In Agatha Award-winner Maddie Day’s delightfully spooky Cozy Capers Book Group mystery, it’s Halloween, and Cape Cod bike shop owner Mackenzie “Mac” Almeida and her book club must unmask a killer…
Just in time for Halloween, a new costume shop has opened on Main Street in Westham, Massachusetts. Cape Costumers is a cut above the usual seasonal pop-up stores with their flimsy mass-produced outfits and cheap plastic masks, mostly due to co-owner Shelly, a former Broadway costume designer. But when Shelly discovers her elderly boyfriend Enzo—a Broadway star who retired to Westham—dead of unnatural causes, Halloween suddenly gets a lot scarier.
Sleuthing, Mac has found, is a lot like riding a bicycle: once you learn how, you never forget. Far from being spooked, Mac and the members of the Cozy Capers Book Group put down their weekly book selection and put their heads together to see past a bag of tricks and find a malice-making murderer who’s hiding in plain sight . . . .
PRAISE FOR THE COZY CAPERS BOOK GROUP MYSTERIES BY MADDIE DAY
“It is always a delight to return to Westham to spend time with Mac and her charming family and friends. Their investigations are always merged so seamlessly with their day-to-day lives that reading each book feels genuinely like spending time with real people who just so happen to team up to solve crimes every so often. Their teamwork is on full display in this installment of the series, even when one member proves suddenly reluctant to help–for reasons that the rest of the group eventually discovers. Maddie Day’s gentle social commentary is a big plus as well, as Mac muses on how siblings can become such vastly different people despite growing up in very similar circumstances.”—Criminal Element on Murder at the Rusty Anchor
“Always entertaining, this latest in the Cozy Capers Book Group series excels at exploring this very cozy community whose lives have become even more complicated and compelling than the central mystery. As the circle of suspects narrows down to a few central characters, Mac and her friends become the reasons why fans will continue to return to this highly engaging series.” —Kings River Life on Murder at the Rusty Anchor
“Day’s feisty heroine elevates…[this] shopkeeper cozy.” —Kirkus Reviews on Murder at the Rusty Anchor
“Day infuses a very cold case with present-day urgency.” —Kirkus Reviews on Murder In A Cape Cottage
“This was another solid installment in the Cozy Capers Book Group mystery series. In all honesty, I felt more suspense at Mac meeting Tim’s parents for the first time than at any of the actual criminal activity going on, which is a sign of how invested I am in her relationship! The contrast between her loving extended family and the machinations of Westham’s founding families of the 1940s was stark and made for absorbing reading.” —Criminal Element on Murder In A Cape Cottage
“Mixes up a satisfying recipe of good-hearted characters, brain-teasing mysteries and evocative writing. As readers work to put the clues together, they'll enjoy all the details that makes a good cozy mystery so cozy: a community of close-knit neighbors, thriving small businesses, love interests who can make a mean lobster quiche and an easygoing pace of life—except, that is, for the occasional murder.” —BookPage on Murder at the Lobstah Shack
“Compassionate culinary cozy that highlights the responsibilities of citizenship as well as the necessity of charitable efforts in caring for everyone who needs it. The mystery twists and turns, with some delightful shoutouts to other contemporary mystery novels.” —Criminal Element on Murder at the Lobstah Shack
“A bike shop owner and her book club pals keep solving mysteries in ways that somehow don't endear them to the police.” —Kirkus Reviews on Murder at the Taffy Shop
“The small town of Westham is such a charming place, and Mac and her family and friends are such delightful people to be around!” —Criminal Element on Murder at the Taffy Shop
“Quirky!” —Woman’s World (Book Club Pick) on Murder at the Taffy Shop
“A treat for genre fans.” —Parkersburg News & Sentinel on Murder at the Taffy Shop
“A family tie always makes the search for a killer more meaningful, and Day uses her brisk, well-honed storytelling chops to illuminate Mac’s unusual but loving family…Like Carolyn Hart before her, Day is doing a great service to the community of mystery writers who write the cozies that really power much of the mystery genre, and she reaches through her pages to readers to gently recommend other authors, just as Carolyn Hart did with her Death on Demand series.” —Mystery Scene on Murder on Cape Cod
Maddie Day is the Agatha Award-winning author of the Cozy Capers Book Club Mysteries, the Country Store Mysteries, the Cece Barton Mysteries, and the Local Foods Mysteries, as well as other series and short crime fiction written under the name Edith Maxwell. A member of Mystery Writers of America and a proud lifetime member of Sisters in Crime, she is a regular contributor at Mystery Lovers' Kitchen and belongs to the Wicked Authors, a group of bestselling authors who blog at WickedAuthors.com. Day lives with her beau and their cat Martin north of Boston, although she knows Indiana, California, and Cape Cod intimately. She is a wine enthusiast, talented amateur chef, and former farmer and can be found online at MaddieDayAuthor.com.
In Agatha Award-winner Maddie Day’s delightfully spooky Cozy Capers Book Group mystery, it’s Halloween, and Cape Cod bike shop owner Mackenzie “Mac” Almeida and her book club must unmask a killer…
Just in time for Halloween, a new costume shop has opened on Main Street in Westham, Massachusetts. Cape Costumers is a cut above the usual seasonal pop-up stores with their flimsy mass-produced outfits and cheap plastic masks, mostly due to co-owner Shelly, a former Broadway costume designer. But when Shelly discovers her elderly boyfriend Enzo—a Broadway star who retired to Westham—dead of unnatural causes, Halloween suddenly gets a lot scarier.
Sleuthing, Mac has found, is a lot like riding a bicycle: once you learn how, you never forget. Far from being spooked, Mac and the members of the Cozy Capers Book Group put down their weekly book selection and put their heads together to see past a bag of tricks and find a malice-making murderer who’s hiding in plain sight . . . .
Reviews
PRAISE FOR THE COZY CAPERS BOOK GROUP MYSTERIES BY MADDIE DAY
“It is always a delight to return to Westham to spend time with Mac and her charming family and friends. Their investigations are always merged so seamlessly with their day-to-day lives that reading each book feels genuinely like spending time with real people who just so happen to team up to solve crimes every so often. Their teamwork is on full display in this installment of the series, even when one member proves suddenly reluctant to help–for reasons that the rest of the group eventually discovers. Maddie Day’s gentle social commentary is a big plus as well, as Mac muses on how siblings can become such vastly different people despite growing up in very similar circumstances.”—Criminal Element on Murder at the Rusty Anchor
“Always entertaining, this latest in the Cozy Capers Book Group series excels at exploring this very cozy community whose lives have become even more complicated and compelling than the central mystery. As the circle of suspects narrows down to a few central characters, Mac and her friends become the reasons why fans will continue to return to this highly engaging series.” —Kings River Life on Murder at the Rusty Anchor
“Day’s feisty heroine elevates…[this] shopkeeper cozy.” —Kirkus Reviews on Murder at the Rusty Anchor
“Day infuses a very cold case with present-day urgency.” —Kirkus Reviews on Murder In A Cape Cottage
“This was another solid installment in the Cozy Capers Book Group mystery series. In all honesty, I felt more suspense at Mac meeting Tim’s parents for the first time than at any of the actual criminal activity going on, which is a sign of how invested I am in her relationship! The contrast between her loving extended family and the machinations of Westham’s founding families of the 1940s was stark and made for absorbing reading.” —Criminal Element on Murder In A Cape Cottage
“Mixes up a satisfying recipe of good-hearted characters, brain-teasing mysteries and evocative writing. As readers work to put the clues together, they'll enjoy all the details that makes a good cozy mystery so cozy: a community of close-knit neighbors, thriving small businesses, love interests who can make a mean lobster quiche and an easygoing pace of life—except, that is, for the occasional murder.” —BookPage on Murder at the Lobstah Shack
“Compassionate culinary cozy that highlights the responsibilities of citizenship as well as the necessity of charitable efforts in caring for everyone who needs it. The mystery twists and turns, with some delightful shoutouts to other contemporary mystery novels.” —Criminal Element on Murder at the Lobstah Shack
“A bike shop owner and her book club pals keep solving mysteries in ways that somehow don't endear them to the police.” —Kirkus Reviews on Murder at the Taffy Shop
“The small town of Westham is such a charming place, and Mac and her family and friends are such delightful people to be around!” —Criminal Element on Murder at the Taffy Shop
“Quirky!” —Woman’s World (Book Club Pick) on Murder at the Taffy Shop
“A treat for genre fans.” —Parkersburg News & Sentinel on Murder at the Taffy Shop
“A family tie always makes the search for a killer more meaningful, and Day uses her brisk, well-honed storytelling chops to illuminate Mac’s unusual but loving family…Like Carolyn Hart before her, Day is doing a great service to the community of mystery writers who write the cozies that really power much of the mystery genre, and she reaches through her pages to readers to gently recommend other authors, just as Carolyn Hart did with her Death on Demand series.” —Mystery Scene on Murder on Cape Cod
Author
Maddie Day is the Agatha Award-winning author of the Cozy Capers Book Club Mysteries, the Country Store Mysteries, the Cece Barton Mysteries, and the Local Foods Mysteries, as well as other series and short crime fiction written under the name Edith Maxwell. A member of Mystery Writers of America and a proud lifetime member of Sisters in Crime, she is a regular contributor at Mystery Lovers' Kitchen and belongs to the Wicked Authors, a group of bestselling authors who blog at WickedAuthors.com. Day lives with her beau and their cat Martin north of Boston, although she knows Indiana, California, and Cape Cod intimately. She is a wine enthusiast, talented amateur chef, and former farmer and can be found online at MaddieDayAuthor.com.
