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Murder at the Lobstah Shack by Maddie Day is the third book in the Cozy Capers Book Group Mystery Series and my 20th book for 2022.
From clam chowdahs to oysters on the half-shell, Tulia Peters’ Lobstah Shack offers locals and tourists in Westham, Massachusetts, some of Cape Cod’s most amazing cuisine. But when the body of Annette DiCicero is discovered in the kitchen’s walk-in freezer—with a custom-made claw-handled lobster pick lodged in her neck—spoiled appetites are the least of Tulia’s worries.
After a heated public argument with Annette, Tulia is a person of interest in the police’s homicide investigation. To clear Tulia’s name, Mac and the Cozy Capers Book Group snoop into Annette’s personal life. Between her temperamental husband, his shady business partner, and two women tied to Annette’s past life as “Miss New Bedford”, there are now several suspects and multiple motives. And they’re getting crabby about Mac intruding on their affairs. . .
I want to love this series. I have read each of the previous books and I always think I will not read the next. I like where the book is located and Westham sounds like the perfect Cape Cod location and I like the food described in the book. But I do not love the main character. Mac definitely likes her routine and suffers when things do not go as planned. But I find her a bit whiny. I am also not a fan of her boyfriend TIm. He isn’t in this book much but (no spoilers) something happens that will mean he is part of the books going forward. I had hoped after book two that he wouldn’t be a start player but that seems to be the case. The mystery was there. There were a lot of suspects and that made the mystery okay but I was a little confused in the beginning because I thought we knew who Annette the victim was (but we didn’t from previous books). A new book is coming out this summer and it is set during Christmas time so I am sure I will read it but I do hope that the books get better. If you want something set in Cape Cod or in the North East, I would recommend the Maine Clambake Mystery Book by Barbara Ross.
Have you read this book? What is your favorite cozy mystery series?
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