout. I've really become enamored of ebooks with interactive formats lately.
This is a nice summer-themed small town cozy with a humorous, lightly sarcastic MC and well constructed mystery. The book is full of the quirky and appealing small-town characters, and the denouement and resolution are satisfying and complete. It works well enough as a standalone, but the returning characters do have some back history which is explained in the first book in the series.
This is the kind of cozy which has some recipes included at the back of the book, and the author and publisher have included one for glazed salmon, fig cake, and some mixed drinks. Throughout the book, the author has included lots of interesting info and factoids about mixing drinks, food and professional cooking.
Four stars. Interesting and engaging.
Disclosure: I received an ARC at no cost from the author/publisher for review purposes.
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