A Slay Ride Together With You is book 7 in Vicki Delany’s A Year Round Christmas Mystery series, but it can easily be read as a standalone.
Set in “America’s Christmas Town”, Rudolph, New York is a small town located on the southern shore of Lake Ontario.
The story is told in first person from the point of view of Merry Wilkinson. Merry runs a small shop in town, and her father is known around town as Santa.
When Merry’s best friend’s fiancé is accused of murdering a man after his body is found in the backyard of the home the couple recently purchased, Merry feels the need to do some sleuthing to find the real culprit.
I always find stories set in themed towns to be a lot of fun. I love seeing how an author envisions such places and the interactions between the residents, the businesses they come up with to support the town and the story.
A Slay Ride Together with You was a good cozy mystery. While the town itself is Christmas themed, this story took place around Easter although the holiday didn’t play a large part in the story.
There were quite a few suspects for the murder, enough to keep me guessing, but not so many that it was hard to follow the story. I will admit that I figured out the culprit before the end of the story, but until the end I still doubted my guess.
If you’re looking for a light murder mystery, give A Slay Ride Together With You a try!
I received an advance review copy for free, and I am leaving this review voluntarily.
A Slay Ride Together With You will be published on September 24 2024.
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