Death by Intermission (Abby McCree Mystery #4) by Alexis Morgan #bookreview #mystery

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Title: Death by Intermission

Author: Alexis Morgan

Publisher: Kensington Cozies

Publication Date: January 26, 2021

Page Count:  336

My rating: 5 stars

About the book:

Abby McCree spends a summer showing family films under the stars—only to end the season with an unexpected slasher flick . . .

Ushered once again onto another committee by the mayor of Snowberry Creek, Washington, Abby is tasked with keeping the box office receipts of the town’s Movies in the Park nights. Cut to the director’s chair from where she’s suddenly organizing the summer’s last feature. From the opening scene through the final credits, Abby feels she’s earned nominations for best volunteer, best movie date with her tenant Tripp Blackston—and best daughter for ignoring her mother Phoebe’s own movie date with Owen Quinn.

Unfortunately, Abby and the others are treated to a post-credits scene: the body of local insurance agent Mitchell Anders. This discovery is followed by a plot twist revealing that the murder weapon comes from Owen’s food truck. With her mother’s boyfriend suspected of murder, Abby starts her own investigation determined to shine a spotlight on the real killer . . .

Death by Intermission by Alexis Morgan is the fourth book in the cozy Abby McCree Mystery series. As with most cozy series each book in the Abby McCree Mystery series has it’s own mystery that is solved within the book so each can be read in any order or as a standalone if choosing to do so. However, those that follow along from the beginning of the series will have some character development that carries over from book to book.

This series introduces readers to Abby McCree who had just gotten divorced and had to sell her half of the business she shared with her husband over to him when she found out what her Aunt Sybil left her in her will. Needing a fresh start Abby decided to move into her Aunts former home and make it her own in small town Snowberry Creek, Washington. After arriving in the small town Abby found herself surrounded by her aunt’s old friends who are turning to her to fill the hole that her aunt had also left in their lives and trying to get Abby to volunteer for project after project.

Now Abby has yet again been asked to join yet another committee with this time being asked by the mayor. Abby’s task has been to keep up with the box office receipts at the town’s movies in the park event but now she finds herself organizing the last movie but just as Abby thinks the night is a total success she ends up with yet another dead body on her hands. This time Abby really can’t sit back and wait for the murderer to be caught with the suspect being none other than her own mother’s date for the evening.

I have been following the Abby McCree Mystery series from the very beginning and I think Death by Intermission has been my favorite so far of the series. This is a series that has all of the elements of cozy mysteries that I enjoy with the small town setting, wonderful side characters, a bit of romance and an engaging mystery to be solved with each new book. Definitely a series I will continue to return to in the future!

I received an advance copy from the publisher via NetGalley.

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About the author:

USA Today Best-selling Author Alexis Morgan has always loved reading and now spends her days creating stories of her own filled with strong heroes and gutsy heroines. She is the author of over fifty short stories, novellas, and novels that span a variety of genres: historical romances, paranormal romances, contemporary romances, and cozy mysteries. Her current projects include her Abby McCree Mysteries from Kensington Publishing, and she has new sweet romances coming out in 2023 from Harlequin.