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 Reviews 2023

The Running Bibliophile's 2023 Book Reviews

Are you looking for a book recommendation? Or, did you miss one of The Running Bibliophile's Book Reviews in 2023? Check out our book recommendations and book reviews below. You may just find a new favorite author or series.

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January 2023 Book Reviews

February 2023 Book Reviews

  • Finlay Donovan Jumps The Gun (Finlay Donovan, #3) by Elle Cosimano
  • Masquerade Party Murder (Juniper Holiday, #4) by Leighann Dobbs
  • My Fatal Valentine (Juniper Holiday, #5) by Leighann Dobbs
  • On Air with Zoe Washington (Zoe Washington, #2) by Janae Marks
  • I'm Glad My Mom Died by Jennette McCurdy
  • The Cabinet of Dr. Leng (Aloysius Pendergast, #21) by Douglas Preston and Lincoln Child

March 2023 Book Reviews

  • The Island by Natasha Preston
  • Leeva At Last by Sara Pennypacker, Illustrated by Matthew Cordell
  • Murder at the Bookstore (The Bookstore Mystery, #1) by Sue Minix
  • What Happened On Floor 34? by Caroline Corcoran
  • Don't Be A Bully, Little Tiger by Carol Roth
  • The Soulmate by Sally Hepworth
  • The Little Scottish Ghost by Franze Hohler
  • Mother of the Bride Murder (A Lucy Stone Mystery, #29) by Leslie Meier
  • This Delicious Death by Kayla Cottingham
  • The Get Along Gang and the Missing Caboose by James Razzi

April 2023 Book Reviews

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May 2023 Book Reviews

  • The Perfect Staging for Murder by Kathleen Bridge
  • The Museum of Lost and Found by Leila Sales
  • Poppy Harmon and the Shooting Star (A Desert Flowers Mystery, #5) by Lee Hollis
  • Witch Upon a Star (Witch Way Librarian Mysteries, #4) by Angela M. Sanders

June 2023 Book Reviews

  • The Murderous Type (The Bookstore Mystery, #2) by Sue Minix
  • Hidden Beneath (Maine Clambake Mystery, #11) by Barbara Ross
  • Monsters at Christmas by Laura Baker, Illustrated by Nina Dzyvulska
  • Princess Diana (Little People, Big Dreams, #98) by Maria Isabel Sanchez Vegara
  • Misfortune Cookie (Noodle Shop Mystery, #9) by Vivien Chien
  • Sick Day Jitters by Julie Danneberg
  • The Shadow Sister by Lily Meade
  • I Am An Antiracist Superhero! by Jennifer Nicole Bacon
  • All The Lovely Bad Ones, A Graphic Novel by Mary Downing Hahn

July 2023 Book Reviews

  • Never Lie by Freida McFadden
  • How to Catch Santa Claus by Alice Walstead
  • Clammed Up (Maine Clambake Mystery, #1) by Barbara Ross
  • Scariest. Book. Ever. (Goosebumps House of Shivers, #1) by R.L. Stine
  • Death by Food Truck by Joi Copeland, Cynthia Hickey, Linda Baten Johnson, and Teresa Ives Lilly

August 2023 Book Reviews

  • The Exhibitionist by Charlotte Mendelson
  • The Inmate by Freida McFadden
  • Everyone Here Is Lying by Shari Lapena
  • Christmas Presents by Lisa Unger
  • Remarkably Bright Creatures by Shelby Van Pelt
  • The Secret Sisters by Avi
  • A Cryptic Clue by Victoria Gilbert
  • The International House of Dereliction by Jacqueline Davies
  • Death of a Clam Digger by Lee Hollis
  • Murder at the Pumpkin Pageant by Darci Hannah

September 2023 Book Reviews

  • Mischief Nights Are Murder by Libby Klein
  • Murder in the Book Lover’s Loft by Ellery Adams
  • Read to Death at the Lakeside Library by Holly Danvers

October 2023 Book Reviews

  • Yellowface by R.F. Kuang
  • Halloween Cupcake Murder by Carlene O'Connor, Liz Ireland, and Carol J. Perry
  • Stinetinglers 2: 10 MORE New Stories by the Master of Scary Tales by R. L. Stine
  • Too Scared to Sleep by Andrew Duplessie
  • The Hike by Lucy Clarke

November 2023 Book Reviews

  • Witches Get Stuff Done by Molly Harper
  • Avocado Magic by Taltal Levi
  • The Stranger Upstairs by Lisa M. Matlin
  • Mrs. Claus and the Trouble with Turkeys by Liz Ireland

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