Handmade Holiday Homicide is the 10th full length Kiki Lowenstein mystery by Joanna Campbell Slan. I always enjoy these cozy mysteries because there is a healthy dose of paper crafting information. This one really focused on the art of Zentangle. I found it interesting enough to look some further information up online and may try to learn to do this art form.
The other aspect of the Kiki Lowenstein stories that I find engaging is there seems to be a deeper concept discussed in most of them. Many are relevant women's issues such as mom guilt, abusive relationships, finding strength to overcome adversity and more. I appreciate the author doesn't preach at the reader, but rather presents the topic through Kiki's perspective and how she processes the situation. Thus, providing food for thought and reflection versus telling you think this way or you are wrong as many books often do today.
This is a series I recommend readers start at the beginning and progress through the series so you experience the development of the relationships between the characters. I highly recommend reading this series if you are looking for a cozy series that has a great mystery structure with more info included.
Handmade Holiday Homicide by Joanna Campbell Slan
My rating: 5 of 5 stars
wonderful installment in series
Great holiday centered story that brings out the beauty of the season even amongst not so cheery plot lines. The cozy is well written and brings in all the normal cast and introduces some new ones. I would not recommend reading this book without reading the others in the series even though it is standalone. There’s too much history involved that would reveal parts of previous stories
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