Something Fishy This Way Comes [Whit and Whiskers Mystery #2] by Gabby Allan #bookreview #mystery
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Title: Something Fishy This Way Comes
Author: Gabby Allan
Publisher: Kensington Books
Publication Date: July 26, 2022
Page Count: 242
My rating: 4 stars
About the book:
Take in the wild beauty of Santa Catalina Island with tour guide and eclectic gift shop owner Whitney Dagner. On the itinerary: dramatic Pacific coastlines, diverse marine life, and murder!
Since returning home from mainland California and finding her groove with the family tourism business, Whitney Dagner’s daily routine has become a wonderfully chaotic adventure. She and her nimble kitty, Whiskers, often find themselves at the center of the action on Catalina, from staged treasure hunts to gossipy birdwatchers. But before Whit can get too comfortable in the place where she grew up, a gift shop order leads to a stunning discovery—someone’s dead body . . .
One of Whit’s best boat tour client’s, Leo Franklin was young and newly engaged when he unceremoniously took his own life. Only it doesn’t seem like that’s what really happened—not after the suspicious activity displayed by his family’s old rivals at the scene of his death. As a bitter, generations-long feud between Leo’s kin and the local Ahern clan comes to a head, Whit and her police diver not-so-ex-boyfriend must lead a dangerous investigation into years of scandal and bad blood to figure out who’s innocent . . . and who’s covering a killer’s tracks.
Something Fishy This Way Comes by Gabby Allan is the second book in the cozy Whit and Whiskers Mystery series. As with most cozy mystery series each of the books in the series will contain their own mystery that will be fully solved so they can be read as a standalone if choosing to do so. There will however be character development that will carry over from book to book for those that read from the beginning.
The Whit and Whiskers Mystery series introduced readers to Whitney Dagner who has chosen to leave her high pressure corporate life in Los Angeles. Whitney has returned to the small island of Santa Catalina just off the California coast where her family has been running their business, Nautically Yours. Whitney and her brother, Nick, are taking over the operation of the business.
Unfortunately just as Whitney is getting into the swing of her shifts in the gift shop and manning the tours aboard their glass bottom boat, the Sea Bounder, one of Whit’s best boat tour client’s, Leo Franklin is found dead from apparent suicide However, things just don’t seem to add up to Leo taking his own life with a lot of suspicious activity happening. Whitney again decides to take things into her own hands and find out just what happened.
The Whit and Whiskers Mystery series is another I just couldn’t resist picking up as it seemed to be right up my alley. Sure enough this had everything I ask for in a fun cozy mystery from the wonderful small island setting, great characters and even some cute kitty interactions. This is definitely another cozy series I will be returning to in the future.
I received an advance copy from the publisher via NetGalley.
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About the author:
After writing plays for her friends to act out as a kid, bad poetry in high school, and her high school Alma Mater song, Gabby Allan finally found her true passion—cozy mysteries. Being able to share her world with readers, one laugh at a time, and touch people’s hearts with her down-to-earth characters makes for the best job ever. This California girl now lives with her husband, daughter, and two insane dogs in Central Pennsylvania where she is hard at work on her next novel.
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