Not my favorite read. I found the main character to be annoying. It felt like as if she was a bratty teen. And she constantly questions her own involvement.

Lana couldn’t stop herself from getting involved in the murder investigation. Her best friend was the number one suspect, and things were looking dire. I thought Noah had a lot of patience to deal with Lana getting involved in their investigations and her unorthodox father. It was exciting, intriguing, and romantic.

Live and Let grind is the third installment of A Coffee Lover's Mystery series by Tara Lush. They keep getting better and better. I am left again waiting for the next one!

Lana was laid off from her job as a journalist in Miami and is now running her family's coffee shop in Devil Beach, Florida. Lana's best friend and employee Erica is staying with her while her houseboat is being renovated. After a run with the daily leaf blowing neighbor who is found dead, Erica becomes a suspect in his murder. This, of course, means Lana is on the case to solve the murder along with Erica and her dad who is a yoga teaching, peace loving hippie much to the dismay of Lana's boyfriend, Chief of Police Noah Garcia.

Enjoy the crazy shenanigans that Lana, Erica and her dad get into while solving the case. This is a fun quick to read story with a great mystery. I really didn't know who it was until our sleuth Lana knew. To me that is the sign of a great mystery.

Although this is a third installment, it can be read as stand alone. Did I mention there is a cute Shih Tzu named Stanely?

Tara Lush, once again, you have left me wanting more!

I love me a good cozy mystery when I need a break from the hard core thrillers and this book was a great read.

I received an epub copy of this book from NetGalley. I really enjoyed this book, the characters were fun, the story engaging and the mystery lasted for me till the very end.

Such a sweet adorable book
As someone who read a book in this series before I must add how amazingly the story escalates, I absolutely adore the writing style and the way Tara Lush builds up a mystery.
This book is most certainly a must read!
A five out five without any doubt!

I like this series and author a lot but I had a hard time with this book. I found the heroine very hard to understand, especially her motives. She asks herself a lot throughout the book, "why am i doing this?" and I wanted to know the answer. We never get a good moment of soul searching. I wish we were told that she was devoted to absolving her friend or she was going to write an article freelance and then shop it around. Instead everyone is telling her not to investigate and not to put herself in danger and she just does it because she doesn't like being told what to do. It made it hard for me to stay in the story because she came off as so immature. I still really liked the coffee shop setting and i thought the actual murder mystery was well designed. I just think it would have been better if her relationship was put in actual jeopardy because of her actions so it felt like her immaturity had some consequences.

This is a well constructed whodunit murder mystery story. Thirty-something former reporter turned barista Lana Lewis and her best friend Erica Penmark investigate the sudden death of their curmudgeonly neighbour, Gus Bailey. Gus was killed when his leaf blower exploded. When Erica becomes one of several suspects in the police investigation of his murder, the pair begin sleuthing to find the real killer and thus clear Erica. There's no shortage of other potential suspects: the victim's ex-wife, his new girlfriend, shady business partners, and even his lesbian neighbours who host a true crime podcast. The story comes to a thrilling climax with Lana chasing a tourist pirate ship on a Jet Ski in order to save Erica who has been kidnapped by the killer.
This is the third in a series of cozy mysteries set in a small Florida beach town on the Bay of Mexico. It can be read as a standalone and there's sufficient backstory for those who have not read the rest of the series.
It's a cozy: no explicit violence, no bad language and no graphic sex. There's a dead-end story line from Lana's childhood about her then best friend who disappeared. It's not resolved in this episode, perhaps that's left for a future novel in the series.
It 's got good dialogue, with some comical corny cliches, for example: "what's shaking', bacon?"; "Holy Pup-Peroni", and other similar ones.
There's a solid set of characters: Lana, Erica, Lana's father Peter (an aging hippy), and her dog Stanley. The Town's police chief is Lana's boyfriend and romantic interest. Their relationship provides some tension with the amateur sleuthing. Lana is spunky - as a former reporter - she is a definite self-starter in the investigation.
Overall, while it follows the traditional cozy formula, it's got a sense of excitement and adventure that makes for an entertaining read.
I received a complementary advance reading copy of the book from the publisher Crooked Lane Books via Netgalley for my unsolicited review.

Casual reading that's highly entertaining. Lots of suspects and motives to choose from. Quirky characters. Good story plot. Thanks #netgalley and #Crookedlanebooks for the eARC in exchange for an honest review. All opinions are mine.

Live and Let Grind is a cosy mystery. This was an easy, enjoyable read, and sometimes, a light easy read is what people need and want in a novel. This was my first Tara Lush novel. I found it easy to jump into the characters' stories, which I believe are continued from a previous novel. The mystery wasn't compelling, but the characters were fun and enjoyable and the setting, easily visualized..

I would recommend Tara Lush's, Live and Let Grind to cosy mystery readers.. I want to thank the author and publisher for providing this ARC. My review is my own opinion and was not influenced by receiving this ARC. I also want to thank NetGalley for introducing me to a new author.

Fun culinary cozy
Coffee shop owner Lana and her friend Erica get dragged into a murder investigation after Erica confronts the leaf blowing neighbor. It seems they aren’t the only ones the victim annoyed. Ms. Camp adds some eclectic characters, multiple suspects and motives, humor and a bit of romance to create a winning tale….along with the prerequisite pet. I requested and received A Net Galley ARC to peruse gratis and offer my opinion the same way.

Loved reading this book and series. If you haven't read it yet I highly recommend her and her books. I suggest reading in order.

An easy read for a Sunday afternoon! The writing was good and so were the characters. But for me, the mystery wasn't as intriguing as the characters. It was fairly easy for me to solve and I guessed the killer quite early into the book. The good thing about this book was the characters and their dynamics with each other. The problem was that the writer could have made the mystery more interesting.

Lana, the main protagonist, runs Pekatory, her family’s coffee shop on Devil’s Beach, Florida with a friend, Erica. The previous year she lost her job as a journalist in Miami. She writes freelance articles for the Devil’s Beach newspaper.

She’s in a relationship with Noah, the local chief of police. She’s divorced and isn’t keen on getting into a serious relationship.

Lana’s new neighbour Gus has a leaf blower that he uses to annoy his neighbours. According to Lana’s dad, Gus has been married for three years to a younger woman who he met online.

Her dad is a bit of a new age dabbler. He’s also very curious and checks out Gus’s wife Honey's Instagram account. Gus seems to exaggerate about her popularity and status in life.

Erica gives Gus a hard time about his noisy leaf blower and they argue. Erica threatens to file a complaint with city hall against him.

Gus is found dead in his house shortly after. His leaf blower was tampered with and it exploded and killed him. Erica becomes a suspect. An investigation ensues.

I enjoyed reading this story. It’s a light read.

Thank you to NetGalley for the arc of this book in exchange for an honest review.

Devil’s Beach is percolating with a hot murder case, and reporter-turned-barista Lana Lewis could be the next to get beaned in Tara Lush’s third Coffee Lover’s mystery, perfect for fans of Cleo Coyle and Lucy Burdette.
Lana and her crew are investigating another murder and attempted murder. I really enjoyed this one lots of twist and turns.
#LiveandLetGrind #NetGalley

Live and Let Grind was an interesting read. The story takes place on the island Devil's Beach, FL. The main character Lana Lewis; who owns the coffee shop Perkatory with her father, Peter. She lives in her family home that she grew up in. Across the street lives a new neighbor, Gus Bailey who loves to use his leaf blower constantly. His wife, Honey Bailey is a professional roller skater and is separated from him. Her friend, Erica is staying with her while her boat is being fixed. One morning, Erica gets in a fight with Gus about his leaf blowing. Later that afternoon neighbors Jeri and her wife, P:erry find him dead by his leaf blower.

Lana and her father are meeting their coffee trainer, Julian who is there to update them on coffee. The next day Lana arrives at her shop finding Julian on the floor being worked on by the EMT's after drinking a mushroom coffee. When at the hospital the doctors discover he has been poisoned. Elaine is the suspect as she made the coffee. This is where the story takes off with Lana and Elaine trying to find out who killed Gus and poisoned Julian. There is so many funny things that happen throughout the book. The ending is like a keystone cop chase to the exciting end of who the killer is.

Thank you NetGalley and Crooked Lane Books for this ARC.

This is a new author for me but will this book won't be my last it was so good I could not put it down and I will recommend this book and author to everyone I know. The characters in this book are so well written that I feel as if I know them and they are my friends too, I especially loved Stanley the dog becuase that was my father's name.

I've read all three of the books in this series and enjoyed them, but I didn't think this one was quite as good as the others. I've liked the narrator before, but she slightly put my teeth on edge in this one, with the doggy baby talk (and it's not that that I don't baby talk to dogs, but reading about someone else doing it just isn't as cute as authors think it is) and saying things like, "We'd also started indulging in dessert cheese. Could we be any cuter?" And things seemed more cliche this time, too. About her boyfriend: "He was so handsome, and my heart fluttered from his nearness." Lord.

That said, the mystery plot is pretty good, EXCEPT for when Lana tells her dad that they're not investigating the poisoning of someone at the cafe, which "has nothing to do with [the murder]." Seriously? If your neighbor was killed after a fight with your best friend and then someone is poisoned after your best friend serves them coffee, why would you assume they're not related? I'm unhappy, though that the climactic scene happens off-stage. "The last thing I saw before I fell backward into the water...Here. Drink this. It'll warm you up." I hate feeling cheated out of the big moment when the criminal is caught!

So, this one is just okay for me.

Review copy provided by the publisher via Netgalley in exchange for an honest review.

This book was sent to me by Netgalley electronically for review. Mystery and murder...This is a cozy mystery for a rainy afternoon, cuddled under a warm afghan. It is a quick read with quirky characters who are likable. One wants the main character to get what she wants. Enjoy this one.

I am so appreciative of an advance copy of this book.

Simply put, I love this cozy series. Lana is back in her coffee shop, and has a house guest Erica. But the Gus, a neighbor across the street, keeps using his leaf blower at all hours of the day. Gus ends up dead after a big fight with Erica and the police, including Lana's boyfriend Noah, are convinced Erica could be behind it.

Can Lana save the day? Of course she can. And she'll make you laugh and want to cuddle her puppy while she does it.

I can't wait for the next installment.