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Berried at Sea

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I have been a fan of this series from the start, and this last installment did not disappoint. I would love to live and thrive in that small town. It seems so perfectly magically with a nice dose of chaos thrown in so it doesn't get boring. I am so glad it starts with Monica's happily ever after, you can't help but root for her. For a character that seems at first so straight forward and no nonsense, she is delightfully awkward and flawed. The mystery was great, with everything tying together at the very end.

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This book made me happy, especially the wedding. As always Peg Cochran as given us a delightful page turner that you don't want to end. This is by far one if the best Cozy series and this book just might be my favorite. I highly recommend reading this book

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Berried at Sea is a great book in a fantastic series. I love the characters and how they interact with each other. I was hooked from beginning to end. I highly recommend this book!

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2.5 Stars rounded up. I have been interested in exploring this series. As I live in Michigan. I enjoyed the regional references. The cover is attractive. I was somewhat disappointed by the weak storyline....much insipid repetition by the main character and the mystery was far too obvious. While there may be potential for development, I won’t be read any other books in the series.

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Berried At Sea is the fourth book in the A Cranberry Cove Mystery series.

I was very excited when I heard that the series was able to find a new publisher to bring us more interesting stories in this wonderful series.

Monica and Greg have just been married and are on their way to the Cranberry Cove Yacht Club for their reception. A good time is being had by everyone and the newlyweds are enjoying greeting and talking with their friends and neighbor. The joyous times are interrupted by the yelling of a man. Monica notices that it is Bruce Laszlo, a “summer resident” and husband of Andrea a college friend of Monica. Monica excuses herself to go freshen up and runs into Andrea in the ladies room, where Andrea apologizes for Bruce’s behavior. As Monica is returning to the reception she overhears an argument between Andrea and Bruce.

After the reception ends, Monica and Greg begin what they expect to be a romantic walk along the lakeshore. Soon they notice a boat adrift near the shore and on there way back the boat is still adrift. Greg wades out to pull the boat to pull the boat up to the shoreline and secure it. When he looks into the boat he finds the body of Laszlo.

The next day Andrea goes to see Monica and asks her to help find out who killed her husband. Monica reluctantly agrees to help Andrea to find Bruce’s killer. Monica wants to believe that Andrea is not the killer, but still, she had heard them in a heated discussion the night before. Monica soon learns that Bruce had heated arguments with neighbors on either side of his home. In addition, the year before Bruce had won the Cranberry Cove to Chicago sailboat race. The winner of the previous 5 or 6 races, Alton Bates, had heated words with Bruce about cheating during the race. Monica is hoping that the police can quickly find the killer so she can go back to enjoying her newlywed.

Fortunately, Monica has Kit Tanner to ably handle the baking needs for the farm store and Nora to handle sales at the farm store while off doing her sleuthing.

This was another well-plotted and told story with believable characters that you would like to be friends with.

Delicious recipes are also included.
Anxiously awaiting more books in this delightful series.

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This was a bit of a letdown. Maybe because a lot of the book was focused on relationship growth between the newlyweds and not on the mystery. It wasn’t as compelling as I’m used to from this series.

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