Book Review: Death of a Tom Turkey (Hayley Powell Food and Cocktails Mystery, #18) by Lee Hollis

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Death of a Tom Turkey (Hayley Powell Food and Cocktails Mystery, #18)  by Lee Hollis  opens with Tom Farley and his neighbors in a snit because he's the last holdout to sell his house to a property developer who wants to build a resort. When Tom is shot at a pre-Thanksgiving community gathering and hospitalized, Hayley Powell puts her amateur sleuthing skills to good use. Thank you to NetGalley and Kensington Publishers for providing me with an Advanced Readers Copy (ARC) of this cozy mystery. I received a copy of this book for free in exchange of my honest opinion and review of the story. I loved the fact that this latest installment of the Hayley Powell Food and Cocktails Mystery  series had a theme around the Thanksgiving holiday and included live turkeys in the plot. It was good to visit some familiar characters. Since this is the eighteenth installment in the series, Lee Hollis didn't go into much detail of the background of those reoccurring characters; however, she...
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Book Review: The House On Tradd Street (Tradd Street, #1) by Karen White

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Book Review of The House On Tradd Street (Tradd Street, #1) by Karen White
The House On Tradd Street (Tradd Street #1) by Karen White is the first book in a series about Melanie, a real estate agent, who lives in Mount Pleasant, South Carolina. She recently inherited a home in Charleston that's supposedly haunted by ghosts of the past, and she's in the process of renovating it to sell. When an author requests access to the house to investigate it's history, strange things start happening.

I found out about this series when the book club I belong to was reading the first book in a spin off of the Tradd Street series. I enjoyed the spin off so much that I had to give this book a whirl. Boy, was I glad that I did because I absolutely loved The House On Tradd Street.

Stories that have a bit of paranormal elements in it have always interested me, and I don't mind a little bit of romance either. This book has both of those elements along with a mystery. It was right up my alley. 

The book takes place mainly in Charleston, South Carolina, but it also mentions Mount Pleasant and Isle of Palms, both of which are also in South Carolina. I loved the fact that it mentioned places in Charleston that were real as I have vacationed there a few times. It's nice to be able to picture the places the author wrote about. The other two locations are suburbs of Charleston and places I have visited as well. I actually love going to the beach in Isle of Palms.

The characters were a mish mash of likable and unlikeable. The main character was quite likable in my opinion. At first, I didn't like the writer named Jack Trenholm, but he grew on me. By the end of the story, I found him to be quite the charmer. As for the ghosts in the house, one was nice, and the other was scary, which gave The House On Tradd Street some very ominous vibes. Karen White did a fantastic job of bringing all the characters, and the story, together. I can't wait to read the rest of the series!!

Five out of five stars is what I gave The House On Tradd Street (Tradd Street, #1) by Karen White. If you like cozy mysteries, this is one you should definitely put on your to be read list.

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