{"id":24532,"date":"2019-09-03T08:07:14","date_gmt":"2019-09-03T12:07:14","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/smittenbybooks.com\/blog\/?p=24532"},"modified":"2022-10-11T16:59:39","modified_gmt":"2022-10-11T16:59:39","slug":"review-death-by-jack-o-lantern-by-alexis-morgan","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/smittenbybooks.com\/blog\/2019\/09\/03\/review-death-by-jack-o-lantern-by-alexis-morgan\/","title":{"rendered":"Review \u2764\ufe0f Death by Jack-o-Lantern by Alexis Morgan"},"content":{"rendered":"<!--themify_builder_content-->\n<div id=\"themify_builder_content-24532\" data-postid=\"24532\" class=\"themify_builder_content themify_builder_content-24532 themify_builder tf_clear\">\n    \t\t\t<!-- module_row -->\n\t<div  data-lazy=\"1\" class=\"module_row themify_builder_row tb_bbbcac8 tb_first tf_w tf_clearfix\">\n\t    \t\t\t<div class=\"row_inner gutter-narrow col_align_top tb_col_count_2 tf_box tf_rel\">\n\t\t            <div  data-lazy=\"1\" class=\"module_column tb-column col3-1 tb_49667e8 first\">\n                                                        <div class=\"tb-column-inner tf_box tf_w\">\n                        <!-- module image -->\n<div  class=\"module module-image tb_7036296 rounded drop-shadow customBorderRad_top image-center auto_fullwidth tf_mw\" data-lazy=\"1\">\n        <div class=\"image-wrap tf_rel tf_mw\">\n\t\t    <img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/smittenbybooks.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/death-by-jack-o-lantern-alexis-morgan.jpg?w=640\" title=\"Review \u2764\ufe0f Death by Jack-o-Lantern by Alexis Morgan\" alt=\"Review \u2764\ufe0f Death by Jack-o-Lantern by Alexis Morgan\">\t\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t<!-- \/image-wrap -->\n    \n    \t<\/div>\n<!-- \/module image --><!-- module text -->\n<div  class=\"module module-text tb_a1982ef customBorderRad_bottom repeat \" data-lazy=\"1\">\n        <div  class=\"tb_text_wrap\">\n    <p style=\\\"text-align: justify;\\\"><span style=\\\"color: #ffffff;\\\"><b>Overcommitted committee member Abby McCree gets in a patch of trouble trying to solve the murder of a pumpkin farmer\u00a0\u2026<br \/><\/b><\/span><br \/><span style=\\\"color: #ffffff;\\\">The small town of Snowberry Creek, Washington, is gearing up for the Halloween Festival, and naturally Abby is on the planning committee. As part of her duties, she\\&#8217;s picking up a pumpkin order from ornery farmer Ronald Minter. But what she finds instead is the farmer in the middle of his corn maze with a knife in his back.<\/span><br \/><br \/><span style=\\\"color: #ffffff;\\\">The police suspect a homeless veteran named Kevin Montgomery, who was seen arguing with Minter when the farmer accused him of trespassing and stealing pumpkins. Abby\\&#8217;s tenant Tripp Blackston, a veteran himself who\u2019s been helping Kevin, is sure he\u2019s innocent. Together, Abby and Tripp follow the twists and turns of the case to corner the corn maze killer\u2014before someone else meets a dead end\u00a0\u2026<\/span><\/p>    <\/div>\n<\/div>\n<!-- \/module text -->                    <\/div>\n                            <\/div>\n                        <div  data-lazy=\"1\" class=\"module_column tb-column col3-2 tb_23787e9 last\">\n                                                        <div class=\"tb-column-inner tf_box tf_w\">\n                        <!-- module text -->\n<div  class=\"module module-text tb_2d1ea91  repeat \" data-lazy=\"1\">\n        <div  class=\"tb_text_wrap\">\n    <p><img class=\\\"size-full wp-image-16468 aligncenter\\\" src=\\\"http:\/\/smittenbybooks.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/4-hearts.jpg\\\" alt=\\\"\\\" width=\\\"170\\\" height=\\\"44\\\" \/><\/p><hr \/><p><strong>Release Date:<\/strong> Aug 27, 2019<br \/><strong>Series:<\/strong>\u00a0<em>An Abby McCree Mystery<br \/><\/em><strong>Book:\u00a0<\/strong>2<br \/><strong>Publisher:<\/strong> Kensington<br \/><strong>Price:<\/strong> $6.99<\/p><hr \/><p style=\\\"text-align: justify;\\\">\u00a0<\/p><p style=\\\"text-align: justify;\\\">Since moving to Snowberry Creek, Washington, Abby McCree finds herself \u201cvolunteered\u201d for one committee after another. With Halloween coming up, she is even busier than ever. Her most recent good dead is to go to Ronald Minter\u2019s pumpkin farm to pick up an order for the local senior center. Instead of a box of pumpkins, Abby finds Ronald\u2019s body. Her friend police chief Gage Logan warns Abby not to get involved in the investigation, but she can\u2019t help but adding the investigation to her already full to-do list.<\/p><p style=\\\"text-align: justify;\\\">This is an enjoyable mystery that has a cozy feel, but still deals with some serious issues. Abby\u2019s tenant and potential boyfriend, Tripp Blackston, is suffering from PTSD from his time in the military. Abby is convinced to help run his veteran\u2019s group\u2019s fundraiser and one of the people Tripp is helping who is also suffering from trauma, becomes one of the main suspects in the murder. Gage is a good investigator, but seems to quick to zero in on one suspect considering Ronald was a vocal complainer at town meetings Other than that, the book is a good mixture of light and heavier topics. The\u00a0 \u201cpumpkin portraits\u201d of local residents being done carved by an anonymous artist are a great touch to set the mood for Halloween and also play a surprising part in the overall plot.<\/p><p style=\\\"text-align: justify;\\\">There weren\u2019t any huge surprises in the solution to the murder, but this is still an evenly-paced mystery with interesting characters and small-town setting. Gage isn\u2019t thrilled that Abby keeps putting herself in dangerous situation with her investigations, but besides that, it\u2019s nice to see the amateur sleuth and the town\u2019s police chief getting along. Abby\u2019s romance with Tripp is moving very slowly which is okay except Abby needs to at least admit her feelings for him to herself. I enjoyed how everything turns out in the end and look forward to more books in this series. This book is the second in the series, but is one that new readers can easily enjoy. The series will appeal to fans of Lynn Cahoon or Melinda Mullet.<\/p><p><em>~ Christine<\/em><\/p>    <\/div>\n<\/div>\n<!-- \/module text --><!-- module text -->\n<div  class=\"module module-text tb_eb0616c customBorderRad repeat \" data-lazy=\"1\">\n        <div  class=\"tb_text_wrap\">\n    <p style=\\\"text-align: center;\\\"><strong><span class=\\\"s1\\\"><a href=\\\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/2ZI4Tk1\\\" target=\\\"_blank\\\" rel=\\\"noopener\\\">Amazon<\/a><\/span><span class=\\\"s2\\\">\u00a0|\u00a0<a href=\\\"https:\/\/books.apple.com\/us\/book\/death-by-jack-o-lantern\/id1470628455?mt=11&amp;app=itunes&amp;at=11l88k\\\" target=\\\"_blank\\\" rel=\\\"noopener\\\"><span class=\\\"s3\\\">iBooks<\/span><\/a>\u00a0|\u00a0<a href=\\\"https:\/\/www.barnesandnoble.com\/w\/death-by-jack-o-lantern-alexis-morgan\/1129963569?ean=9781496719577#\/\\\" target=\\\"_blank\\\" rel=\\\"noopener\\\"><span class=\\\"s3\\\">B&amp;N<\/span><\/a>\u00a0|\u00a0<a href=\\\"https:\/\/www.kobo.com\/us\/en\/ebook\/death-by-jack-o-lantern-1\\\" target=\\\"_blank\\\" rel=\\\"noopener\\\"><span class=\\\"s3\\\">Kobo<\/span><\/a>\u00a0|\u00a0<a href=\\\"https:\/\/play.google.com\/store\/books\/details\/Alexis_Morgan_Death_by_Jack_o_Lantern?id=puV8DwAAQBAJ\\\" target=\\\"_blank\\\" rel=\\\"noopener\\\"><span class=\\\"s3\\\">Google Play<\/span><\/a><\/span><\/strong><\/p>    <\/div>\n<\/div>\n<!-- \/module text -->                    <\/div>\n                            <\/div>\n            \t    <\/div>\n\t    <!-- \/row_inner -->\n\t<\/div>\n\t<!-- \/module_row -->\n\t<\/div>\n<!--\/themify_builder_content-->","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Overcommitted committee member Abby McCree gets in a patch of trouble trying to solve the murder of a pumpkin farmer\u00a0\u2026The small town of Snowberry Creek, [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":24533,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"nf_dc_page":"","om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"pagelayer_contact_templates":[],"_pagelayer_content":"","_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[89,110,48],"tags":[152,223,404,405],"class_list":["post-24532","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-christine","category-kensington-publishing-companies","category-reviews","tag-4-stars","tag-cozy-mystery","tag-recommend","tag-recommended-reads"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.4 - 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As part of her duties, she\\'s picking up a pumpkin order from ornery farmer Ronald Minter. But what she finds instead is the farmer in the middle of his corn maze with a knife in his back.<br \/><br \/>The police suspect a homeless veteran named Kevin Montgomery, who was seen arguing with Minter when the farmer accused him of trespassing and stealing pumpkins. Abby\\'s tenant Tripp Blackston, a veteran himself who\u2019s been helping Kevin, is sure he\u2019s innocent. Together, Abby and Tripp follow the twists and turns of the case to corner the corn maze killer\u2014before someone else meets a dead end\u00a0\u2026<\/p>\n<p><img class=\\\"size-full wp-image-16468 aligncenter\\\" src=\\\"http:\/\/smittenbybooks.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/4-hearts.jpg\\\" alt=\\\"\\\" width=\\\"170\\\" height=\\\"44\\\" \/><\/p><hr \/><p><strong>Release Date:<\/strong> Aug 27, 2019<br \/><strong>Series:<\/strong>\u00a0<em>An Abby McCree Mystery<br \/><\/em><strong>Book:\u00a0<\/strong>2<br \/><strong>Publisher:<\/strong> Kensington<br \/><strong>Price:<\/strong> $6.99<\/p><hr \/><p style=\\\"text-align: justify;\\\">\u00a0<\/p><p style=\\\"text-align: justify;\\\">Since moving to Snowberry Creek, Washington, Abby McCree finds herself \u201cvolunteered\u201d for one committee after another. With Halloween coming up, she is even busier than ever. Her most recent good dead is to go to Ronald Minter\u2019s pumpkin farm to pick up an order for the local senior center. Instead of a box of pumpkins, Abby finds Ronald\u2019s body. Her friend police chief Gage Logan warns Abby not to get involved in the investigation, but she can\u2019t help but adding the investigation to her already full to-do list.<\/p><p style=\\\"text-align: justify;\\\">This is an enjoyable mystery that has a cozy feel, but still deals with some serious issues. Abby\u2019s tenant and potential boyfriend, Tripp Blackston, is suffering from PTSD from his time in the military. Abby is convinced to help run his veteran\u2019s group\u2019s fundraiser and one of the people Tripp is helping who is also suffering from trauma, becomes one of the main suspects in the murder. Gage is a good investigator, but seems to quick to zero in on one suspect considering Ronald was a vocal complainer at town meetings Other than that, the book is a good mixture of light and heavier topics. The\u00a0 \u201cpumpkin portraits\u201d of local residents being done carved by an anonymous artist are a great touch to set the mood for Halloween and also play a surprising part in the overall plot.<\/p><p style=\\\"text-align: justify;\\\">There weren\u2019t any huge surprises in the solution to the murder, but this is still an evenly-paced mystery with interesting characters and small-town setting. Gage isn\u2019t thrilled that Abby keeps putting herself in dangerous situation with her investigations, but besides that, it\u2019s nice to see the amateur sleuth and the town\u2019s police chief getting along. Abby\u2019s romance with Tripp is moving very slowly which is okay except Abby needs to at least admit her feelings for him to herself. I enjoyed how everything turns out in the end and look forward to more books in this series. This book is the second in the series, but is one that new readers can easily enjoy. 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