On Spine of Death by Tamara Berry (Tuesday Intros & Teaser Tuesday)

 

Title: On Spine of Death

Author: Tamara Berry

Publication: 29 November 2022

Format: Kindle eARC via Poisoned Pen Press & NetGalley

Amazon Description: 

"In 'Keystone Kops'–style scenes set around the morgue, a muddy mountain, and the hardware store, bones and books disappear and reappear…[On Spine of Death] is a quirky story for those who enjoy funny cozies."―Library Journal

Bestselling author Tess Harrow and her teenage daughter Gertrude have decided to make Winthrop their home. Their cabin is fixed up and now they're turning to the family hardware store that Tess inherited from her late grandfather into the town's first independent bookstore.

But when renovations unearth bones from a cold case and send them toppling―literally―onto Tess's head, the work comes to a grinding halt. With the whole town convinced that her grandfather was a serial killer, Tess has to call in a fellow horror author for reinforcements. Together, they'll come up with a perfect story to make all the clues fit…and solve a mystery more than thirty years in the making.

Ramble-y Teaserish Stuff

I'm only a third of the way through the follow-up to Buried in a Good Book (which I absolutely loved, by the way), but it's release date is today and I already know that it's going to be just as good as its predecessor. It may very well even end up being better since the main characters have already been introduced and the relationships between them underway.

Yes, this is where I tell you to go read the first one first.

It's like I'm a broken record or something.

It's cozy. It's gritty. It's hilarious. 

It's going to be far too long until the next installment is released in May 2023!

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"First Chapter First Paragraph Tuesday Intros" is from the first paragraph or two

of a book being read now (or in the future) and is hosted by Socrates' Book Reviews. 

"Teaser Tuesday" at The Purple Booker asks for a random line or two
from anywhere in the book currently being read.

I'll Sleep When I've Read... Buried in a Good Book by Tamara Berry

 

Title: Buried in a Good Book

Author: Tamara Berry

Publication: 24 May 2022

Format: Kindle eArc via NetGalley & Poisoned Pen Press

Amazon Description

"A mystery writer finds solace and murder in rural Oregon...Whimsy meets woodsy"— Kirkus Reviews

Don't miss the first book in a brand-new gripping and hilarious bookish cozy mystery series by author Tamara Berry!

Bestselling thriller writer Tess Harrow is almost at the end of her rope when she arrives with her teenage daughter at her grandfather's rustic cabin in the woods. She hopes this will be a time for them to heal and bond after Tess's recent divorce, but they've barely made it through the door when an explosion shakes the cabin. Suddenly it's raining fish guts and...is that a human arm?

Tess was hardly convincing Gertie that a summer without Wi-Fi and running water would be an adventure. Now she's thrust into a murder investigation, neighbors are saying they've spotted Bigfoot in the woods near her cabin, and the local sheriff is the spitting image of her character Detective Gabriel Gonzales—something he's less than thrilled about. With so much more than her daughter's summer plans at stake, it's up to Tess to solve this case before anyone else gets hurt.

Ramble-y Teaserish Stuff

This was an unexpected joy and the great beginning to what I am certain will be a great series. I have heard of Tamara Berry (aka Tamara Morgan ... aka Lucy Gilmore), but this is the first of hers that I have read and it certainly won't be the last. It features newly divorced crime thriller novelist Tess Harrow and her fourteen year old daughter, Gertrude (Gertie to her friends). They've left Seattle to spend a month reconnecting with each other at the cabin Tess inherited from her grandfather -- while disconnecting from modern conveniences like wifi and running water. They also connect, literally, with a real life murder mystery. There were so many twists and turns and laugh out loud moments and I absolutely did not see the ending coming the way that it did. It was well worth sleepless hours and I cannot wait until the next one comes out. It looks like November, but I'll be looking for it on NetGalley for sure. I need more Tess and Gertie!

If you want to share whatever has kept you up past your bedtime because you just needed one more chapter ... or the entire book ... please comment! My TBR pile is already toppling, but I can always add more.