A Premonition of Murder
(A Dream Club Mystery)
Cozy Mystery
3rd in Series
Setting – Georgia
A Berkley Prime Crime Mystery (June 7, 2016)
An Imprint of Penguin Ransom House LLC
Cover Illustration by Bill Bruning
Cover Design by Leslie Worrell
Mass Market Paperback: 304 pages
ISBN-13: 978-0425268070
E-Book ASIN: B016JPTLNQ
An elderly Southern heiress’s nightmare becomes a real case of murder in the latest Dream Club Mystery from the national bestselling author of Dream a Little Scream
When Abigail Marchand, Savannah’s famously reclusive heiress, invites the Dream Club ladies to lunch at her Beaux Reeves mansion, Taylor and Ali hope for an invitation to join the distinguished Magnolia Society. But Abigail has a more pressing concern: a recent dream that seems to foretell her death.
Taylor reassures Abigail that there are many ways to interpret a dream, but at the next meeting of the Dream Club, their discussion is cut short by a call from Detective Sam Stiles. She’s at Abigail’s mansion, where the elderly woman appears to have been pushed to her death down a flight of stairs. Now Taylor, Ali, and the Dream Club need to catch a killer before someone else is laid to rest.
Dollycas’s Thoughts
Mary Kennedy keeps topping herself with each subsequent installment to this series.
This time she takes us Beaux Reeves mansion, a wondrous place that not many of the residents of Savannah have been invited. Well they may have been invited to an event in the garden but never inside. Ali and Taylor are so excited to have been invited along with the other Dream Club members for lunch at the estate, but they are totally wrong about why they were asked. Abigail Marchand, a recluse and heiress, has asked them to come to interpret a dream. A dream that she believes indicates her death. The club members do their best to ease her fears. But then just a short time later, during a Dream Club, meeting they learn that the woman has died, and evidence says she was murdered. Can the Dream Club help shed light on killer?
I love these characters. Their group is so interesting. Unique in that their dreams can actually help solve a murder. I am not sure if there are really people out there that can do this but this author has grabbed my attention in all three of these books and made me think it may be possible. If not, it makes for a really good story.
In addition to the Dream Club meetings Ali and Taylor drawn in even farther just interpreting dream and a little investigating. There are several suspects, more than you would think for a woman that never left her home. TheY are put in a place where their observations can help them solve the case. I enjoyed that everyone really had to think and had different theories as it pertained to the murder. It sure wasn’t cut and dried. It was very entertaining to read.
I also enjoyed the little snippets of time at Oldies but Goodies. Thankfully Taylor and Ali have a great employee that can handle the store while are out chasing down suspects and trying to catch the killer.
This is a series that should be read in order. To enjoy it fully you need to meet the characters from the start and learn about their idiosyncrasies and the way the Dream Club works.
You can find out more about Mary Kennedy and her books on her webpage here.
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A new series for ME!!!!!!!!!
Thank you so much for featuring my book, love your reviews!
This series sounds really good – I need to start with the first book though – love the covers for her books!
Love a good mystery.
I would love to read the Dream Club mysteries — they sound wonderful! Thanks for the advice about needing to start with the first book to really get to know the characters and their quirks~
Great series, can’t wait to read “A Premonition of Murder”.
Great review thank you, Am looking forward to reading this
Penney
Thank you for sharing your review. Love the title and cover of this one.
Marie, I’m so happy you like the covers. I am really thrilled with them. The series is set in Savannah and I think the cover artist really captured the “southern charm” I was going for. I suggested the “vintage candy store” cover for this book. It’s based on Oldies But Goodies, the candy shop run by the two main characters, Ali and Taylor Blake. I had fun visiting real vintage candy stores and taking photos. (there’s one in Ft. Lauderdale that’s fun and also Dylan’s candy bar in Manhattan. Thanks for stopping by.
I enjoy southern cozies and this looks like a great series to read. Thanks for the chance to win!
This book sounds delightful! I can’t wait to read it.