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Saturday, March 27, 2021

Theater Nights are Murder

 This cozy in the Poppy McAllister series is a fun and often funny mystery.   The mystery itself is well structured and I was genuinely surprised by the reveal of who was the murderer. Beyond the story though the character representations are hysterical.  Poppy's Aunt Ginny and her friends get into enough trouble to give anyone gray hairs and they draw Poppy into more trouble than she wants- she had no intention of investigating Duke's death.  Some of their escapades made me truly laugh out loud especially during the production of Mamma Mia.   If you are looking for a good cozy series with funny characters in good mysteries then this series by Libby Klein is one you should definitely check out.  


 Theater Nights Are Murder

Theater Nights Are Murder by Libby Klein
My rating: 4 of 5 stars

A humorous cozy with lots of yummy recipes. Poppy Macallister, her Aunt Ginny, and the biddies are up to al sorts of trouble again in this 4th book in the series. The seniors in town are putting on a production of Mamma Mia but the drama on the stage isn’t all the drama. There’s romantic rivalries, family drama and a suspicious death to contend with. Poppy is a great lead character that seems like a normal 30something trying to get by in life and have a life. She is very relatable and her antics trying to wrangle her Aunt and her friends are enough to put anyone over the edge. The story is a great mystery mixed with humor and a lot of realistic issues people face as we grow older. Looking forward to reading more of the series

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Challenge Prompts

The Challenge Prompts I will use this for are:  


  1. Library Love  #LibraryLoveChallenge  Book #34
  2. Finishing the Series   #FinishingTheSeries2021 Poppy McAllister #4
  3. Beat the Backlist #BTB2021  #35 WTF plot twist
  4. Virtual Mount TBR #VirtualMountTBR2021   Book #42
  5. Back List Reader  #Backlistreader  Book #47
  6. Cruisin thru Cozies  free choice 13
  7. Cloak & Dagger  #CloakDaggerChal  Book #34
  8. Craving for Cozies  Book #28
  9. Humor  Book #3
  10. Nerd Daily  #NERDREADING2021 #50. PROTAGONIST STARTING WITH G
  11. Pick your Poison #16-1 A book with a sword on the cover 
  12. Medical Examiner Challenge  1 Toe Tags
  13. Beachcomber Challenge  
    • Crime Scenes 
      • Row 3
        • Cliff, roof, high place
    • Weapons
      • Row 4
        • Push or fall
    • Detectives- Poppy/Ginny
    • Victims- Duke
  14. Six Shooter Challenge  Target #21  Shot #4

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