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The Final Reveille
(A Living History Museum Mystery)
Cozy Mystery
New Series
Setting – Ohio
Publisher: Midnight Ink (May 8, 2015)
Paperback: 336 pages
ISBN-13: 978-0738744735
E-Book ASIN: B00VXK6CXA
As the director of Barton Farm, a living history museum in Ohio, Kelsey Cambridge is underpaid and under-appreciated, but she loves every minute of it. Determined to keep the struggling farm open, she plans to impress the museum’s wealthy benefactress, Cynthia Cherry, with a Civil War reenactment on the farm’s grounds.
Unfortunately, the first shot in the battle isn’t from a period soldier. It’s from Cynthia’s greedy nephew, Maxwell, who fires a threat at Kelsey to cut the museum’s funding. The next morning, things go from bad to worse when Kelsey discovers Maxwell dead. Now Kelsey is the police’s number one suspect, and she must start her own investigation to save Barton Farm . . . and herself.
Dollycas’s Thoughts
We have a living history museum here in Wisconsin, Old World Wisconsin, and there is a mystery series set there as well by Kathleen Ernst
Kelsey Cambridge is the director at Barton Farm where history comes to life in Ohio. She decides to have a Civil War reenactment weekend to bring more people to the museum and help its bottom line. But the weekend gets off to a rocky start with the nephew of the farm’s benefactress is found dead in the village. The guy was planning to cut funding for the place so Kelsey becomes the prime suspect in his murder. So while cannons fire and fights continue on the battlefield Kelsey needs to fight her own battle and try to find the real rebel to save herself and the farm.
This is an excellent start for this series. We meet Kelsey, her son, her father, her ex and his new fiancee’. We are introduced to some of the farm’s employees and the woman responsible for funding the amazing site. We also meet Chase who would like to get to know Kelsey much better.
I especially enjoyed the reenactors and the way many of them try to stay in character for the whole weekend and those the work at Barton Farm staying in character even when the tourists tries to throw them off. Amanda Flower does an excellent job at bringing her characters to life no matter what part they are playing and she has left them will plenty of room to grow. Kelsey has a huge amount of responsibility but she also has a big heart.
In addition to introducing the setting and the characters Flower gives readers a very well written mystery readers can sink their teeth into. I did figure out the killer well before it was revealed but I was actually surprised I was right because that rarely happens.
I am truly looking forward to the next installment of this series as Kelsey is going to have her work cut out for her. It should be very interesting.
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Amanda Flower, a two-time Agatha Award-nominated mystery author, started her writing career in elementary school when she read a story she wrote to her sixth grade class and had the class in stitches with her description of being stuck on the top of a Ferris wheel. She knew at that moment she’d found her calling of making people laugh with her words. She also writes mysteries as national bestselling author Isabella Alan. In addition to being an author, Amanda is an academic librarian for a small college near Cleveland.
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After reading your Amish series, I am sure this will be a great read too. Thanks for the opportunity to enter your giveaway. robeader53@yahoo.com
looks great, thanks for the chance
Looks great, thanks for the chance.
I’m looking forward to this one!
I haven’t read a cozy mystery that is based on a living history museum before so I find this an intriguing premise. Thank you.
This cozy mystery sounds intriguing. Thanks.
I really must read this author’s books. Think I may have been missing out.
People who are into reenactments are fascinating. I just don’t get it, personally.
I’m from Ohio 🙂 My favorite reenactment…from the movies lol…is on Sweet Home Alabama! This sounds like a good book!
Sounds like an interesting new series.
Yay – a new series by a favorite author! Sounds terrific – can’t wait to read.
Have had this on my wish list for a while – looking forward to reading this. What could be more fun, a living history museum, re-enactments, or solving the mystery? Sounds almost perfect to me!!! Thank you for chance to win@
This sounds so fun. We have military reenactments here on the gulf cost and I try to go when I can.
I visited Old World Wisconsin a LONG time ago! Looking forward to checking this series out. Thanks!
New author for me. Anxious to check out the whole series. Looks good
I like the setting of a living history farm—we have one near here and it is so interesting to visit.
I really enjoy this author and am looking forward to her new debut! Thanks!
This sounds like a good book worth checking out. I would like tp pick up a copy.
Love living history and Museums that is my background…
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New author to me. Sounds like a good book! Thanks for the chance to win.
sounds like a fun one!