I am so excited to share this book with you today!
You may know Lynn Cahoon from her Tourist Trap Mysteries
A Story to Kill (A Cat Latimer Mystery)
Cozy Mystery
New Series
Setting – Colorado
Kensington (August 30, 2016)
Mass Market Paperback: 320 pages
ISBN-13: 978-1496704351
E-Book ASIN: B0190HGVK6
Former English professor Cat Latimer is back in Colorado, hosting writers’ retreats in the big blue Victorian she’s inherited, much to her surprise, from none other than her carousing ex-husband! Now it’s an authors’ getaway—but Cat won’t let anyone get away with murder…
The bed-and-breakfast is open for business, and bestselling author Tom Cook is among its first guests. Cat doesn’t know why he came all the way from New York, but she’s glad to have him among the quirkier—and far less famous—attendees.
Cat’s high school sweetheart Seth, who’s fixing up the weathered home, brings on mixed emotions for Cat…some of them a little overpowering. But it’s her uncle, the local police chief, whom she’ll call for help when there’s a surprise ending for Tom Cook in his cozy guest room. Will a killer have the last word on the new life Cat has barely begun?
Dollycas’s Thoughts
Author Cat Latimer is back in Colorado in the house she and her ex-husband used to own. Seems he never changed his will after their divorce and she is turning the house into a retreat for other writers to come to get it away from all their distractions at home to work on their books. The nearby college also has an excellent resource library and she hopes the writers will find inspiration or the details they need to bring their stories together.
She can’t believe bestselling author Tom Cook is one of her first guests. With the help of her friend Shauna, who can actually cook and her old high school boyfriend’s construction abilities this first retreat should go off without a hitch. That is until one of the authors attending the retreat meets his untimely demise. Cat thinks her plans for her new business are toast. But maybe, she will be able assist her uncle/ police chief find the killer and wrap this whole thing quickly before she is out of business.
As I have come to expect from this author she has created some very heartwarming characters and added the perfect amount of those who are much more unique. I love that Shauna has come with Cat and they are running this business together. Shauna is ultra organized and that leaves Cat time to not only write but investigate. Seth and Cat had a thing in high school but as happens they drifted apart. They are trying to take things slow, or least Cat is, but you can feel the sparks that ignite when they are even just in the same room together. Uncle Pete knows that Cat is not going to leave the investigating to him so he listens to all her ideas and her reports of what she has picked up while she is out and about. These are very detailed characters and so well crafted for just the first book in the series.
As for the mystery, I thought I knew the killer but had no idea why, there was no motive that I could see. When Cat kept digging and pushing things started to fall into place and one subplot wrapped up in a way I had hoped it would. There were plenty of twists and turns and deflection. A HUGE secret plays a major part to solving this mystery. The story kept my eyes almost literally glued to the pages. I needed my questions answered just like Cat.
In true Lynn Cahoon style while the main mystery concluded, she pulls us in at the end with a cliffhanger. Fatality by Firelight 
Grab this one up right away. I know this is just the start of what it sure to be an amazing series.
ABOUT THE AUTHOR:
New York Times and USA Today best-selling author, Lynn Cahoon is an Idaho native. If you’d visit the town where she grew up, you’d understand why her mysteries and romance novels focus around the depth and experience of small town life. Currently, she’s living in a small historic town on the banks of the Mississippi river where her imagination tends to wander. She lives with her husband and two fur babies.
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This looks like a great start to a new series.. Thanks for the review and opportunity to win..
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I was fortunate to receive an ARC of this book to read and review. I loved it and I am recommending it to friends and family. Thanks for the giveaway.
A Story to Kill sounds wonderful. It has definitely been added to by TBR list!
This sounds so good! I love that it made you keep guessing.
Always enjoy the start of a new series.
Lynn Cahoon’s previous series was enjoyable so I am sure this will be also. Thanks for including it on your blog today.
Looks like a great start to a new series!
I’m looking forward to reading
I read the review you wrote and now I have another cozy author to add to my group. I can’t wait to read this new series.