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Christmas, Criminals, and Campers
Christmas, Criminals, and Campers | Tonya Kappes
16 posts | 15 read | 4 to read
Welcome to Normal, Kentucky where NOTHING is normal. Librarian Abby Fawn is star struck when her favorite romance author, Nadine White, has rented a cozy camper at the Happy Trails Campground for the winter months. Abby is devastated to find out Nadine White is nothing like the person she portrays in interviews or on social media. In fact, Nadine White is not nice at all and Abby lets her feelings known that she thinks Nadine is a fraud. . .after she finds out Nadine has a ghost writer. When Nadine White is found dead in the Normal Library, Abby Fawn is Detective Hank Sharp's number one suspect. It's time for Mae West to put up her camping gear for the winter months and put on her sleuthing gear to figure out who is framing Abby Fawn before Abby is the ending in Nadine White's final chapter.
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OriginalCyn620
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Pickpick

This is my team‘s #buddyread, and it was enjoyable enough. I haven‘t read any of the other books in the series so I don‘t know if I can fairly judge. But it was festive and fun!

#wintergames #candycanecrushers #adventathon #AtoZ #bookspinbingo (new-to-me-author) #candylandeeadathon #ispybingo #littenlisten #promptmaze #RushAThon #wintercosy #dashingdecember

DieAReader 🥳🥳🥳 11mo
Catsandbooks Glad you liked it! I bailed...😬🤷🏼‍♀️ 11mo
BookmarkTavern Cute! 💕 11mo
TheAromaofBooks Woohoo!! 11mo
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Read4life
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Pickpick

#BookSpinBingo #RushAThon #SeriesLove2023 #WinterGames #GhostsOfXmas #DashingDecember

Book 4 in the series. While it isn‘t my favorite in the series, it was enjoyable and the narration was good.

DieAReader 🥳🥳🥳 11mo
TheSpineView Fantastic! 11mo
Andrew65 Excellent 🎄🎄🎄 11mo
TheAromaofBooks Woohoo!! 11mo
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OriginalCyn620
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Catsandbooks 🍭❄️❤️ 11mo
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Laughterhp
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Mehso-so

This was the 4th book in the series, but the first I read. This was okay. A famous author comes to the town of Normal and stays at the campground Mae owns. And a murder happens, so she has to solve it, even though she‘s dating the detective. I feel like she caused more trouble trying to solve the crime…

#wintergames #hollyjollyreaders

Ruthiella I‘m also irritated when a detective (amateur or not) makes the situation worse in the course of the investigation. But at least you can cross this off your list now. 🎅🏻🔪💀🎄 11mo
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peanutnine Sad that it was disappointing. Love the cover though! 11mo
DieAReader 🥳🥳🥳 11mo
Andrew65 Not the first disappointing review of this one I‘ve seen. Well done on finishing it. 🎄🎅🏼🎄 11mo
Catsandbooks Yeah I bailed on it. Characters drove me crazy 🤪 11mo
Laughterhp @Catsandbooks If it was any longer, I definitely would have bailed. It was only 2hrs of my time! 11mo
Catsandbooks @Laughterhp wow you must listen at a super high speed! 11mo
Laughterhp @Catsandbooks I do! I typically always listen at 2x speed. If I hate it but want to finish, I‘ll speed up to 2.10x or even 2.20x! 11mo
Catsandbooks @Laughterhp 😮 I listen at 1.3 or 1.5 max lol 11mo
BookmarkTavern It‘s a cute cover at least! 😂 11mo
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Ash.on.the.line
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A fun filled day of holiday things! #wintergames #snowflakesquad

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Catsandbooks
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Bailedbailed

Not starting off well for books this holiday season. I got a 1/3 of the way through and had to bail cause everyone was annoying me. It might just be my mood though as I've been struggling with my depression lately. Instead of regular depression, it's now festive ✨seasonal depression✨😂 Least I found 65 words for the word search!
#CandyCaneCrushers #wintergames

TheAromaofBooks Sometimes a book just isn't a match!! And there are so many fun holiday romances to choose from, so hopefully something else tickles your fancy!! 11mo
BookmarkTavern Good for you for bailing when you needed to! 💖 11mo
Ruthiella Hope your next read hits the spot! ❤️ 11mo
Andrew65 Hope things improve for you 😁 11mo
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DieAReader
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Pickpick

#Wardens2023 #SeriesLove2023 #WinterGames #CandyCaneCrushers #BookSpinBingo #DoubleSpin #RushAThon #RushAThonBingo #LittenListen

🎄📚🤓 A cozy read that I was easily able to follow along with! The narrator did a great job with the different voices for each character. I may take a look at the others in this series as they‘re free on audible atm. 3.5 hrs of reading time.

🎄: 121

Catsandbooks I'm glad you liked it! I actually ended up bailing on it about a 1/3 through 😬 11mo
TheAromaofBooks Woohoo!!! 11mo
TheSpineView I'll check this out! 11mo
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DieAReader @Catsandbooks 😉I‘m pretty sure I would have in book format tbh. It‘s generally not my genre but the narrator was great & kept me interested. 11mo
DieAReader @TheAromaofBooks @TheSpineView 😏❤️‍🔥📚 11mo
Andrew65 I usually enjoy her cozies. Well done 🎄🎄🎄 11mo
DieAReader @Andrew65 I enjoyed the audio & am tempted to listen to the others in this series😏📚 11mo
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Cupcake12
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#two4tuesday
1. Without a doubt The House in the cerulean sea
2. Tagged as part of my buddy read for
#candycanecrushers #wintergames

TheSpineView 🎄📖📚 12mo
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DebbieGrillo
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Catsandbooks Sweet stack of reads! ❤️🤍❄️ 12mo
DieAReader #CandyCaneCrushers 🍭🍬❤️‍🔥Looks good! (edited) 12mo
AllDebooks Nice selection 👌 12mo
OriginalCyn620 Very nice! I‘m interested to hear how you like Once Upon a December…I haven‘t read it yet and I don‘t think I‘ll get to it this year. 12mo
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thegirlwiththelibrarybag
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Pickpick

I had fun, caught up with the Laundry Club. Loved the introduction of Mae‘s foster mother who she was initially reluctant to welcome back into her life - but soon warms too. This series is as much about the everyday lives of the citizens of Normal as it is whatever murder Mae comes across. Mae‘s first date with Hank was a beautiful cheese fest. Looking forward to the next one!

Totally told myself it was ok to read a Christmas book in July 😝🎄

Q84 I've enjoyed this series. Binged them through and seeing how many there are, that's something. 1y
thegirlwiththelibrarybag @Q84, they are quite morish! There‘s about 30, I think. 1y
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rebbyj
Mehso-so

A little hard to pay attention to.

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Charityann
Bailedbailed

Couldn‘t get through this one. The main character was immature and so rude to a person she had just met. I was a third of the way into the book and no crime had even happened yet. Had to put it down. #winterreadathon @Andrew65 @DieAReader @GHABI4ROSES

Andrew65 A real shame as love the title. 😔 2y
DieAReader 👋🏻👋🏻👋🏻 2y
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AshRaye
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Panpan

These so far is my least favorite of the series. I had the mystery figured out very early into the book. I also didn't think there was much else going on that was very interesting. I've enjoyed some of the other books of the series, but this one wasn't as good as those. I like the cover though, it looks so Christmassy.

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NatalieR
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Mehso-so

This was an impulse borrow from the library. ✅Christmas ✅cozy mystery ✅campers ✅Kentucky - A woman owns a campground and rents out the campers. She‘s part of a book club with various characters and the small town is quaint. The MC sticks her nose into police investigations to solve murders. The mystery wasn‘t much of a surprise, but there was a small twist at the end. The narrator wasn‘t that good, IMO.

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Cinsarly
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Mehso-so

I spent the first hour wishing someone would hurry up and get murdered. Lol. On no planet would a cop let his girlfriend take home a murder suspect because they're friends or let his girlfriend constantly interfere in his investigation. If you can roll with that, it's fun enough. Best cover ever! 26 pts #WinterGames2020 #MerryReaders #BookmasBingo for book mentions a Christmas book #LittenListen Snow on the cover

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Cinsarly
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