Setting - Texas
Publisher: Level Best Books
Publication Date: May 28, 2024
Print length: 308 pages
Digital ASIN: B0CX2YH996
Emma Justice never imagines working at the farmers market on a normal Saturday morning will lead to her second murder investigation. When two friends become suspects in the latest small-town murder, she’ll help prove they are innocent by tracking down the real killer.
Houston Turner, the successful owner of Texas BBQ Hut, is a hard man and has made many enemies in his life. Revenge, greed, and hatred are some of the motives Emma must sift through to catch the killer. Seeds of suspicion from family, friends, and employees leaves Emma digging for real clues instead of stumbling through the rocky soil of deceit and lies.
This second in the series is outstanding!
Yay! Clover Covered Corpse, the second volume in the interesting and entertaining Texas Flower Farmer Cozy Mystery series by Jackie Layton, is finally here, and it is a great follow-up to last year’s debut book, Weeding Out Lies (see my review of book one HERE). When friends are looked at as persons of interest in the death of a local entrepreneur, fledgling Texas Flower Farmer Emma Justice investigates to clear their names and identify the real killer.
One of the highlights of cozy mysteries is engaging, charming, and often quirky characters, and readers will find themselves knee-deep in them in this latest murder mystery occurring in tiny Lutz, Texas. Besides Emma Justice, the main characters include her budding love interest Jake Hunter, best friend Sophie Becker, and her two pals Paula Jones and Brett Tirabasi, who have garnered the attention of Police Chief Matt Young in this official investigation. While both Paula and Brett were observed having run-ins with Houston Turner on the morning of his murder, they would have had to stand in line behind a multitude of people if they’d wanted to do him harm; he had engendered that much ill will among his family and acquaintances. There are plenty of red herrings to scrutinize, rule out, and distract readers from the truth.
The plot develops quickly, with the victim’s death occurring early in the book with most of the town at the scene of the crime at the busy Saturday farmers market. The story has some good twists that kept me suspecting one after another of the potential perpetrators. However, the special theme of this series deals with flowers and herbs, their characteristics, uses, propagation, and harvesting, and I have been delighted with the floral and herbal tidbits included within the framework of the books.
I recommend CLOVER COVERED CORPSE to cozy mystery readers,
especially those who enjoy flowers, herbs, plant facts and lore, and puttering
around their own gardens when they don’t have their nose in a book.
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