Murder at Cape Costumers is the 7th Book Club cozy by Maddie Day. Released 26th Aug 2025 by Kenzington, it's 352 pages and is available in mass market paperback, audiobook, and ebook formats. It's worth noting that the ebook format has a handy interactive table of contents as well as interactive links.
This is a fairly standard village cozy with the requisite cast of eccentric town oddballs hiding things from one another, a moderately large cast of suspects, and the main character, bike shop owner Mackenzie (Mac), and an October/halloween themed mystery with creepy costumes and murder.
It's an enjoyable read, if trope-y (but that's why storefront cozies are such a popular niche genre). It's not at all derivative, and fans of Ellery Adams, Kate Carlisle, and Lynn Cahoon will find a lot to like here.
The unabridged audiobook has a run time of 7 hours 10 minutes and is read by series narrator Rachel Dulude. She has a full, well modulated alto voice and does a good job of delineating the characters of a range of ages and both sexes. She has a sort of neutral New England accent which doesn't overpower the read. Sound and production quality are high throughout.
Four stars. It would be a good choice for a long binge/buddy read, for public library acquisition, or for the home library. The mystery is self contained in this volume, however, there are multi-book story arc elements which will be spoiled if read out of order.
Disclosure: I received an ARC at no cost from the author/publisher for review purposes.
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