Book Review: Georgie Shaw Cozy Mystery Novellas 1-3

About the Books

When Georgie and Jack met it was love, and murder, at first sight. Middle-aged and in upper management at a Disneyesque entertainment empire, Georgie knows Marvelous Marley World isn’t always so marvelous. As a police detective, Jack Wheeler knows how to solve crimes. Together Georgie and Jack make a formidable team of crime fighters.

Join Georgie, Jack, and two delightful Siamese cats, Miles and Ella, as they solve the first three mysteries in this award-winning, bestselling series.

Included in the Box Set:
Murder at Catmmando Mountain
Love Notes in the Key of Sea
All Hallows’ Eve Heist

Purchase Link: https://www.amazon.com/Georgie-Shaw-Cozy-Mystery-Novellas-ebook/dp/B071GDK9SG/

My Review

I read The Georgie Shaw Cozy Mystery Series: Novellas 1-3, by Anna Celeste Burke: Mystery at Catmmando Mountain, Love Notes in the Key of Sea, and All Hallows’ Eve Heist. These three novelas come packeged together on Amazon, and I recieved a free copy of the set through a newsletter of some sort. It pays to have those newsletters in my email when I’ve wrapped up my reviews for the year and am looking for new stuff to read and review for the coming new year.

The cover above, however, isn’t the cover that caught my eye, and frankly, I don’t know if I would have downloaded the one with the cats. After reading the set, I have to say that all though the cats are a cute edition to this already kind of cutsie series, they do not play an integral part in solving mysteries, so I see the above cover as a ploy to draw in cat lovers, but it is a bit misleading. The digital book I chose to download featured a cover with a dark haired woman with a bob haircut and sunglasses appearing from behind a corner or a wall, (I’m doing this from memory. I don’t currently have the book in front of me), offering a mysterious, yet playful, tone representative of the cozy mysteries inside, and showcasing our amatuer slueth, as should be.

Georgie Shaw is a dynamic character who doesn’t like confrontation, loves cooking and food, owns two cats, and can’t turn away when things don’t add up and there’s a puzzle to solve, and her character is what carries these three cozy tales. For me, Jack and the cats were just sidebars which made the stories move more smoothly. But cover notwithstanding, these cozies are just plain fun to read. They are quirky, to be sure, and maybe even a little bit silly, but there was a smile on my face as I read each one.

It’s difficult to review the plots for mysteries without giving away spoilers, but I’ll give it a shot.

Murder at Catmmando Mountain

When the boss’ daughter is found murdered at the base of Catmmando Mountain, there is a mystery to solve, and Georgie Shaw is just the one to solve it. But 2 + 2 doesn’t add up to 4 in the the wacky world of Marvelous Marley World amusement park, where pets are welcome to enjoy the fun along with their owners. With Detective Jack Wheeler, Georgie works to uncover the clues until they add up to a mystery solved.

Love Notes in the Key of Sea

When she goes back with Jack to the beach where she was attacked and her fiance murdered, a song written especially for Georgie by her first love who died is the first clue that something is amiss in this cozy mystery. I tending to lend moral support to a friend in a similar situation, Georgie hadn’t planned on investigating a crime of the past which stirs up old ghosts.

All Hallow’s Eve Heist

All heck breaks loose at Marvelous Marley World once again, with active shooters in the park, during the big Halloween bash, when everyone is in costume. Georgie Shaw quickly sets to work figuring out who they are, where they are, and what they’ll do next. Once those pieces of the mystery are solved, she and Jack can solve the why and nab the bad guys.

All three of these cozies are a fun ride on the mystery rollercoaster. Light and witty, I give The Georgie Shaw Cozy Mystery Series: Novellas 1-3 five quills.

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