SPORTOCHICK’S MUSINGS: The interaction between Kate and Jake felt real and honest.

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She Doesn’t Have a Clue

by Jenny Elder Moke

Pub Date Jan 21 2025
St. Martin’s Press | Minotaur Books

DESCRIPTION

With a colorful cast of characters and a cellar full of wine, anything can happen—from murder to a second chance at love—in Jenny Elder Moke’s half mystery, half romance adult debut set at a lavish destination wedding.

A high-end wedding on a private island off the coast of Seattle sounds like something out of a magazine. But for bestselling mystery author Kate Valentine, it’s more like a nightmare.

Why Kate agreed to attend her ex-fiancé’s wedding is its own enigma, but she’ll plaster on a fake smile for two nights, with the aid of free champagne, naturally. And because the groom happens to be her editor, she’ll try to finish a draft of her latest Loretta Starling mystery as a wedding gift.

When the bride is poisoned and Kate stumbles across a dead body, she finds herself in a real-life mystery that eerily echoes the plot of her latest novel. And the only person who seems willing to help Kate catch the killer is Jake Hawkins, aka: the Hostralian; aka: Kate’s biggest romantic regret.

As the wine flows and the weather threatens to hold every guest hostage, bitter resentments and long-held grudges surface amongst the colorful crowd. Anyone could be capable of murder, it seems. What would Loretta do? Unfortunately, Kate doesn’t have a clue.

REVIEW

There is a lot going on in this book with a large list of interesting characters all having a reason to be the killer. The plot is fast moving, ever changing and well done in confusing the reader on who the murderer is.

At times the layout of the house itself confused me. So with that in mind I’d love to take a tour of the house to find all the nooks and crannies described in the book.

What I liked best about the book is the interaction between Kate and Jake it felt real and honest.

I received this book for free from Netgalley in exchange for an honest review. This does not affect my opinion of the book or the content of my review.

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