The Moonshine Shack Murder by Diane Kelly (Tuesday Intros and Teaser Tuesday)

  

Title: The Moonshine Shack Murder

Author: Diane Kelly

Publication: 6 July 2021

Format: Kindle ebook

Amazon Description

In this intoxicating new cozy mystery series, the future for modern-day moonshiner Hattie Hayes looks bright--until death darkens the doorstep of her Moonshine Shack.

The Hayes family has made moonshine in Chattanooga since the days of Prohibition, and Hattie is happy to continue the tradition, serving up fun, fruity flavors in mason jars for locals and tourists alike. All signs indicate her new 'shine shop will be a smashing success. What's more, mounted police officer Marlon Landers has taken a shine to Hattie. For the first time ever, the stars seemed to have aligned in both her work and romantic life. But when a body ends up on her store's doorstep alongside a broken jar of her Firefly Moonshine, it just might be lights out for her fledgling business.

The homicide detective can't seem to identify the person who killed the owner of a nearby bar. The only witness is Hattie's longhaired gray cat, and Smoky isn't talking. When the detective learns that the victim and Hattie had a heated exchange shortly before his murder, she becomes her prime suspect.

Lest Hattie end up behind bars like her bootlegging great-grandfather a century before, she must distill the evidence herself and serve the killer a swift shot of justice.

Ramble-y Teaserish Stuff

I do love a good 'shine (my favorites being blackberry and apple cinnamon), so when I saw the third in this series on NetGalley I had to ask for it .... and then get my hands on the first two. I am so ridiculously behind on my NetGalley reads that I'll probably be denied and have to wait for the third, but I'm okay with that. I've loved this first one so much that I know it'll be worth the wait .... and I do still have to read the second one and find out what happens next with Hattie and crew. The mystery itself wasn't terribly complicated or surprising, but as long as the characters keep being a well-written as they were in this first one, it's a series that I will gladly continue with, mason jar in hand.

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