A Vacation to Die for is the 14th book in the fabulous Tourist Trap Mystery series by Lynn Cahoon! This cozy mystery series is one of my all-time favorite series! The characters are awesome and feel like friends. Jill Gardner and her fiance, Police Chief Greg King, go to a nearby B&B for a long weekend to discuss wedding plans. The other guest doesn't seem very nice. There is a problem in South Cove and Greg has to leave their vacation early to return to town. A man dies at the police station and it takes awhile before they find out who it is. The guest from the B&B shows up in town and is related to Jill's employee Evie and causes a lot if problems. This book was hard to put down. There are several things going on that keep the book interesting and keep Jill busy! The characters in this series are what make it so enjoyable! I hope this series continues. #NetGalley #AVacationToDieFor #KensingtonBooks

Jill and Greg are planning their wedding, but they both decide a weekend getaway is much needed.
Unfortunately, Greg gets called back to work when a myster man enters the police station, stabbed and pleading for help.
Jill doesn't mind returning, she figures she can get some reading in while keeping her coffee/bookstore staffed.
This is an interesting addition to the series and I think there's much more to Jill's new employee than this author is letting on.
I'm looking forward to seeing how things progress in the next few books.
Thank you to NetGalley and the publisher for selecting me to read an advanced copy of this book.
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A Vacation to Die For by Lynn Cahoon is another good tourist trap cozy mystery. The cover is very cute. I have read other books by this author and liked them all. This is another solid read. Jill and Greg are on a much-needed vacation. But when a mystery man turns up dead at South Cove’s PD, Greg is hightailing it back home to investigate, leaving Jill to finish the vacation solo. Jill somehow gets mixed up in the investigation.

I love the quote, "We were all chasing a dream of some sort." So true in life. The story was solid, the mystery good, and the characters continue to come alive as we get to know them better.

I would recommend this book and this author. A solid 4 out of 5 stars.

Also, yum, on the fish stew recipe that is included in the book.

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A Vacation To Die For was a fun read. Trying to plan a wedding while running a book store and coffee shop is not an easy task. Her fiance is on the police force and while on vacation he is called back for a murder. So of course she gets involved in the case. Then the festival is in town and employee shortages has her taking on too much. Incidents with employees and disruptions with customers has her investigating the murder.

This ARC was provided to me via Kindle, from Kensington Books and #NetGalley. Thank you for the opportunity to preview and review. Opinions expressed are completely my own.

A lovely cozy mystery that will entertain fans of the genre.

Lynn Cahoon is one of my “go-to” authors. She consistently delivers entertaining mysteries spread over several different series but, of those, my favorite is her Tourist Trap series. The newest entry in the series, A Vacation to Die For, is a great read and a perfect way to while away a few hours.

Jill Gardner has a lot on her plate: running a business, planning a wedding to her longtime beau, Greg King, and fending off Max Winter, a particularly persistent developer who wants to buy her house to the develop the land it sits on. Jill is determined to preserve her home and, if possible, South Cove, the little California beach tourist town of the title. As a mystery, this book was a lot of fun as the multiple characters and plot lines interwove and diverged. Just who is the murdered John Doe and what was he doing in South Cove? Why is Jill’s employee, Evie, being harassed by her ex husband and his sister over a clock given to her by her late father-in-law? I enjoyed the continuing cast of characters and how all of them are evolving, both as individuals and in their lives and relationships. I very much appreciate a series that is not stuck in time becoming stagnant or predictable. Kudos to Lynn Cahoon for pulling off that feat.

I highly recommend this book for anyone who enjoys a cozy mystery or just wants to spend a few hours reading something lightweight but not frivolous. Five stars.

In Vacation To die for, Jill and Greg are out of town for a getaway. They run into some people from South Cove and there that later figure into the mystery of the dead guy who falls into the police station. Jill seems to be have her hands full with other events that overlap that mystery. There is a lot going on in the book and some of it never gets quite resolved. It was an enjoyable book overall.

Another great tourist trap mystery. Jill and Greg take a much needed vacation to a B&B in a near by town. It does not start off well as a developer who has been hounding them to buy Jill's house shows up. It is made even worse when Greg gets called back home for a murder. When Jill gets back she finds that Evie is being stalked by her ex husband and his sister over an old clock her father in law left her, As Jill tries and fails to stay out of Greg's investigation and help Evie, she once again ends up in the wrong place at the wrong time.
This is a must read series for anyone who loves mysteries and bookstores.

A Vacation to Die For by Lynn Cahoon (Tourist Trap Mystery #14) 4 stars

Jill Gardner, owner of Coffee, Books and More is trying to arrange a getaway from her store with her fiancé, Detective Greg King. They have wedding planning to do and that is easier done without the distractions of both their jobs. Unfortunately, a dead body showing up on the steps of South Cove’s PD drags Greg back to work. As soon as Jill is back home, her to-do list is non-stop; find a new part-time employee, fend off a pesky developer that wants her home and deal with an emotional employee that is being harassed by her ex-family. When random facts become connected and the mysterious body is identified, Jill will find the criminal is closer than she thinks.

It hasn’t been that long since “Wedding Bell Blues” and this book picks up soon after. The mystery was very good and a fast read. I look forward to the next book in this series.

Thank you Netgalley and Kensington Books for this ARC.

Jill and Greg are taking along weekend to get their wedding plans going. What starts out a romantic getaway finishes up as a a girls weekend when Greg is called back to South Cove when a man is murdered and found at the police station. With a John Doe on their hands, Jill is hopeful the murder can be tied to the developer who so badly wants her house, but if only wishes were fishes.

Now Greg is working long hours to solve a murder and figure out who the John Doe is, while Jill tries to manage CBM with a skeleton staff as everyone seems to need time off and Aunt Jackie is no longer working in the store. With Evie having family in town and Deek at a writer’s workshop, it’s time to hire another worker to help fill in. With her plate fully loaded, Jill tries to sleuth without stepping on Greg’s toes and finds that things may hit a little closer to home than either of them realized.

I adore all books Lynn Cahoon! Really, I do. She has several solid cozy mystery series and all are on my list of must reads. Her characters are well developed, each has a strong female protagonist who is different from each of the others in her series, Cuddly pets and solid whodunits. I love that each of her protagonists are smart, which makes me really relate to and like them. If you haven’t read a book by Ms. Cahoon, what are you waiting for? Get our Cozy on and find out what you’ve been missing out on…this is a greta one to start with too and each reads fine as a stand alone!

I love this series, the characters and their relationships. Jill and Greg lead the gang. Once again Jill can’t keep her nose out of Greg’s latest case since it involves one of her employees. How is the latest developer involved in the murder? Read this book and you’ll want to read more in the series.
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I love Lynn Cahoon's Tourist Trap Mysteries! This is the 14th book but the author crafts the story in such a way that you can start mid-series and not be lost. Jill and Greg are beginning to plan their wedding but that doesn't mean the intrigue of South Cove comes to a stop. The cast of characters are endearing and I like how Lynn adds a few new ones with each book. This would make an excellent TV show on Hallmark! Check it out, you'll want to move to the wacky beach town.

Back for the fourteenth book in the series, Jill Gardner, owner of Coffee, Books and More in South Cove, finds herself pulled into the investigation when a body is found in town. Up to her usual tricks, Jill uncovers the killer before anyone else and finds herself in danger once again.

I have read and enjoyed this series from the very beginning and this newest mystery was no exception. A Vacation to Die for is a great addition to the Tourist Trap Mystery series. I’m a big fan of the South Cove setting, the characters and the mysteries in this series themselves. This series is great for cozy mystery fans and I would definitely recommend giving it a try. If you are okay with missing out in a little character background information, I also think this mystery could be read on its own. I hope you give this book a chance, I don’t think you’ll be disappointed.

Thanks to NetGalley and the publisher for an ARC of this book!

The latest installmet in the tourist trap mystery series does not disappoint. Jill Gardner runs a busy coffee shop bookstore in coastal California and is engaged to police detective Greg King. When a mystery man turns up dead at the police station, Jill puts her wedding planning on the back burner while trying to help Greg find the murdered man's identity. If that isnt enough, a wealthy developer is relentlessly hounding Jill into selling her house, and one of Jill's employees is being harassed by her ex husband and his sister. This was a fun quick read, with likeable characters and plenty of suspects, which kept me guessing almost to the last chapter. Thank you to the publisher and netgalley for allowing me to read an advance copy.

A Vacation to Die For by Lynn Cahoon is book #14 in the Tourist Trap Mystery series. In this latest edition amateur sleuth Jill Gardner and her fiance, police detective Greg King, have their mini vacation in a nearby resort interrupted by a murder back in their hometown of South Cove. The victim has no ID on him so this is a tough murder case to solve. Jill tries to stay out of it but fails. I love this couple. Jill is good at figuring out clues and Greg is an excellent police detective. I enjoy all the happenings in South Cove and how all the residents help each other out. This book was a fast-paced, can't-put-down read for me and I can't wait to see what Ms. Cahoon has in store for her readers in the next book.

A Vacation to Die For is a fun and easy read. I have read and enjoyed all of the Tourist Trap Mysteries in this series. Jill Gardner is the main character in this story.. She owns the Coffee, Books and More store. Her Aunt Jackie is her manager. She and the other characters from this series live in the town of South Cove. The mayor, Marvin Baylor wants to put a new mini hotel in their town on the property where Jill lives. as well as her neighbor, Esmeralda's house. Esmeralda works part-time as a police dispatcher a well as the local psychic, Jill tells Properties sales rep, Max Winter that she has no intention of selling her house. Because Esmeralda is a threatening psychic they do not attempt to approach her about her house.

Greg and Jill are going to a B&B in the town of Apple Valley to relax and discuss their plans for their wedding. While there they run into their friends Bill and Mary who own South Cove B&B as well as Max Winter and his wife Connie. While away Greg gets a call from his deputy Toby (who lives in the apartment behind Jill's house) that he has to come back as a man walked into the police station with a knife in his stomach and died. Greg tells Jill she should stay and call her friend,, Amy Newman-Cross to come and have a girls weekend. While there Jill meets the other person, Rebecca (Becky) Craft staying there. Jill feels that she is not a very nice person..

Greg comes home from work and tells Jill they still don't know who the dead man is but later identified as Gentry Floods. He also tells her that Max's wife named Beth calls to see if Greg can help with the threats he is getting.. Jill wonders if Max has has two families.

Evie who works for Jill as barista at Jill's store and lives in the apartment above. She asks for time off as her sister-in-law has come to visit unexpectedly. When Becky arrives Jill realizes that she is the woman who was at the B&B. She and her brother and Evie's ex-husband, John Marshall, want Evie to give back the mantle clock that Evie got from her father-in-law for a wedding present. He and his sister start to stalk Evie. Judith Dane the new hired barista tells Evie that she should have the clock appraised as it could be worth a lot of money before giving it to her ex and his sister. Evie decides that she should give the clock to Greg for safe keeping and he puts it in the police safe.

Greg asks Jill if she can go and see Beth to find out more about who the Winters are. He meets Beth and finds out that Beth is a collector of the movie actress Vivian Lee. While showing her the collection Jill sees a picture of Beth, Max and Connie. She finds out that Connie Middletown is an old friend of Max's family.

The story takes the reader on an adventure to finding out who killed Gentry Floods and why he was in South Cove, Why Evie's ex and sister-in-law Becky want the clock and more about the Winters. The story comes to an exciting and unexpected ending.

I look forward to the next book to find out what new adventure Jill and Greg go on along with all the wonderful friends that live in South Cove.

Thank you NetGalley, Lyrical Press and Kensington Publishing Corp. for this ARC.

When you run a busy bookstore and your fiancé is a police detective getting any vacation time together needs meticulous planning. So when Jill Gardner, owner of Coffee, Books, and More and Detective Greg King finally get away for the weekend neither of them are overly surprised when he has to leave early.

A dead body on the doorstep of the police station is only the start of Greg’s problems, an ID would be good and if he could keep Jill from helping he would be a lot happier. People talk to her however, and all she ever wants is to make things easier for everyone close to her, but sometimes that isn't enough to prevent danger from coming to call.

I love this series and in book 14 all the main protagonists are involved in a case which has no easy answers. I enjoyed working it all out as it went along and hope there will be more to come before too long.

I was able to read an advanced copy of this book thanks to NetGalley and the publishers but the opinions expressed are my own. This is a good continuation of a lovely series.

Always an interesting time visiting Jill and her Coffee Books and More shop, a great installment to the series.

Loved reading this book and series. This author has several different series and I'm a fan of each one. I highly recommend her books. If you haven't read them yet your missing out.

When I last dropped in on Jill Gardner, she was reeling after discovering a body when stopping to pick up a party gown, only to discover the person she thought had been killed alive and well soon after. This visit there's another body. Thankfully, Jill didn't discover it this time. Instead, the unidentified man sort of fell into the police station, I guess saving the police a trip to a murder site. It's this event that cuts Jill and her detective boyfriend Greg's vacation short.

The body remains unidentified throughout much of the book but the suspects are numerous and the side-stories intriguing. Are they related? It's unclear. Somehow it all seems to be related to one of Jill's shop workers, distracting her once again from wedding planning. Gee, will Jill and Greg ever manage to walk down the aisle? Author Lynn Cahoon remains a must-read for me, so I'm sure I'll be on the wedding invitation list, right?

I like Jill and Greg, who worries about her but without being overbearing, and the cast of supporting characters. I was definitely intrigued by Judith, a fill-in bookshop hire. Btw, as a bookaholic myself, I did have to laugh at Jill's idea that a heavy book in hand was better than no weapon at all. She even manages to stay out of danger's way, well, mostly. It wouldn't be a cozy mystery if our amateur sleuth wasn't in peril at some point, after all. That said, she does have the knack of being in the right (wrong?) place at the right (wrong?) time and is instrumental in discovering the identity of the dead man, not to mention his possible connections to others. She even gets to visit a shrine of sorts to actress Vivian Leigh in the process, which made me curious as she describes what she's seeing. Lynn Cahoon always manages to come up with intriguing characters to whet our curiosity.

Bottom line, an easy, interesting read with fun characters, mysterious bodies, reclusive wives, plus civic issues that also occupy Jill's time. I'm already looking forward to the next visit. Thanks #NetGalley and #KensingtonBooks for inviting me to catch up with Jill, Greg, and the rest but, oh, we can't forget, their dogs.