Book 108, 2025

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Turkeys & Tragedy by Katherine H. Brown

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Late last night and into early morning I read Turkeys & Tragedy by Katherine H Brown. It’s the second book in her “Sassy Supplies” series of cozy mysteries, featuring Charity Basham.

Charity is hosting a crafting event at her store, Sassy Supplies, headlined by influential YouTuber Serena Jackson. Serena is having participants create turkey wreaths for the upcoming Thanksgiving holiday. Charity is flitting among the customers, helping out here and there, when someone screams from the back of the store. Charity rushes back there to find Serena dead. Now her shop is a crime scene, but at least this time she’s not a suspect. However, Charity can’t stand the thought that one of her regulars could be a cold-blooded killer. Against the wishes of Detective Sota, she begins questioning each person, but someone doesn’t like her asking so many questions.

The first book in the series was rather simple, and this one was no different. I did enjoy this one more, but there was no real reason for Charity to poke her nose into the investigation. Characterizations were better, and the plot at least made sense as it moved forward. The most vexing thing from both books (so far) is that Charity has platinum blonde hair (which most women would envy), but she refuses to consider herself a blonde. She describes her hair as light, light, light, light brown. Seriously?

Favorite lines:
♦ “I didn’t touch the body or anything. I also didn’t kill her, just so we’re clear.”
♦ Is there a Krav Maga variation for bad weather?

Neither great nor awful; average score of three.