Big Trouble in Little Greektown (A Goddess of Greene St. Mystery #3) by Kate Collins #bookreview #mystery
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Title: Big Trouble in Little Greektown
Author: Kate Collins
Publisher: Kensington Cozies
Publication Date: November 30, 2021
Page Count: 338
My rating: 4 stars
About the book:
In a tourist town on Lake Michigan, Athena Spencer keeps busy raising a son (and a pet raccoon named Oscar) while working at her family’s garden center. But sometimes, she also has to get the dirt on a murderer, in the new series by the New York Times bestselling author of the Flower Shop Mysteries . . .
Athena has invited Case Donnelly, recently relocated from Pittsburgh and awaiting his PI license, to accompany her to a Save Our Dunes fundraiser and art festival. And her date proves helpful when the body of a disgraced photographer turns up during a nature walk.
The crime—and the photos taken by the dead man—raise a lot of questions about local politics, environmental battles, and the victim’s womanizing ways. As Athena’s endearing Greek-American family strives to solve a mystery of their own (uncovering the identity of Athena’s anonymous blog), she and Case try to find the tangled roots of this murder and make sure there’s no sanctuary for a killer . . .
Big Trouble in Little Greektown by Kate Collins is the third book in the cozy A Goddess of Greene St. Mystery series. As with most cozy mystery series the mystery inside this first book will be fully solved within the book so it could be read as a standalone or in any order if choosing to do so. However, there is character development that carries over from book to book for those following from the beginning.
The Goddess of Greene St. Mystery series introduced readers to Athena Spencer who after going through a divorce decided to move back to Sequoia, Michigan with her family. Athena wanted a fresh start with her son and thought there was nothing better than to return to her large Greek family and begin helping in their garden center.
This time around Athena is excited to be attending the Save Our Dunes fundraiser and art festival with her date, Case Donnelly who has applied for his PI license. Unfortunately the date turns into yet another investigation for Althena with Case’s help when a body of a disgraced photographer is found at the festival.
The cozy A Goddess of Greene St. Mystery series is another that I have followed from the beginning and keep coming back to with each new installment. As always I enjoyed Athena and her big Greek family and it was nice having a PI partner in this latest installment. Will definitely keep returning to this fun series with each new book.
I received an advance copy from the publisher via NetGalley.
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About the author:
Indiana native and former teacher Kate Collins is the author of the New York Times best-selling Flower Shop Mysteries, featuring feisty florist Abby Knight and the zany crew at Bloomers. Her books have made the New York Times Best-seller’s list, Barnes & Noble mass bestsellers lists, the Independent Booksellers lists, and are available in large print editions in the U.S. and the UK.
3 of The Flower Shop Mysteries are on the Hallmark Mystery Movie channel!
Kate’s historical romance novels and her children’s books, JANEY WEBSTER, EB*, *EXPERIENCED BABYSITTER, and JASON JERVISS AT YOUR SERVICE, are available now as ebooks in all formats. Great reads for ages 9-14.
Kate graduated from Purdue University with a master’s degree in education, taught elementary school for six years, but after the birth of her first child, gave up teaching to pursue a long-time dream of putting children’s stories to paper. After writing short humorous stories for children’s magazines and working part-time as a legal secretary, she sold her first historical romance novel in 1995, publishing seven historical romantic suspenses under the pen name Linda O’Brien before turning to her true love, mysteries.
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